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The case of the old lady

On Wednesday, December 15, 2005, leaders Juventus were "laundered "Appeal of charges which had earned Riccardo Agricola (Medical Officer of the club) to be sentenced in November 2004 to one year and ten months prison for" sporting fraud and administration of dangerous products " .

Chronology of the case:

July 1998. Zdenek Zeman, Roma coach tip in an interview "explosion muscle" some Juventus players and asked the Calcio "outside of pharmacies" .

August 1998. The prosecutor opened an investigation Guariniello. The uring a search ordered by the prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello, 281 types of medicines are found in the premises of Juventus of Turin. "What meet the needs of a hospital in small or medium" , said one expert. Also shown are a dozen products on the banned list of the International Olympic Committee. Not to mention other pharmacological manipulations (EPO or transfusions) which, if not discovered the day of the search, have left traces in some indirect medical records. Seizure of medical records of players. Vialli and Del Piero are heard.

September 1998. We learn that the laboratory of Roman Acquacetosa did not control the anabolic files that footballers have disappeared and that positive tests have been hidden. The Italian Olympic Committee president is contrite to resign.

October 1998. Documents seized from a doctor reveals abnormal hematocrit among players of Parma. Measurements were made while Thuram and Boghossian were on vacation. Daniel Bravo bites reported "suspicious" when the club was operating. The club highlighted an error in the meter.

March 1999. Deschamps and Zidane are heard by the prosecutor.

June 2000. Sandro Donati, head of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) reported that Juve had taken him under contract in 1998 two "advisors" to the less controversial, which had previously operated in athletics: Argentina's Guillermo Laich, "specialist in growth hormone, known for its methods rather dangerous ", and Dutchman Kraajienhof Henck, known for have argued in the past the usefulness of steroids. "He even went to plead in a newspaper his country's liberalization of doping!" In fact, says Donati "the beginning of investigations (...) which ended this attempt programmed doping in football. The clubs were afraid and then they all broke their contracts with these doctors a little "special". If it were not all these cases, I think a very dangerous time for Calcio promised to " ( Humanity ).

July 2001. A first expert report identifies "pharmacological profiles worrying" , abnormal variations of hematocrit and iron administration and creatine dangerous to health

January 2002. Opening the trial, which has thirty-nine hearings.

October 2003. Gianluca Vialli, the club from 1992 to 1996, said he suffered numerous injections, while "nine times out of ten it do not suffer from particular disorders" .

January 2004. Having twice declined the invitation for "professional reasons" Zinedine Zidane is in court and admitted taking creatine between 1996 and 2001 (restoring the muscle is not on the banned list). He said thinking that the products which were administered in the morning matches via infusions or injections were "vitamins".

June 2004. In his report, Dr. D'Onofrio concludes use "virtually certain" EPO by Antonio Conte and Alessio Tacchinardi. It forbids a definitive diagnosis for Zinedine Zidane and Didier Deschamps, although it has variations in hemoglobin and ferritin suspects.

November 2004. The ruling pertained to the period 1994-1998 the club. Expertise final entrusted in part to Professor Giuseppe D'Onofrio, focused on the study of blood parameters quarante-neuf joueurs et a conclu à l’utilisation quasi certaine de l’EPO ou de transfusions pour deux joueurs, Conte et Tacchinardi , et très probablement pour six autres footballeurs, dont Didier Deschamps. Le taux d’hématocrite de ce dernier a pu atteindre 51,9%, et au vu de l’importance des variations de ces mesures d’hémoglobine, l’expert indique une «stimulation exogène» . Le jugement confirme la sanction pour "fraude sportive" et mentionnent l’utilisation de l’EPO. Il indique aussi que le Dr Agricola "ne peut s’être procuré seul l’EPO, ni avoir agi sans l’autorisation préalable de ses superiors ". Dr. Agricola was sentenced to one year and ten months imprisonment and a disqualification, the managing director Antonio Giraudo has a non-suit.

December 2005. During the trial, the hematologist Giuseppe D'Onofrio, concluded, however, the certainty of the use of EPO and blood transfusions for at least two players (Antonio Conte and Alessio Tacchinardi). The investigation and experts were also demonstrated by the use of a pharmacopoeia Turin, despite any medical justification ... But now, Gustavo J. Witzel decided that the law on "sporting fraud", originally intended to corruption and fake paris, did not apply to doping.

Luckily for Juventus, the anti-doping law passed in 2000 only could punish acts dating back to 1994-1998. Stéphane Mandard As noted in Le Monde, "The Court of Appeal the court of Turin did not call into question the conclusions of the expertise to launder the doctor of Juventus. It simply stated that neither drug use nor the administration of EPO was considered a crime under the law on sporting fraud in force in Italy at the material time " . Professional football seemed more than ever benefit from a remarkable impunity for doping. As the late Prof. D'Onofrio: "It is clear that football is untouchable. Now, no one will dare put his nose in the pharmacies of clubs" (The Team).