"He will risk weakening the team" admits Robert Marijanovic but expects Kim Huybrechts to take part in the World Cup of Darts

On Thursday, June 27th the World Cup of Darts will start. Due to a recent double collarbone fracture suffered by Kim Huybrechts after an attack by soccer fans after the Belgian Cup final between Royal Antwerp FC and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, the question is now whether the Hurricane will leave his place in the PDC's only team tournament to Belgian number three Mike De Decker or compete himself alongside Dimitri Van den Bergh.

"It's bitter when that happens six weeks before the World Cup of Darts," Robert Marijanovic picked up on the theme in the "Game On" podcast, which went online last Tuesday and was recorded the previous Sunday. In this context, the Robstar also posed the question of whether De Decker will replace his compatriot and immediately let it be known that he doesn't believe he will: "I think Kim will do everything he can to play this World Cup of Darts. I think he'll also risk playing it injured. I think he'll also risk weakening the team because he wants that spot so badly." A circumstance that will certainly not clear up the already prevailing issues. between Huybrechts and his Belgian teammates.

The fact that Marijanovic could be right with this speculation, which he made last Sunday, has now been confirmed by Huybrechts announcing that he wants to play in the Tour Card Holder Qualifier for the Flanders Darts Trophy. This qualifier for the new European Tour tournament, which will be held in Begien for the first time in 2024, will be played on June 13, two weeks before the World Cup of Darts.

"The shoulder, the bones and so on, that will all heal. The pain can also go away," is Marijanovic's opinion. However, he sees the problem that Huybrechts will face more in the physiotherapeutic area than in the healing itself. In his opinion, it will be a very difficult healing process. "There are muscle bands in the shoulders. Of course, they are adjusted in exactly the same way, adjusted to your hobby, to your precision. You don't use them in the same way for six or seven weeks. That means they shorten, they change, and then you may never be able to get the ligaments back into shape again, or only with difficulty," explained Marijanovic in an impressive manner.

Huybrechts told the Belgian newspaper "Het Laatste Nieuws" that the attack on him was "senseless violence" and that there was "no trigger at all" on his part. However, as the Belgian is - as Marijanovic put it - a "feisty guy", there were many comments and the wildest speculations on social media channels. Something that also came to the attention of Adrian Geiler, who is known to many as a commentator on the darts broadcasts on DAZN. Geiler then called on X to check the sources carefully.

Marijanovic also calls for caution regarding the comments: "In everything you comment on," he said to the darts fans, "always remember that Kim Huybrechts is also a family man. He earns his money with darts. No matter what, you should keep your head down sometimes. Until we really know everything, we shouldn't make assumptions."

The darter from Freudenstadt also indirectly passes on his get-well wishes for Hurricane, emphasizing: "I hope he gets well soon!"