Referee Dmitry Dolya, who lost consciousness during the game of the Belarusian championship BATE - Dynamo Brest, commented on this incident.
— How is your condition?
- It turned out to be normal the next day. Only on Saturday it was somehow not very good. I decided to play it safe, get checked out and stayed in the Borisov hospital for a couple of days. It feels good.
— What did the doctors say when you were discharged on Monday?
- Most likely, it is from overwork. Or maybe the consequences of the "corona". And perhaps both. I got Covid in the winter. Although he moved more or less normally. Now the tests are good. I did everything - MRI, CT scan, ultrasound of the heart, cardiogram ... They pierced me, dripped me, gave me pills. I trusted the doctors for two days.
And on Saturday, I actually felt overworked, physically I didn’t feel very good. Maybe it wasn't even worth going to the game. Legs and arms hurt. But what was, was. There is something to remember...
— What can cause overwork? Have you worked much in recent days?
- Yes Yes. I have a second job. I was busy there two days before the game. Plus, he judged at Borisov-Arena for a month and a half. And there the field is not easy, quite difficult. And I'm not twenty years old anymore. Accumulated. I thought it would be okay, somehow I run back. It passed before. And here it turned out differently. This is not the first game where I had a hard time. But now it was a little harder than before. It seemed to start normally, and then abruptly bang - clouding in the head. Then I remember only an ambulance.
— Turned off for a while?
- Yes. But the ambulance brought me to my senses a little. Doctors conjured, conjured ... In my opinion, they injected something. To be honest, I vaguely remember this. Then he came to his senses and started walking on his own again. And even went back to the game, returned in the second half. I saw the score - 4:0. I decided not to go to the podium, I immediately went to the locker room to wash and change. I felt normal. After the game, I even wanted to go home to Grodno. But experienced comrades advised me to stay under medical supervision. That's exactly what I did. I think now I need to rest a bit.
— Will you no longer referee in this championship?
- I do not know. This guide will decide. I'll rest for a few days and try to run. Because after the coronavirus, I remember, you run for five minutes and you suffocate, your legs get clogged.
— What did the doctors prescribe for you?
- Nothing. Maybe I’ll still go to my doctors, from Neman. If only you drink vitamins... I don’t want to spoil the stomach, then restore the microflora. And so in the winter, during covid, they stuffed it.
— Many thoughts were spinning in your head these days?
- I wouldn't say that I was some kind of extinct. It is interesting, of course, to see the reaction of people, to look at yourself from the outside ... Once I looked at the video of the moment. But it's better not to look. I roughly remembered when my cloudiness started.
Received a thousand text messages, a thousand calls. I tried to answer everyone - just keep up. Thoughts were purely positive because of the support. The coaches of half of the major league clubs and other specialists called. Dima Rovneiko offered to help. Stas Dragun wrote: “Dima, hello. How are you? Hold on. If you need any help in Minsk, please contact.”
— Are relatives and friends very worried?
- Yes of course. Many people saw me on a stretcher live. When I returned to the stadium and went to the locker room, immediately to the phone and call my family and friends. Mom, sister, brother, father, son ... I tried to calm down, to say that everything was fine. I imagine that people managed to survive. In the end, everything ended well.
— How, in your opinion, did the judge who replaced you, Ilya Lyashuk, cope?
— I only looked at the review. According to the reviews, it's pretty good. It was his first game - congratulations.
— Is there a threat to your refereeing career? Are you determined to continue?
- We need to think it over. And this is not related to that episode... Sometimes you already think about the end of your career and some other occupation in life. For example, about inspection. Workloads are not decreasing, I am not getting younger... It is getting harder and harder to pass the standards. There are problems with Achilles - since the time of a football career. After all, you can't earn all the money. You also need to think about health. You will pay more for treatment later. Let everything take its course. Let's see. Maybe I still have enough for a season or two.
— Where do you work besides refereeing?
— In GOKTSOR. This is the former CSK Neman. Methodist instructor. We organize events at the Grodno stadium, we provide services. But I myself am to blame, I had to choose: either this or that. So, it was not worth it to be so loaded.
— They say that last year, when passing physical standards, you also became ill ...
- This is not "they say" - this was said by Vitaly Onikhimovsky. It was different there. I have a problem with Achilles. I didn’t plan to pass the standards that day at all. I wanted to heal for a month. Because all last year I judged on painkillers. This season, in my opinion, I injected painkillers just before one game. I won't do it again. So, then I thought that I would do a workout. But it started to "run". In the end, it's bad, but I ran. Maybe he was pale. More visible from the side. But I didn't drive to give up. I am already 42 years old - I need to run only completely healthy.
By the way, then the passing of the standard was not counted. Two months later, when Achilles healed, he ran again. In general, I failed several times - but due to injuries. Then, because of this, I did not judge for some time. It is not necessary to say that Grodno arbitrators constantly count the passing of standards. Everyone runs differently. I can no longer, as young people. At one time, he also flew across the field.
— How often do you exercise? Does health allow doing this?
— Allows. Workouts may not be as intense as they used to be. But I do as much as I can. I try to exercise at least twice a week. Sometimes I go to the gym. But anything happens. I already told you about the second job. Sometimes there is no energy or time.
— How often do you check with doctors?
- Semiannually. And there were no problems. The frequency of examinations does not raise questions.
— Can we say that in this situation you got off with a slight fright?
- Well, how easy? .. It's still unpleasant to fall on the lawn and wallow. I say: I'm not getting younger. Somehow it happened.
— What is refereeing for you? Job or something more?
— Not to say that I am a big fan of refereeing. But I like.
— With the help of arbitration, did you want to extend your football life?
- Yes Yes. I again experienced the same feelings that I had when I played for Neman and Belcard. Closer to 30 years, football has become less interesting. Refereeing brought to a new round of emotions. Communication with football people began again. That's how it all went.
— Is this story instructive for you? What conclusions did you draw?
- Of course, it is instructive. The fact that it’s not worth grasping for everything. It is necessary to distribute the load with your head.