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02-05-2013, 06:46 PM
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and another older article
As early as 1999, France's world champion Emmanuel Petit complained, "Things have come so far that we all need doping. Some are doing it already."
There's no questioning that steroids promote muscle regeneration, testosterone shortens the recovery time and the blood doping agent Epo improves endurance in the game considerably. Testosterone or Epo can be taken during training without worry, they are traceable for only 48 hours but they still work intensively for days afterwards - on match days, too, on which there are hardly any blood tests like during the World Cup. It's humbug to call the World Cup clean: A raised haematocritic value isn't noticed if nobody measures it.
Sure, drugs can't improve either on-the-ball talent or how to read the game. But Epo helps every player whose legs are getting tired. The best technician is useless if he lacks that tenth of a second that enables him to take possession, the half step that gets him into a shooting position. Just ask that powerhouse and doping addict Maradona or Zidane or consult the football archives: football and doping goes right back to the "Wunder von Bern," the German victory in the 1954 World Cup...
In the 1990s, there was systematic doping at Olympique Marseilles and FC Sion. Arsene Wenger, coach at London's Arsenal, spoke in 2004 of "abnormally high" blood values of new players - he believes "that some clubs dope players without their knowledge." Pleading ignorance are those world-class players condemned for doping, such as Jap Stam, Edgar Davids and Josep Guardiola.
And in Spain? As Zidane transferred from the doping-contaminated Turin to Madrid, it appeared as if he would probably face the same problems there, too. The "Doping Doctor" Eufemiano Fuentes had admitted that he took care of football stars. The French newspaper Le Monde, which got a hold of Fuentes' list, published it including the medical records for Real Madrid.
And Zidane? That he too, after Juventus, fell into Fuentes' hands, can be discerned from the files. In France, his general attitude toward blood practices is already known. In 2003, rock star Johnny Hallyday revealed how he likes to visit a Swiss clinic for regeneration purposes, where he has blood taken, loaded with oxygen and re-injected. The tip came from Zidane, who, he said, treats himself to the procedure twice a year.
And Zidane's long-time Real Madrid colleague, Ronaldo? He's in trouble with Italy's doping hunters due to a forbidden blood transfusion he underwent, ostensibly, to heal a muscle injury more quickly.
and another older article
As early as 1999, France's world champion Emmanuel Petit complained, "Things have come so far that we all need doping. Some are doing it already."
There's no questioning that steroids promote muscle regeneration, testosterone shortens the recovery time and the blood doping agent Epo improves endurance in the game considerably. Testosterone or Epo can be taken during training without worry, they are traceable for only 48 hours but they still work intensively for days afterwards - on match days, too, on which there are hardly any blood tests like during the World Cup. It's humbug to call the World Cup clean: A raised haematocritic value isn't noticed if nobody measures it.
Sure, drugs can't improve either on-the-ball talent or how to read the game. But Epo helps every player whose legs are getting tired. The best technician is useless if he lacks that tenth of a second that enables him to take possession, the half step that gets him into a shooting position. Just ask that powerhouse and doping addict Maradona or Zidane or consult the football archives: football and doping goes right back to the "Wunder von Bern," the German victory in the 1954 World Cup...
In the 1990s, there was systematic doping at Olympique Marseilles and FC Sion. Arsene Wenger, coach at London's Arsenal, spoke in 2004 of "abnormally high" blood values of new players - he believes "that some clubs dope players without their knowledge." Pleading ignorance are those world-class players condemned for doping, such as Jap Stam, Edgar Davids and Josep Guardiola.
And in Spain? As Zidane transferred from the doping-contaminated Turin to Madrid, it appeared as if he would probably face the same problems there, too. The "Doping Doctor" Eufemiano Fuentes had admitted that he took care of football stars. The French newspaper Le Monde, which got a hold of Fuentes' list, published it including the medical records for Real Madrid.
And Zidane? That he too, after Juventus, fell into Fuentes' hands, can be discerned from the files. In France, his general attitude toward blood practices is already known. In 2003, rock star Johnny Hallyday revealed how he likes to visit a Swiss clinic for regeneration purposes, where he has blood taken, loaded with oxygen and re-injected. The tip came from Zidane, who, he said, treats himself to the procedure twice a year.
And Zidane's long-time Real Madrid colleague, Ronaldo? He's in trouble with Italy's doping hunters due to a forbidden blood transfusion he underwent, ostensibly, to heal a muscle injury more quickly.