The first case was in the final of the Champions league in 2017, where the central would have given positive, although UEFA admitted the version of a doctor in Madrid
The second was in a control in Malaga, in April. Ramos took a shower before the test, despite the fact that he was warned that he would bring consequences
Real Madrid, in a press release, answers that Sergio Ramos has “never violated the rules of anti-doping test”
The day that Cristiano Ronaldo caused chaos in a doping control in Valdebebas
Sergio Ramos would have defaulted two times the anti-doping rule. According to Mediapart, among other means, the night of the victory of Real Madrid in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in the final of the Champions League in 2017, the captain of Real Madrid tested positive in a control (traces of dexamethasone). The second time it would be in a League match against Málaga, held in April of 2018.
In the first case, UEFA decided to close the case, giving valid explanations of the player and the team doctor white.
According to the documents revealed by the Football Leaks, the central would be violated after the protocol to anti-doping after a match of League championship of spain in Malaga in April 2018, a driver of the Spanish agency for anti-doping AEPSAD.
Allegedly, Ramos would have showered before the test, even though the verifier had warned several times the player that this could have serious consequences. In accordance with the Spanish Law on anti-Doping, showering or bathing before a urine test can be interpreted and punished as “obstruction of part of the procedures of doping control”.
The Spanish Agency anti-Doping (AEPSAD) the team five months after the incident, which caused quite a stir in the offices of the white club, but the agency acknowledged to “Der Spiegel” that “the process has not brought any sign that violates any anti-doping violation”.
The responsibility of the positive of Cardiff was taken over by the doctor of Real Madrid. He admitted that Ramos received two injections of dexamethasone into the knee and the shoulder the day before the match. In the protocol of doping Ramos, the doctor had not advised of a treatment with the active ingredient betamethasone. This preparation works in a similar way to the dexamethasone. UEFA gave for the poor arguments of the doctor.
press Release by the Real Madrid
After publication, the Real Madrid has issued an official statement with three points. The first: “Sergio Ramos has never breached the rules of anti-doping test”. Second: “UEFA requested information in a timely manner and closed the matter referred immediately, as is usual in these cases, after verification of the own experts of the world anti-doping agency, WADA, and the own UEFA.” And third: “the rest of the content of the above-mentioned publication, the club shall not be pronounced on the evidence of what unsubstantial of the same”.
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