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Former AC Milan player a 'victim' of doping culture - report
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[SIZE=-1]Carlo Petrini, now 60, says he and others were "victims" of a culture of doping at the Italian club, who won the first of their seven European Cup/Champions League titles in 1963.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"As well as being given medicine, I was also a victim of doping. I say victim, because to me that's what I am," Petrini, who notably also played for Genoa, Torino and Roma, told the Sky Sport 24 on Friday.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The first time, the doctor, masseur and coach came into the dressing room. The doctor had a vial in his hands which looked like a bottle of Orangina with a soft stopper.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"At that time disposable syringes didn't exist so big glass syringes that were boiled up along with the needles were used. That day, the needle went into the vial five times before being injected into five different thighs.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"It was only afterwards that we realised what we'd been given because whether it was running, jumping, falling, or going for goal we had energy to burn. We felt fresh and just didn't run out of energy.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Every day there were injections going around. Some (players) injected themselves because they didn't trust the masseurs."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Petrini, who in 2001 published a book in which he slammed past doping practices in the game, said some of the side effects of the unknown products he claims were administered was producing "light green saliva".[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Sometimes your tongue was so swollen it filled the entire mouth. We had to run about with our mouths open," he added [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]AFP[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Carlo Petrini, now 60, says he and others were "victims" of a culture of doping at the Italian club, who won the first of their seven European Cup/Champions League titles in 1963.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"As well as being given medicine, I was also a victim of doping. I say victim, because to me that's what I am," Petrini, who notably also played for Genoa, Torino and Roma, told the Sky Sport 24 on Friday.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The first time, the doctor, masseur and coach came into the dressing room. The doctor had a vial in his hands which looked like a bottle of Orangina with a soft stopper.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"At that time disposable syringes didn't exist so big glass syringes that were boiled up along with the needles were used. That day, the needle went into the vial five times before being injected into five different thighs.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"It was only afterwards that we realised what we'd been given because whether it was running, jumping, falling, or going for goal we had energy to burn. We felt fresh and just didn't run out of energy.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Every day there were injections going around. Some (players) injected themselves because they didn't trust the masseurs."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Petrini, who in 2001 published a book in which he slammed past doping practices in the game, said some of the side effects of the unknown products he claims were administered was producing "light green saliva".[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Sometimes your tongue was so swollen it filled the entire mouth. We had to run about with our mouths open," he added [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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