Dino Baggio, former Italian international, questions the substances administered to footballers in the 1990s

Mourning over the death of former teammates, ex-Italian international Dino Baggio said on Wednesday January 18 that he was “necessary to investigate” on the “substances” drugs administered to footballers in the 1990s in Italy.

In an interview at The Gazzetta dello Sportthe former midfielder, ex-teammate of Gianluca Vialli and Sinisa Mihajlovic, recently deceased, assures that he does not mention possible doping practices, specifying comments made the day before on Italian television, but the “complements” and medications received during his career.

“Imagine that the doctors could give us doping substances: we had controls every three or four days… No, simply, I would like to know from the scientists if the supplements that we take can, in the long term, create problems in our body”explains Dino Baggio, 51, who was a professional player between 1990 and 2005.

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“I would like science to be able to provide us with answers”

“My reasoning stems from the pain I feel for the disappearance of Vialli, whom I have always considered a friend and who helped me so much, of Mihajlovic and other boys who, like me, played football in the 1990s (…). I think it is necessary to investigate the pharmacological substances taken at that time”, adds the one who evolved with Gianluca Vialli at Juve and with Sinisa Mihajlovic at Lazio Rome. Gianluca Vialli died on January 6, aged 58, from pancreatic cancer, and Sinisa Mihajlovic died on December 16, aged 53, after battling leukemia in recent years.

“I would like science to give us answers on the drugs that have been administered to us to recover from an injury or regain energy”says the ex-midfielder who has worn the Italy jersey sixty times, who also expresses his concerns about the products used to maintain the lawns.

The World with AFP

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