Defender Ondřej Vitásek was missing from the training of the Czech national hockey team in Riga today due to an injury, and after his absence in Saturday’s duel with Switzerland, he will certainly not play against Belarus on Monday.
The 30-year-old Liberec player was eliminated from the game by unspecified problems he took away from Friday’s match with Russia.
“Unfortunately, Ondřej Vitásek suffered an injury in the first match with Russia, the nature of which we will not specify now. He did not train today and will certainly not intervene in the next match. Zdeněk Zikmund.
“I have information that sometime in the middle of the match he broke two ribs, hat down, that he finished the match, which is completely incomprehensible to me. Unfortunately, he dropped out and will not play in other matches,” the assistant coach told Czech Television. Martin Straka.
“He stays in Riga and continues with the team. He can’t train or play yet. We’ll see what happens in a few days,” Zikmund responded.
Vitásek, a participant in the 2014 World Cup in Minsk and the Pyongyang Olympic Games, joined the second defense with Libor Šulák in the opening match with Russia. He has 48 matches and two goals in the national team.
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