Players of the French team of the World Cup 1998 "Blood tests showed suspicious" according to statements by the French physician Jean-Pierre Paclet linked to the ‘bleus’ between 1993 and 2008. "The blood tests revealed abnormalities in several players just before that tournament, especially the ones who played in clubs in Italy" Paclet revealed in his recent book L’Implosion.
* According to him, the red blood cell count was above normal which would indicate use of EPO, a substance banned by FIFA. In the publication, the doctor point out that several tests made in the team of Juventus, from Turin, where Zinedine Zidane and Didier Deschamps played, and they showed suspicion of doping. Without fear, the doctor states that the duo was the most exposed because they played in the Italian team. It’s worth remembering that in the World Cup of 1998 France, of Zidane, defeated Brazil, of Ronaldo, in the finals.
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