Red Bull Salzburg, Villarreal's next rival in the Europa League and whom Atlético de Madrid faced in the group stage of the Champions League, announced on Tuesday that two of its players, Malians
Mohamed Camara
and
Sekou Koita
, They tested positive on November 22 after returning from Namibia where they played a match with their national team.
In a statement, the current Austrian champion explains that both players tested positive for a drug to combat altitude sickness, which was given to them "by Mali's technical team" during their stay in West Africa.
The players took the drug, according to RB Salzburg, to compensate for the change in height between Bamako, Mali (350 meters) and Windhoek, Namibia (1,700 meters).
Koita was the starter, two weeks later, in the match that Red Bull played against Atlético, in Salzburg, in which both teams played the qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League and which ended with the victory of the team from Diego Simeone (0-2).
The current champion of the Austrian Bundesliga assures that the players "have all the support" of the club so that the situation is clarified and announces that both will continue training normally.
In addition, RB Salzburg indicates that it will do "everything possible", together with UEFA, to receive an explanation of the facts.
Precisely in a category A team match we must expect that medical care meets international standards and that doctors are familiar with the rules in force, "said Salzburg executive manager Stephan Reiter in the note.
Salzburg will play next February 18 in the round of the last 32 teams against Villarreal, first at home and a week later in Spain.
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