adminArsenal manager Arsene Wenger has accused European football’s governing body Uefa of accepting doping because they allowed his team’s defeat by Dinamo Zagreb to stand despite one of the Croatian club’s players failing a drugs test.
After Dinamo beat Arsenal 2-1 in their opening Champions League Group F match in September, midfielder Arijan Aremi tested positive and was banned for four years. The club are appealing.
Under Uefa rules the result of a match stands if only one player fails a test.
“You can’t say ‘okay, they had a doped player and the result stands’” Wenger told reporters ahead of yesterday’s return match in London.
“That means you basically accept doping.
“It doesn’t look logical, especially if you (test) only three players.”
Last week Wenger called for more blood testing in football.
The following day, he said, Uefa testers visited the club’s training ground for the first time he could remember in his 19 years as Arsenal manager.
Dinamo’s manager Zoran Mamic said it was fair that the win should count.
“Mr Wenger can talk about what he wants but there are other people who make decisions about that,” he told a news conference.
“I don’t think there’s a problem with doping in football.”- Supersport.
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