Can confirmation of Papu Gomez’s positive anti-doping control opened the debate: can Argentina lose its title of world champion and if necessary, France be sacred?
The case continues to make great noise in Argentina. Among the 23 sacred players in Qatar, Papu Gomez was controlled positive for a prohibited product shortly before the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. And if the Monza player claims his innocence by explaining that he has only taken a children’s syrup when he was sick without taking trouble consulting the doctors of the Sevilla FC, the sanction is likely to be very heavy for the Argentinian midfielder.
A two -year suspension is thus mentioned. A Satention which should be accompanied by the loss of its title of world champion won with Argentina last December. In article 26 of its regulation, FIFA indeed stipulates thatn no more automatic cancellation of the results obtained in the match during which a positive sample was collected under AL. 1 of this article, all the other competition results obtained by the player from the date of the deduction of the positive sample (in competition or out of competition), or the commission of another violation of the anti -doping rules, are canceled, with all the consequences which result from it, until the beginning of the provisional suspension or the suspension, unless another treatment is justified for reasons of equity.“”
The loss would be terrible for Papu Gomez, who would therefore be scratched by the list of world champions, and some wonder about the fate of Argentina. In athletics, Usain Bolt lost an Olympic title on the 4x100m when one of his stooges was convinced of doping. The Albiceleste is so far away from such an unfortunate since the regulations want a collective title to be withdrawn only if two or more players from the sacred team have been controlled positive. However, no other Argentinian player was worried before the World Cup or during the competition.
If necessary, it is also unlikely that France could recover the title of world champion if Argentina was deposed. Like what has been done when Lance Armstrong recognized its guilt, Argentina should only be striking from the charts without the title being reassigned.
