"When he moved from his native club "Neftchi" to his arch-rival "Khazar-Lankaran", he was very sad. Thankfully, the next offer from "Rubin" was satisfying for him."
Idman.biz reports that Sarkhan Abishov, the brother of "Neftchi" student, ex-footballer of the Azerbaijan national team, Ruslan Abishov, and also his manager, shared this on his social network account.
He clarified a number of points regarding his brother, who will officially end his career today, and recorded his memories. The manager said that 5 days before going to his new club in Russia, Ruslan had an unsuccessful operation due to the deviated nasal septum. After a few days, he had to undergo a medical examination and a 5-year contract with "Rubin" was provided. For some reason, the examination in one of Antalya's famous clinics could not be completed. The long discussion of the club doctors with the clinic specialists was not a good sign. Finally, the head doctor of the hospital invited me to his room and, in a very disappointed tone, said: "Ruslan has a serious heart problem, your brother cannot play football in this condition." And I… (no comment)”.
He said that later, the doctor was surprised how Abishov had been playing football until now: "I told him that he was exaggerating the issue out of spite, he was being rude and I asked him to give a more sufficient opinion. But nothing changed. The results of the examination were immediately sent to Germany, and the response from there shocked all of us as a family. Yes, Ruslan had to undergo heart surgery. It was inevitable to continue his career. The next fate depended on the doctor's decision. There was no one left in the country who did not ask me why the contract was extended so long. In fact, not only "Rubin", but in general, we accepted that my brother's career was coming to an end. After the operation, which lasted for 7 hours, they said that everything was fine. After 5 days, we got good news from the German doctor. After that, there was little risk in playing. However, the doctor reserved the final decision to Ruslan, saying that some footballers playing in the Bundesliga also face this problem and that they play after surgery. He has already returned to Baku, and after a while he was thinking about continuing his career in one of the local clubs. At this moment, the unexpected call from Rubin's head coach Gurban Berdyev was really effective. Understanding the state of Ruslan's psychology, Berdyev said that he would give him time to recover and help him because he believed that he would come back even stronger. 2 days later, Ruslan was already with "Rubin" in the camp in Marbella, Spain. After the operation, I tried to watch Ruslan's games live from the stadium as much as possible. In ordinary episodes, even when I lay motionless for half a second, all kinds of thoughts immediately came to my mind...".
Today, Ruslan Abishov will play in the inspection match of "Neftchi" against "Zenit". His brother thanked the Baku representative for this: "Thank God, my brother will play his last game today. He will say goodbye to football after the match against "Zenit" with the black and white uniform that suits him the most. I would like to thank the family of the hometown club "Neftchi" for making Abishov's dream come true! In addition, I express my sincere gratitude to my brothers in sports journalism, all fans (especially loyal fans), who always support Ruslan!"
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