2023-07-14 02:08:09
Rodrigo Moledo, experienced central marker of Inter de Porto Alegre, was suspended for doping (REUTERS / Diego Vara)
The round of 16 clash of the Copa Libertadores de América between River Plate and Internacional de Porto Alegre aims to be one of the most attractive of the matches that will begin on Tuesday, August 1. Martín Demichelis’s team will open the series at the Monumental and, while waiting for the duel, a piece of news that affects the Brazilian team was confirmed.
The experienced central marker Rodrigo Moledo tested positive for an anti-doping control following the group stage match once morest Metropolitanos, in Venezuela. The banned substance found in the player’s urine is ostarine, which is found in medications to treat osteoporosis and wasting muscle. For this reason, Conmebol decided to temporarily suspend the 35-year-old defender, who will miss the series.
The Brazilian club sent a statement confirming the decision made by the authorities of the South American Football Confederation in which they inform that the athlete requested a countertest of the sample and that they will support Moledo through their legal department. “We record the confidence in the athlete’s suitability and we hope that everything is duly clarified,” reads the Inter publication.
The match in which the sample was taken was held on Thursday, May 25 of this year in Caracas and Inter defeated Metropolitanos de Venezuela 2-1 on the fourth date of Group B, which led the Porto Alegre team with 12 points , followed by National of Uruguay. Moledo started and completed the 90 minutes. The referee was the Argentine Nicolás Lamolina.
Internacional de Porto Alegre is one of the best teams in the Copa Libertadores. They will face River Plate in the round of 16 (REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
In the gaucho club, Moledo played 218 games and scored 12 goals, which means a key piece in the Mano Menezes scheme. In any case, Inter has managed to add hierarchy reinforcements to target the Libertadores. They joined the goalkeeper of the Uruguayan team, Sergio Rochet, and the Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia. In addition, the Colorados have other internationals in their ranks such as the Argentine Gabriel Mercado and the Chilean Charles Aránguiz, which make them a dangerous rival for River.
The series will begin on August 1 at 9:00 p.m. in Buenos Aires, where there will be 5,000 seats for Brazilian fans, and the rematch will be at the Beira Rio de Porto Alegre stadium on Tuesday, August 8, also at 9:00 p.m.
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