As per FIFA norms, it is customary for two players from a team to be
tested for drugs after a match - but the decision to test seven Costa
Rican players including the goal-scorer in that Italy game - Bryan Ruiz -
has raised several eyebrows, with Argentinian legend Diego Maradonna
accusing football's governing body of discrimination. FIFA though
maintain that this is a routine drug test - and that additional players
were called in because they weren't available earlier.
"Why test seven players from Costa Rica and not seven from Italy?" Maradona, the 1986 World Cup winner, said. "It's against the rules. Two players from each team are supposed to undergo doping controls. I know what I'm talking about because it happened to me. But seven players? I've never seen something like that.
Costa Rica coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, reacted to this decision saying: "We love it, we don't feel fear, on the contrary, we like it. There is a premise about this, why they are doing doping tests to Costa Rica. This is the question I made myself at the first moment, and it is because we are running, Costa Rica runs, and runs, and all my teams run and I congratulate the players for this. They can go on doing doping tests to us."
"Why test seven players from Costa Rica and not seven from Italy?" Maradona, the 1986 World Cup winner, said. "It's against the rules. Two players from each team are supposed to undergo doping controls. I know what I'm talking about because it happened to me. But seven players? I've never seen something like that.
Costa Rica coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, reacted to this decision saying: "We love it, we don't feel fear, on the contrary, we like it. There is a premise about this, why they are doing doping tests to Costa Rica. This is the question I made myself at the first moment, and it is because we are running, Costa Rica runs, and runs, and all my teams run and I congratulate the players for this. They can go on doing doping tests to us."
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