What is dexamethasone? Does Ramos have any guilt for showering before the test? Real Madrid Zigor Montalvo explains to MARCA

Responsible for the Performance Control Unit of the Sports Medicine Center of the AEPSAD, Zigor Moltavo assessed the information on the 'Sergio Ramos case.' It's ben noted that the Real Madrid captain was involved in two cases of doping.

In the first, in a match in Malaga, he was warned that he had to pass an anti-doping control and despite that, he showered - and that is prohibited by the Spanish anti-doping law, Moltavo advised MARCA.

The second was after the 2017 Champions League final when traces of dexamethasone were detected, a drug that Montalvo says is not forbidden "if he injected is as the Real doctor says."

It would have been ingested orally or intramuscularly, and Real's doctor admitted that he had put two injections in Ramos' knee, so UEFA shouldn't be able to sanction him.

What is dexamethasone?

"It is a corticoid like many others in the family that is very broad, this is one of the most commonly used and you will not have any problems with it at the legal level," Moltavo continued.

"It is common for players to use glococorticoid and then an analgesic, what is clear is that it doesn't have a positive effect."

According to MedlinePlus, Dexamethasone: "Relieves inflammation (swelling, warmth, redness and pain) and is used to treat certain forms of arthritis; disorders of the skin, blood, kidney, eyes, Thyroid and intestines (for example, colitis), severe allergies, and asthma Dexamethasone is also used to treat certain types of cancer."

Regarding the issue of the shower, the specialist is clear.

"It's not his fault but the witness who has to watch over him, and the defence in that sense will be simple," Moltavo concluded.

Der Spiegel do say that the test verifier had warned the player several times that taking a shower could have consequences.