Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’River’s executioner in Libertadores 2019, He was sentenced to two years of suspension for obstructing an anti-doping control on April 8, 2023 at the Flamengo training center, according to the Rio de Janeiro club. The ruling, which he could appeal, is from the Brazilian Sports Anti-Doping Justice, which framed the 27-year-old soccer player “for attempted fraud in any part of the process” of a test.
The sanction time began to run on April 8, 2023so Gabigol will not be able to play until “April 2025”: he will miss this entire 2024 campaign and the preseason of the following one.
Flamengo indicated in a note that it “became aware” of the result of the trial, which by 5 votes in favor and 4 against, chose to punish the former Benfica and Inter Milan player.
The Rio club stated that it received the ruling “with surprise” and that it will “help” its player when he presents an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports, since it understands that “there was no type of fraud, or attempt, that justifies the sanction.” applied”.
‘Gabigol’ faced a total of four years of suspensionaccused of violating the Brazilian Anti-Doping Code for “fraud or attempted fraud of any part of the control process.”
Gabigol will appeal the sanction. Photo: Reuters
According to the complaint of the Sports Justice Prosecutor’s Officethe forward did not respect the protocols for carrying out a test and even disrespected the agents in charge of collecting the samples from the Flamengo players that day.
The Brazilian National Team player did not want to undergo the test before trainingas established by the regulations, He went to lunch and only then agreed to take a urine test.which he also delivered irregularly, according to the complaint.
The episode occurred one day before the second leg of the 2023 Carioca Championship final, which Fluminense won 4-1 against its biggest rival, at the start of last season.
Despite the fact that the test result was negative, the Anti-Doping Justice has considered that the way of acting of the player trained at Santos falls within an attempt at fraud.
The sentence is known on the eve of Flamengo, led by former Brazilian coach Tite, playing the final of the Carioca Championship against the modest Nova Iguaçu. The first leg will be next Saturday and the return is scheduled for April 7
2024-03-25 23:56:00
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