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    Exclamation Spanish player on drugs.

    Just found this interesting article.

    http://www.nairaland.com/626706/10-b...rs-facing-drug
    UEFA doctors pay a surprise visit to Spanish club - for second time

    MADRID - Ten Barcelona players, including Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez, underwent "routine" UEFA doping tests on Thursday, just days after a Spanish radio station alleged the club had links to disreputable doctors.

    "UEFA doctors paid a surprise visit to Barca's training this morning and carried out routine drug tests on 10 Barca players," the club said on its website.

    "This is the second time Barca have received one of UEFA's routine visits this season, after three last year."

    The latest tests come after Cadena Cope radio on Sunday said Barcelona rival Real Madrid has asked the Spanish football federation to take drug testing in the league "more seriously", saying it does not understand how "doctors with questionable reputations" can work for the Catalan club.

    The Catholic radio station, which quoted an unidentified "representative" of Real Madrid, did not name the doctors.

    It also alleged Eufemiano Fuentes, a medical doctor who was one of six people charged in December with trafficking offences in an athletics doping scandal, had worked for Valencia when it won league titles in 2002 and 2004.

    Barcelona and Valencia have threatened to take legal action against the radio station.

    "FC Barcelona wishes to publicly express its total indignation at these unfounded references which link the club to doping practices and to condemn such attitudes, which have nothing to do with fair play and gravely affect the image of sporting competition," the club said on Monday.

    Cadena Cope has responded with an apology, saying it did not intend to question the honesty of Barcelona and its players, but it has not retracted the report.

    "We have an anti-doping control today by UEFA, what a coincidence," Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, who was one of the 10 players tested, said on his Twitter page.

    David Villa, Jeffren Suarez, Jose Manuel Pinto, Andre Iniesta, Victor Valdes, Javier Mascherano and Ibrahim Afellay were the other Barcelona players chosen at random to provide urine samples.

    "This team reflects the values that go beyond football. We have nothing to hide. If we have to undergo 20 more controls, we will do it," Valdes said.

    Spain's Secretary of State for Sport, Jaime Lissavetzky, said on Monday he was not aware of any request from Real Madrid to change doping rules.

    "Spanish football is clean. We follow every guideline set out by FIFA and UEFA in this regard," he said.

    Barcelona's edge over Real at the top of La Liga was cut to five points on Sunday after it was held to a 1-1 draw at Sevilla.

    Valencia is in third place, 21 points behind Barcelona.

    Agence France-Presse
    Interesting stuff.

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    I thinks our lads were the ones on drugs.
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    Yes compared to them and their Super human reaction speed, did you see Fabregas goal?
    Reminded me of Maradonna when he was on drugs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tricky_colour View Post
    Yes compared to them and their Super human reaction speed, did you see Villas goal?
    Reminded me of Madonna when he was on drugs.
    I didn't even know she used to be a he!

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    I've heard these kind of accusations before, but never anything remotely concrete.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter View Post
    I've heard these kind of accusations before, but never anything remotely concrete.
    All to easy to cheat with drugs the tests )if they are ever done) don't pick up.

    You do see some odd things from time to time, perfectly fit players suddenly collapsing etc

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    As someone who follows cycling I've long being aware that drug use is rife in Spain in all sports.
    There is huge cover up in Tennis and Football over drug use in Spain. There's too many commercial interests involved for it to come out.
    I'm not gonna name names as this thread would have to be closed.
    But have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operac...to_doping_case and http://forum.cyclingnews.com/forumdi...c&daysprune=-1 which is a cycling forum on drugs in sport.

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    Fabragas on a high (before and after the goal!!)



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