Alexander Belenov suffered a terrible injury in the match once morest Khimki.
«Khimki“demonstrate uncompromising football, sparing neither themselves nor their opponents. In other cases, to see such a desire on the part of the team players Sergei Yuran It is gratifying, but sometimes excessive zeal leads to dire consequences for athletes, especially for other people’s goalkeepers.
Fans have not yet forgotten how Sochi goalkeeper Denis Adamov was seriously injured following a collision with Alexander Rudenko. Now here’s another player from the Moscow Region club “broke” the goalkeeper of “Ufa”.
Elmir Nabiullin so worried that he did not challenge the removal. And then he apologized to the injured goalkeeper.
Muki Belenova
Sunday’s match “Khimki” and “Ufa” promised a tough fight on every part of the field. Rivals fought to maintain residence in the Premier League. Ufimtsy had to leave the relegation zone, where the team got bogged down following losing to Ural. The Moscow Region team also had difficulties with a set of points – the danger of play-offs and even direct relegation has not yet passed. It is clear that in such a situation, the players did not need to look for additional motivation. Some players even willingly overdid it, which caused problems for both them and their opponents.
At the beginning of the match, Khimki defender Elmir Nabiullin, who has often been playing in attack lately, rushed headlong to the ball, which hesitantly received the goalkeeper of Ufa Alexander Belenov. A small oversight by the goalkeeper became possible following not the most convenient transfer from a partner. Khimchanin really wanted to take advantage of his counterpart’s mistake. The result of this passionate impulse was a tackle that led to the injury of the opponent.
Elmir instantly realized that the blame for the possible injury of the opponent lies with him, and hastened to make sure that the 35-year-old goalkeeper was in order. Unfortunately, this turned out not to be the case – it was hard for Alexander to hide his suffering. Teammates immediately signaled to the bench regarding the need for a medical team to appear on the field.
As a result, Belenov failed to continue the game. After lying on the lawn for a long time, he left the field only with the help of partners. How much the football player was in pain was easily guessed by his face. Given the age of the athlete, the question becomes relevant, will Alexander be able to continue performing at a high level in principle? In any case, in a particular game, everything was over for an experienced goalkeeper – Anton Chichkan took the place at the Ufa goal.
As for Nabiullina, Khimki initially received a yellow card, but then referee Kirill Levnikov decided to take a closer look at the moment with the help of a video assistant. Having studied the episode far and wide, the referee overturned the original decision and showed Elmira a red card. The player did not even try to argue with the referee, understanding the drama of the situation. Thus, Khimki were in the minority at the very beginning of the match.
However, the game of the guests did not fall apart – before the break, the “red-blacks” managed to take the lead. Ufimtsy bounced back only in stoppage time thanks to a goal by Hamid Agalarov. However, even a draw did not improve their position in the table. It will be hard to catch at least the “joints” without Belenov.
But following the match, the focus was on the players, for whom the game ended at the beginning of the first half. Nabiullin went into the Ufa locker room to personally apologize to Belenov. A worthy deed, which, however, does not justify the excessive rigidity of a football player.