Papu Gómez received a harsh judicial setback in the last few hours to his appeal to try to reduce the two-year sanction for doping. The midfielder, currently at Monza in Italy, expressed confidence in being able to reverse the situation.

The 36-year-old footballer had reappeared on social networks with photos in which he showed himself training privately in a gym, since due to the sanction he cannot be part of his club's facilities either. His current coach, Raffaele Palladino, had anticipated on Friday that “the appeal was rejected. ”