Papu Gómez’s sad post after the judicial setback for the doping sanction: “It disappoints me very much”

Every lifting attempt means a heavy blow Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez. The world champion with the Argentine national team in Qatar 2022 received a harsh judicial setback to his appeal to try to reduce the two-year sanction for doping, although on Saturday he once again expressed confidence that he could reverse the situation. “Stronger than ever”was the phrase he chose to close a story on his Instagram account.

“Hello everyone, as you know they rejected the appeal. This is super painful news and really disappoints me.. With my work team and my lawyers We will continue to fight until the last moments to play again. Thank you for the messages of support and love. “Here we are despite the difficulties, stronger than ever,” wrote the midfielder, currently at Monza in Italy.

The club, in fact, was aware of the investigation discovered last October when the sanction was pronounced – a year after the episode in question – and also decided to give him a contract until June 2024. His current coach, Raffaele Palladino, he anticipated that on Friday “the appeal was rejected”.

A few weeks ago, the 36-year-old footballer reappeared on social media with a post accompanied by photos in which he showed himself training privately in a gym, given that due to the sanction he cannot be part of his club’s facilities either.

Obviously this post aimed to try to get a good response to the appeal before the Court, after having argued that the consumption of terbutaline It had been administered to him by mistake while he was taking a syrup that belonged to his youngest child.

“It is striking that the athlete, after having revealed the content of the analysis and constructed the story provided to the file, did not at least attempt to document his physical conditions or the crisis suffered on the fateful night through some sort of medical report, especially when considering that “The substance detected in the body is a substance suitable for increasing sporting performance in the discipline practiced by the subject”, we read in the letter from the Anti-Doping Sanctioning Committee of the Spanish Commission for the Fight against Doping in Sport.

Last November, before the double preliminary round against Uruguay and Brazil, the coach of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni, commented that he had contacted Sarandí, returning from Arsenal, to find out what consequences the disqualification had had on him: “I spoke to the Papu. He’s screwed by what’s happening to him. He will appeal to see if the fine is reduced. He has given us so much and we are very grateful to him.”.