Antidoping control finds Adrian Mutu positive

Fiorentina forward Adrian Mutu was tested positive by an anti-doping check. Following the doping test taken on 10 January 2010 after the 2-1 win over Bari, the Italian Olympic Committee announced Mutu as being contaminated with Sibutramine - a substance banned by FIFA. Sibutramine forbidden in European Union is a substance used for weight loss and hunger supression.
Adrian Mutu is liable for a ban ranging between 1 and 4 years. Mutu situation did not pass unobserved as the player failed a cocaine test in 2004 when he was playing for Chelsea. At that time he was banned for 7 months. In 2010 Mutu had an excellent evolution on the pitch, scoring seven goals in six games and taking on his side the public oppinion in his conflict with the Romania trainer Razvan Lucescu. Lucescu criticized Mutu for his extrasport life.
Video Mutu goal against Bari, Fiorentina - Bari 2-1.
Video Mutu scores for "viola" Fiorentina - Chievo 3-2.
Video Mutu netted also in Fiorentina - Lazio 3-2.
Romanian: Adrian Mutu sibutramina - test pozitiv Ianuarie 2010