Surprise, and a big one, in Barça’s call for the third game of their Endesa League semi-final series against Real Madrid: the Barça coach, Roger Grimau, has left Nikola Kalinic out of the list of 12 players called up for this decisive match, due to a technical decision.. Instead, come back Oriol Paulí.
Nikola Kalinic, among the players ruled out for this third semi-final match of the Endesa League against Real Madrid
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Kalinic had been, throughout the entire season, a fixture in Grimau’s schemes, but the prominence, and also the attitude and performance of the Serbian forward had been decreasing in recent games.
In fact, in these playoffs he averages 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds, for an average rating of 3, and Against Real Madrid he has not improved them: 1.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 3.5 efficiency. A performance, to say the least, discreet.
Still, it seems thatThe last straw was the forward’s attitude in the last game against Real Madridwhen, despite his team’s defeat, he was seen smiling and in a carefree attitude on the bench next to Rokas Jokubaitissomething that did not sit too well with the Barça club’s sporting leadership.
The image of discord: Nikola Kalinic smiling, along with Rokas Jokubaitis, on the Barça bench during the second match against Real Madrid
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We must not forget that Kalinic, a player who already had a fight with Sarunas Jasikevicius, ends his contract at the end of the season and many already place him outside the Barça teamhis most likely destination being a return to Red Star Belgrade.
