Doping in Serie A

Thursday, 22 February 07, 08:06 AM · Comments (4)

Flachi and his way to exult after scoring

It has already happened in the past, and now it's again: Francesco Flachi, Sampdoria forward, has been tested positive for benzoilecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, after Sampdoria-Inter of 28yh of Jannuary, when the Genoans lost 0-2. Today is cocaine, like in 1996: at that time he had been even blamed for international drugs traffic by public prosecutor in Rome, in particular between Rome and Colombia. For Flachi there's been no peace this year, as he has already expiated a 2 months ban for illegal betting, together with his former teammate, Morris Carrozzieri (we talked about this ban here)

"The Anti-doping CONI commission -we read in a handout- on Federation of sport doctors suggestion, after advising the Federation involved, has established a case of positiveness. Rome laboratory has found, in his first sample analyzed, presence of Benzoilecgonina (metabolite of cocaine) for Francesco Flachi".
After Calciopoli, match-fixing and betting scandals, riots in Catania and games played behind closed doors, today another page in the Italian football 'black book'. World Cup's win is already a distant memory...

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