Victim of a left calf injury, Nando De Colo will miss the next three weeks of competition with Fenerbahçe, still far from being qualified for the Euroleague play-offs.
This is news that Fenerbahçe would have done well … The Turkish club will be deprived of its French international leader (or rear) Nando De Colo for at least the next three weeks, he said in a statement on Monday: “ The MRI taken at Acıbadem Kadıköy Hospital detected a muscle injury to the left calf of our French player Nando De Colo, who was injured during the match played by Fenerbahçe Beko on Wednesday March 23 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Nando De Colo’s condition will be reassessed after three weeks of treatment. »
An injury never comes at the right time, but it really does not help the affairs of the Istanbul club, which is not on board to play in the Euroleague play-offs. Fenerbahçe currently have a winning percentage of 37.5% in the regular season, and sit in twelfth place, with four games remaining: against Alba Berlin (11th) on Tuesday, against Bayern Munich (8th) on April 4, against Panathinaikos (14th) on April 8 and at Maccabi Tel Aviv (6th) on April 13. Four games that Nando De Colo will not play.
Fenerbahçe leaders in the Turkish league
The eighth and last to qualify so far, Bayern Munich, currently have a winning streak of 52.2%, with five games to go. Remember that this Euroleague season was greatly disrupted by the war in Ukraine, since the results achieved against Russian clubs (Zenit St. Petersburg, CSKA Moscow, Unics Kazan) no longer count. Fenerbahçe will have to do without Nando De Colo, who averages 11.9 points, 3.8 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 22 minutes in 21 Euroleague games this season. (he missed several due to a hand injury).
In the Turkish league, Fener are currently leaders five days before the end of the regular season, but Anatolu Efes could come back to their height if they win their two late games. The French player will therefore miss at least three league games but will return for the play-offs, before taking a long vacation, he who has already announced his withdrawal for the next Euro in order to take advantage of his family. But regarding the Euroleague, he may have played his last game of the season on Wednesday in Vitoria…
