Monza confirmed the two-year suspension of “Papu” Gomez and detailed what was the substance ingested

The Italian club Monza today reported the positive doping of footballer Alejandro “Papu” Gómez after the presence of terbutaline was confirmed in his biological tests in October 2022 and the consequent suspension for the next two years in the first instance. Terbutaline, according to Vademecum Doctors, is a drug with bronchodilator actions that is used in medicine for the short-term treatment of asthma and pulmonary obstructions such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, which in its inhaled form has an immediate effect and its action can last up to 6 hours. AC Monza is the first official source to break the news after the previous media reports.” AC Monza announces that it received today – October 20, 2023 – from FIFA, through the FIGC, the notification of the first instance judgment of the Spanish Anti-Doping Commission, issued against the footballer Alejandro Darío Gómez. The sentence provides for a disqualification from playing sports for two years. The presence of terbutaline was found in the biological samples of the footballer,” the institution reported. It is a drug that was taken to calm a bronchospasm crisis, in October 2022, when the footballer was registered with Sevilla FC. Positivity is the result of an unintentional assumption. AC Monza reserves the right to assess the next procedural steps,” he said. Monza will now have to decide how to proceed in the face of this: “AC Monza reserves the right to evaluate the next procedural steps.” The Argentine footballer has a contract until mid-2024 with this institution. As a consequence, “Papu” Gomez exposes himself to the possibility of being excluded as a world champion by FIFA, although first it will be necessary to observe his determination to appeal or not the sanction for positive doping.

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