Few optimism among the Italian champions of Cucine Lube Civitanova on the condition of Cuban spiker Marlon Yant, who injured his ankle in Turkey on Tuesday after a jump in the third set of the Champions League match with the hosts Halkbank Ankara. The latest updates on the conditions of the Caribbean athlete are provided by the medical manager of Lube Volley, Mariano Avio:
“Yant is gradually improving – declares the red and white doctor -. Compared to the evening of the injury, the picture bodes well. His was a sprain trauma to the ankle with problems in the left tibio-tarsal joint and capsular involvement. There was a payment, we evaluate the evolution of the situation day by day with the physiotherapist Marco Frontaloni, but Marlon’s young age is a factor that could have a positive effect”.
There is satisfaction at Lube Volley house for the concrete possibility of recovery for the player. The medical staff will continue to work in an attempt to recover Yant for the on-and-off match of Wednesday 15 March, at 8.30 pm, the return of the Champions League Quarter-finals with Halkbank at the Eurosuole Forum. The red and whites will have to prevail 3-0 or 3-1 to play for the next round to the Golden Set. In chronological order, Luciano De Cecco and his teammates will first have to think about the big match which Sunday 12 March, at 6 pm, will close the regular season of SuperLega, the away match at PalaBarton against Sir Safety Susa Perugia.
