In a message to Croatian basketball fans on Instagram, Bojan Bogdanovic apologized deeply for the team's loss over the weekend to the Czech Republic, ending not only the dream of winning a European championship but any chance of an invitation to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero.
Calling the 80-59 loss to the Czechs "two hours of terror" for Croatian fans, Bogdanovic laid the blame mostly on himself, saying, "I should have been able to carry the team to victory." Bogdanovic suffered both an ankle sprain and concussion during Eurobasket, neither of which he mentioned in the apology.