Sergey Sokolov, a defender of Agdam Foootbal Club Garabagh and the Azerbaijan National team, who was exposed for doping, does not negate to what happened. The sportsman told Trend that betametazol found in his blood got into his body through an intramuscular injection he got in one of the city hospitals in August, this year.
When I came back from Stavropol (Russia), where I had passed my vocation, I caught a bad cold. I arrived to Baku late in the night, and I had to go to one of the city clinics, not my club clinic. That clinic was located near the Azerbaijan Medical University. They gave me three injections. As the doctor said these were: vitamin, anaesthetic, and curing one. But only now, it has become clear that the last injection contained betametazol, which was found in my blood after the October play with Belgium.
Answering the question why the chemical had given in October was found only two months later, the Azerbaijani football player said that such medications could circulate in the blood for up to six months.
The football player rejected to be retested, since the test will be carried out in Germany. It is senseless, as the football player exactly knows how the prohibited stimulator got into his blood.
I can not even blame the doctor, since he was a usual physician, not a sport one. He just did his work and wanted to put me on my feet. And surely, he was not aware of the fact that the injection might be considered as a doping chemical, said Mr. Sokolov, preparing for the game against Neftchi FC.
Since the Antidoping Committee has not made its decision on the term of the disqualification of our sportsman, he has the right to play in the above-mentioned play. The Committee is expected to make its decision in a day or two.