Niko MihicThe Croatian who has been a Real Madrid doctor from 2017 to November 2023, has launched controversial statements referring to the recent fashion of some players to carry bandages or wristbands in the games, apparently without any reason that has to do with an injury in the area.
Mihic, who ended up leaving the White Club in large part for the management of Arda Güler’s physical problems at the beginning of the 2023-2024 season, with three different injuries, openly questions the medical or sports purpose of these elements, suggesting a different use and challenging that those who use them demonstrate their purpose.
“It could be that they are designing strategy games, playing a lot of football and tendonitis … In the same way that they could not bribed Negreira,” he responds in the first instance with a lot of irony, and then value with a more serious tone: “I do not know what is happening, but what I mean is that any doctor knows that, if you want to have a easier venous access, it is in the hands and dolls.”
“Any doctor knows that if you want to have a easier venous access, it is in the hands and dolls”
Niko Mihic
Former Real Madrid doctor
Micic does not stay there, which reinforces his idea later by redoubleing his bet: “I don’t eching why they are doing it and let them fall apart. They say ‘no’ but show me what you are doing. What is the secret? It’s not for playing football, right? “He challenges them.
These statements not only hint at a possible suspicious concealment or practice, but also open the door to a delicate debate around medical transparency and anti -doping control in professional football. Mihic does not directly accuse, but he drops a doubt that, for the moment, he is lacking evidence in his words.
-Superstition, aesthetics …
Mihic’s words, even, will lead to more controversy given that there are several football players Barcelona who usually sell their wrist for the matches and that, even on social networks images of players from Bayern Munich have been viralized who, in the Hansi Flick stage on the German bench, also carried them.
Other players from other times, such as Karim Benzema about Luis Suárez They have also used them, making them a characteristic symbol of their aesthetics in the field. This campaign has seen Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Frenkie de Jong, Pablo Torre, Pau Victor or Gavi with this type of bandages.
Other doctors consulted by previously relay allude to other causes that have nothing to do with those that Mihic means. “It is pure superstition,” Dr. Antoni Mora, a traumatologist and sports medicine specialist explained to relief. “Probably, the first day you play with a bandage in your hand is for an injury. You get used to it and if when you wear it you play well, you leave it. The players take a habit, “he added.
“It has become a fashion and is an aesthetic issue. One takes it and the other copy it. Nothing happens to them in the joints. They are like tattoos. Before no one tattooed and now share moments and even tattoo together. They are acquired habits and simple fashion. You have good feelings and keep it for superstition, “insists the current head of the medical services of the Joventut de Badalona and CE Sabadell.
