Mamic: dinamo will fight for suspended midfielder ademi

Mamic: dinamo will fight for suspended midfielder ademi

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Dinamo Zagreb have vowed to appeal Arijan Ademi's doping suspension, with coach Zoran Mamic determined to fight UEFA's ruling. Croatian-born Macedonia international midfielder


Ademi received a four-year ban after testing positive for a banned substance following Dinamo's 2-1 Champions League victory over Arsenal in September. Ademi has pleaded his innocence


throughout the process despite returning two positive samples, while Dinamo expressed their shock at the lengthy suspension. You may like And Mamic also had his say, labelling UEFA's


decision as "stupidity". "Ademi and experts proved his supplement was infected with prohibited substance and he didn't know what kind of supplement he was using. That is


why I can't understand this decision made by UEFA," he said via the club's official website. "We should all be very careful because there are strict rules about doping in


football, but four-year suspension is stupidity. How would UEFA punish Arsenal, Bayern, Manchester or some other big club? This is humiliation of all of us.  "We will make a complaint


about this decision and we are all shocked. We will fight for him and for his case because Ademi is a brilliant young guy, player and a vice-captain. We want to protect him, protect the club


and Croatian football in general, because this is a huge stain for all of us." The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.