Ajax will provide an update on Wednesday regarding the appeal that has been lodged against André Onana’s doping suspension. The goalkeeper was able to tell his story well during the hearing at the international sports tribunal CAS that took four hours on Wednesday morning, the Amsterdam club puts forward in a press statement. However, UEFA is sticking to a twelve-month suspension for the use of the banned substance Furosemide, as Ajax also emphasizes.
“Onana was able to convey his story well and the arbitrators took plenty of time to listen to him. He has asked the CAS to cancel the sentence imposed on him, or to opt for a sentence significantly shorter than the twelve months imposed,” he said. let Ajax know on the club site on Wednesday. “During the suspension, the goalkeeper is not allowed to participate in any sports activity and must train independently. He has made it clear that this is difficult for him.”
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Ajax’s goalkeeper continues to fight for a lower penalty in the doping case.
However, UEFA does not appear to be merciful to Onana. The European Football Association therefore wants the 12-month sanction to remain in place. “UEFA’s position has not changed. They want the CAS to maintain the 12-month suspension. It is not yet known when the final decision of the CAS will be announced.”
The federal doctor of Cameroon will also testify, lawyer Dolf Segaar informed on Tuesday The Telegraph. “The doctor is not the most important trump card. The most important trump card is that there are cases that resemble these, but are sanctioned lower. The facts, that André accidentally took the wrong pill, are recognized by all parties. punishment, for reasons of reasonableness and proportionality. If we all say that André did it unconsciously, should you take him out of his profession for a year?”, Segaar wondered aloud.
Onana has indicated that the banned substance was in a water pill of his pregnant wife. The keeper said he took the pill accidentally, as he mistook it for aspirin. Segaar hopes in any case for a reduced sentence for his client on Wednesday. “We also ask for acquittal, but a reduced sentence is the most realistic,” said the counsel. “UEFA has said that it is a plausible story that Onana accidentally took a pill from his wife from the bedside table instead of an aspirin. We hope that the CAS finds that a slight degree of carelessness.”