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Gomez responds to 2-year doping ban, says lawyers looking into the matter

Updated on: 24 October,2023 08:00 AM IST  |  Monza (Italy)
AP , PTI |

“I have asked my lawyers to look into the matter as I believe the disciplinary case was not treated according to the rules.” Gomez was on the bench when Sevilla won the Europa League final last season

Gomez responds to 2-year doping ban, says lawyers looking into the matter

Alejandro Gomez. Pic/AFP

Monza forward Alejandro Gomez announced on Sunday that he has asked his lawyers to look into his doping suspension and insisted that the banned substance came from his son’s cough medicine.


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The ban could potentially end the 35-year-old player’s career and Gomez spoke out on the matter for the first time on Sunday, with a lengthy statement on Instagram. “The alleged offense originates from the presence of Terbutaline in my system, after I accidentally ingested it in a spoonful of my little son’s cough syrup. 


“I have asked my lawyers to look into the matter as I believe the disciplinary case was not treated according to the rules.” Gomez was on the bench when Sevilla won the Europa League final last season.

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