One of The leading African football teamsIvory Coast, I had a jolt after that goalkeeper Sylvain Gboho has been banned for 18 months after testing positive for Banned substance, FIFA announced on Monday.
33-year-old-born positive test for Trimetazidine, a drug banned because it can boost endurance, after the 2022 World Cup qualifying Defeat by Cameroon on November 16.
Gboho, winner of Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, temporarily suspended by him national union in January.
According to FIFA Disciplinary decision Viewed by Agence France-Presse (AFP), Gboho clarified that took Inadvertently the substance after the drug was prescribed to it treat Vision problems by an ophthalmologist.
The 65th team explained that the goal was to “improve retinal blood flow” internationally and who He stopped the treatment himself after a month and a half“Because it didn’t happen improved The problem.
Although the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), in principle, four-year suspension for positive testthe FIFA Disciplinary Committee considered that he “unintentionally” consumed the banned substance and did not commit a “serious” error, reducing the sentence to 18 months from 23 December 2021. Gbohouo can return to play on June 23, 2023.
