Following a hearing at the Italian National Anti-Doping Organization on Monday, Giuseppe Rossi escaped a ban for having found dorzolamide after a match in May.
The anti-doping prosecutor was seeking a one-year ban but the 31-year-old Rossi was given only a reprimand following Mondayโs hearing.
โGiuseppe has been treated in good faith,โ his solicitor, Sergio Puglisi Maraia, told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
โNo sanction has been levied, just a reprimand; a warning to be more careful next time. We donโt know how this substance could have ended up in Rossiโs food, but there was no intent [to dope]. Good faith and coherence have prevailed.โ
Rossi is currently a free agent and able to sign with any team.
โToday a nightmare of four months is over,โ Rossi wrote on Twitter. โNow I just want to think about football and keep doing what I love more than anything else.โ
Oggi รจ finito un incubo di 4 mesi! . Adesso voglio pensare solo al calcio e continuare a fare quello che amo piรน di ogni altra cosa! #giustiziafatta #grandeteam pic.twitter.com/36ZLdO2Kd0
โ GIUSEPPE ROSSI (@GiuseppeRossi22) October 1, 2018
