In Russia, the battle is fought for the life of a struck lightning player.

In the Western zone of the Russian professional football league, the players and coaches of Orekhovo-Zuyevo's "Znamia Truda" team have been focused on the Moscow hospital since Saturday, according to lrytas.lt. The team's goalkeeper, sixteen-year-old Ivan Zaborovskis, was urgently taken there after being struck by lightning during training. "Znamia Truda" reported that the tragic incident occurred during the team's training, even though there were no signs of bad weather. Medics are fighting for the athlete's life and have induced an artificial coma for him.

According to our information, today there was an unfortunate incident during training. Young goalkeeper Ivan Zaborovskis was struck by lightning and is currently in the intensive care unit. We hope that everything will turn out okay for him 🙏🏻 #ZnamyaTruda #OrekhovoZuyevo