Sergio Ramos is currently the captain of Real Madrid, with more than a decade in the team has inherited the leadership of the locker room and has learned many of the players that in all that time has had the joy of sharing, as the defensive solidity of Pepe, with his dirty tricks included, he learned to collect penalties from Cristiano after placing one in orbit and the most important thing that he has achieved in his entire career at Club level is to raise 3 consecutive Champions.
The world champion is known for his good defense and his last-minute goals, as well as breaking noses and injuring Mohamed Salah in the Champions League final. Now he will be known for the scandal that Football Leaks has released.
According to Football Leaks, Ramos would have tested positive for dexamethasone after the 2017 Champions League final, in which Real Madrid beat Juventus of Turin. The same information tells that the Real Madrid doctor admitted that Ramos received two injections of dexamethasone in the knee and shoulder the day before the match, a version that was admitted by UEFA.
Real Madrid has sent a statement after the heavy accusations:
- Sergio Ramos has never breached the anti-doping control regulations.
- UEFA requested timely information and closed the matter immediately, as is usual in these cases, after verification by the experts themselves of the World Anti-Doping Agency, AMA, and of UEFA itself.
- On the rest of the content of the aforementioned publication, the club does not pronounce itself before the evidence of the insubstantiality of the same.
Real Madrid, being the powerful institution that it is, defends and values its captain who can be aggressive at times, breaking a pair of noses, hitting some elbows and even injuring colleagues but never doping.