Gomez: I wasted two years on a bottle of syrup. Who can figure it out?

Hupu September 12th: Alejandro Gomez will be able to officially participate in the competition again from October 20, 2025, when the suspension he received for doping violations will expire. Before this date, he can train with Padua, the Italian second division he plays for. After a long time, the Argentine player began to see the dawn of the end of the tunnel, but this time was not easy for him. In a short time, he went from a world champion to someone who could not pursue his career.

Gomez was punished because his samples were found to contain terbutalin, a substance that is prohibited from medically approved in October 2022. He explained that he took his own child’s cough syrup without notifying the club’s medical department. The penalty was a two-year ban, sentenced by the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency, and was confirmed by FIFA in 2023. Now he has expressed his opinion on the matter without reservation.

"Obviously I am not pretending to be a victim, the responsibility lies with me. I am stupid. I drank the cough syrup that I shouldn't have been drinking, but it wouldn't have cost me two years in vain."

"They can ban you for four months, six months. You smoke cocaine, smoke marijuana, they give you six months of ban, and I wasted two years because I drank my son's cough syrup. Who can figure it out? I admit it, now I'm here, working hard. I'm really angry, very angry, at first I couldn't watch football games at all. I can't watch the game, I will turn off the TV. For me, football has died."