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GABULOV COULD MISS TWO MONTHS OUT OF FOOTBALL
The Moscow derby between Spartak and Dynamo has
been darkened by injury of Dynamo goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov who could
miss the rest part of the season.
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Vladimir Gabulov Photo SPORT EXPRESS
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Yesterday Dynamo first-choice goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov
was hit by trailing knee of Spartak striker Welliton and was forced to
leave the pitch. Possibly the change of Gabulov for Anton Shunin was made
until the end of the season.
The Russian goalkeeper has been hospitalized to the Sklifasovsky Institute
and managed to answered several questions of Sport Express correspondent.
"I don't have any concrete information now", said Gabulov. "Diagnosis
is not very comforting since I have a fracture of facial bone. I will
have to undergo a medical surgery after which situation will be clearer".
"I was told that rehabilitation period would take me two months and
that I wouldn't be able to play football. The Russian championship will
finish by this date and I don't know whether there is a slight hope that
I will return into action this season".
After Sunday derby Sport Express correspondent also talked to Dynamo goalkeepers'
coach Nikolay Gontar.
"At first I thought that everything would be all right and Volodya
would continue the match", said Gontar. "But when doctors showed
that substitution was necessary I understood that his injury is serious".
"I didn't see the episode on videotape but I don't think that Welliton
challenged Gabulov deliberately. I cannot understand why he couldn't stop
and hit our goalkeeper. In these situations strikers always try to stop
in order to escape a clash".
"The referee of the match booked Welliton with a yellow card immediately
however when he saw what happened with Gabulov he must have sent off Brazilian
man. It's not normal when a player inflicts a serious injury to goalkeeper
in a harmless situation".
"I am satisfied with Anton Shunin's display as he wasn't nervous
and played very confidently. Goalkeeper of his level should always be
in good form. I agree that he lacked playing practice, however he didn't
sit on the bench all the time. He has been working hard during the trainings
and I had no claims to him".
Dynamo applied to the Control and Disciplinary Committee with request
to consider the episode when Welliton inflicted an injury to Vladimir
Gabulov.
"Our main target is to pay the Committee's attention to the player's
actions", said Dynamo general director Dmitriy Ivanov. "We think
that this episode deserves special attention from the point of view of
football ethics".
"It's impossible to say whether Welliton challenged Gabulov deliberately
or not but it was evident that the goalkeeper would be the first to take
the ball and the striker couldn't leave him behind anyway. Footballers
of Welliton's level cannot play this way.
"I apologize to Dynamo goalkeeper who got injured because of my actions",
said Welliton. "My main task was to score a goal, but the goalkeeper
was the first to catch the ball and I had no time to jump over him".
"My actions were not deliberate and I hope that Gabulov will return
to the pitch very soon".
Sport
Express Daily, 14 Sep 2009
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