Rikovic insists on playing the final .. and the disappearance of pain is the condition of participation

29 May 2025 - 7:54 pm

The participation of the Serbian Breidraj Ricovic, the goalkeeper of the first Football Association, in the King’s Cup final, on Friday, against Al -Qadisiyah, has become conditional on the lack of pain on the match on the match, according to Al -Riyadiah, private sources.
Despite the goalkeeper, the group exercises, on Wednesday and Thursday, his participation in the match, according to the sources, is still not confirmed.
According to the same sources, the Serbian will undergo physical tests hours before the match to determine his final condition, and if he feels pain, the French coach Laurent Blanc will not risk the team coach, with his involvement.
The sources indicated that Rikovic insisted on playing the match despite his continued injury, and he needed a surgical intervention to end his suffering.
The goalkeeper suffers from a tendon close to the straight straight muscle, a injury announced by his club’s account on the X platform, April 5, after the youth exceeded the King’s Cup semi -final.
According to the sources, it was scheduled, at the time of announcing the injury, to use the goalkeeper only in the victory match in the league competitions as the most difficult between the remaining matches of the team in the tournament, and then completely remove him to save his efforts for the cup final, and then undergo surgery.
Rikovic was already absent from four games in the league, and he returned against Al -Nasr, but he asked, according to the sources, to continue his participation until the injury pain was raided during the meeting of the pioneer, who left him forced after about a quarter of an hour only.
Since his release in that meeting, the goalkeeper has not appeared again, and his colleague Muhammad Al -Mahasnah and Hamid Al -Shanqeeti delegated him.