The lack of an ambulance and an appeal to the prosecutor's office: what is known about the death of a 17-year-old LFL footballer

"Maxim was dying on my friend's lap"

Information about the death of a 17-year-old football player during a match of the Second Division of the LFL South-Eastern League appeared in the media on the morning of June 28.

It was noted that the young man played for the Braavos team.

Later, eyewitnesses to the incident called his name and surname - Maxim Dobrovolsky.

According to the president of the league, Dmitry Smirnov, the young man was not announced for the season, and therefore had no right to enter the field.

The functionary stressed: the tragedy occurred at the very beginning of the match, and Dobrovolsky's heart attack was not preceded by hard collisions or joints.

“It was about the same thing that happened with Christian Eriksen.

Moreover, the person lost consciousness at the very beginning of the game ... Plus the game was in the evening, that is, it was already cool, there was no heat.

We do not know the cause of death.

We still can't figure out who it is.

He was not in the application, that is, he was a dummy player, if I may say so.

This is the rarest case in our league.

Now we are finding out who it is.

It seems that his friend invited him to play, ”Sport24 quotes Smirnov.

The head of the LFL also stressed that the footballer received all the necessary medical assistance from doctors “on the field”.

“But he went to the equipped intensive care unit later.

While the ambulance was driving, the emergency call doctor consulted the doctors who were on the field by phone.

I repeat, now we are finding out all the details, ”added Smirnov.

Later, eyewitnesses of the incident revealed the details of the tragedy. So, a friend of the young man Timofey Vyatkin said that a common friend called them to watch. The player assured: before the match, Dobrovolsky did not complain about anything and felt fine. The heart attack happened literally out of the blue.

“It took five minutes of the game, Maxim during this time struck only one blow.

Then he just walked back and collapsed.

We all ran up, my friend, who was on the podium, took his tongue out of his throat and turned him on his side.

At that moment, I looked around the stadium in search of a medical worker who is required to be present at the stadium, according to the regulations.

This is a mandatory item.

But the worker was nowhere to be found, which contradicts the LFL statement.

We immediately called an ambulance, but it arrived in 20 minutes. Then the second ambulance, then resuscitation.

But they could not save him, "- quotes the words of an eyewitness" Championship ".

Vyatkin denied Smirnov's statement that Dobrovolsky allegedly received the necessary medical assistance.

According to him, there were no doctors at the stadium.

“This is just an attempt to justify itself and save the reputation.

In fact, there were no paramedics, and Maxim was dying on my friend's lap.

There has not been a medical report yet, but most likely it is a cardiac arrest.

The case is really one-on-one, like with Eriksen.

Now they say that, they say, Max was not announced.

But what's the difference.

He was obliged to get help from a medical worker, ”added Vyatkin.

This information was confirmed by the captain of "Braavos" Vasily.

He noted that an ambulance was not on duty near the arena, and it took about 15 minutes to wait for it.

“We thought it was overheating, poured water on the back of his head, turned him on his side.

Then the condition began to worsen, an ambulance was immediately called.

They waited for her, according to my feelings, for about 15 minutes. The carriage was not on duty near the stadium.

On the one hand, this is abnormal, on the other, it is LFL.

I don’t know how this is regulated, ”the footballer admitted.

He also explained why the team allowed an undeclared person to appear on the field.

The player noted that before the match he wanted to find more people due to the intense heat, and Vyatkin, mentioned earlier, suggested calling his friend to the meeting.

At the same time, according to him, the participants still do not pass a medical examination in the league.

Finally, another eyewitness to the incident, a fan, Andrei Belyaev, said that the ambulance was driving to the place not for 15 minutes, but for half an hour.

The doctors who arrived at the stadium injected Dobrovolsky with adrenaline, but it did not help.

And only later came resuscitation.

The well-known commentator Vladimir Stognienko is playing for the Braavos team.

However, he stressed that he had not gone to the games since April and was not familiar with the young man.

“I am in shock.

As I understand it, the team is rejuvenated.

We had many veterans like me.

The captain cannot be reached on the phone yet.

Do I know the deceased player?

Not.

I am not familiar with him.

Perhaps it has appeared recently.

We really needed to rejuvenate the lineup.

This is a really big tragedy ", - quotes the journalist" Sport Express ".

"They just make money from these tournaments."

The tragedy that occurred during the match of the amateur league has already been noticed by the Russian Football Union.

Member of the RFU Executive Committee and President of the Moscow Football Federation (MFF) Sergei Anokhin promised to write a statement to the prosecutor's office "with a request to check the activities of the league."

The functionary complained that at the moment the LFL does not control either the RFU, or Moskomsport, or the Moscow Football Federation.

“They don’t have an ambulance, they don’t have safety equipment at competitions, player cards, medical certificates, they don’t undergo UMO (in-depth medical examination).

They just make money from these tournaments.

And they risk the health of children, football players.

Such cases occur, it will be very difficult to understand them.

We do not understand who hosted the competition, why and how the players were allowed, what are the regulations, these are exclusively commercial tournaments, with which it is time to end, "RBC quotes Anokhin.

However, according to lawyer Andrei Knyazev, it will be almost impossible to initiate a criminal case against the head of the LFL Smirnov, since it is difficult to establish a causal relationship between death and the lack of proper medical care.

“Even if it is established that through the fault of the president there was no ambulance at the stadium, this is not a violation that leads to criminal liability. May be removed from office, reprimanded, and enforced to improve security. The head of the league is not responsible for the health of each athlete. The causes of death may be generally different, health is still not fully understood. First of all, they will proceed from a forensic medical examination. Maybe all of the player's problems were innate. And not everyone can be saved by an ambulance. And if there was an ambulance, but an insufficiently qualified doctor, to plant it too? ”Knyazev explained.

And former Spartak doctor Liu Hongshen suggested that Dobrovolsky had a heart attack.

According to him, the young man probably did not tolerate high physical activity, but due to the lack of proper control, this was not revealed in a timely manner.

“It's still more dangerous at the amateur level than at the professional level.

They do not constantly play and load.

Rare loads are worse reflected, something can always happen.

A lot of clients come to me, I myself play at an amateur level, but I tell everyone that you need to monitor your health ”, - quotes Doctor Sport24.