In the oral trial of the 'operation Puerto', Eufemiano Fuentes, the guru of doping in Spain, walked in the corridors of Court 21 on Julián Camarillo Street in Madrid with a folder in which a photo of

Fermín Cacho

, victorious in the Barcelona'92 Olympic Games.

The doctor, always so sibylline, masterfully handles the staging, as he did this Sunday in 'Lo de Évole', where he was going to reveal what was never said.

His relationships with soccer teams, the political use of his figure, the traps of Spanish sport.

Many gestures, silences that they grant and few new names compared to what is already known.

The only one that of Fermín Cacho, whom he treated in a particular way, outside the Spanish Athletics Federation.

«If I told everything I know, it would be very damaging for Spanish sport.

But I can't count it for professional consistency.

I think that some Spanish medalists at the Barcelona Games took drugs, I think so, but I can't prove it, "he warned on the program.

To Cacho, he said, he administered what was used 30 years ago, such as natural testosterone stimulators and plasma expanders.

"They asked me for privacy, they didn't want positive results, but they did want results," he stressed.

He also stated that Cacho acted as a liaison between him and

Jaime Lissavetzky

, Secretary of State for Sports, to treat Spanish athletes.

"I cheated, like everyone else," he stressed.

"He did blood transfusions with medical criteria, for prophylactic purposes."

The doctor said that in the "Puerto operation" cycling was used as a scapegoat and other sports, such as soccer, were protected.

"I have worked with soccer teams officially and unofficially. I was required to advise their technicians on recovery matters and charged for it, I could earn 60,000 euros a year," he explained, to say that he did not work for Real Sociedad, although he acknowledged the veracity of a document that related him to the Basque team doctors.

So, in the 2002-03 season, the club was led by

José Luis Astiazarán

.

He spoke of Barcelona, ​​of Real Madrid, spreading a shadow of suspicion, without accusations, feigning, scoring without hitting.

Giving importance, claiming, once again his minute of glory.

Eufemiano pointed out that since he was 30 years old he has been linked to Spanish sport, but his descent into hell occurred in 2006, when he was arrested by the

Civil Guard

for an alleged crime against public health.

In two floors of Madrid, more than 200 frozen blood bags of athletes were discovered, prepared for autotransfusions.

The judicial investigation, after several appeals, concluded in 2016, when the Provincial Court of Madrid acquitted the doctor and the rest of the accused of a crime against public health.

It did not enter into a sporting aspect, because when the arrest took place doping was not considered a crime in Spain.

"He did blood transfusions with medical criteria, for prophylactic purposes," he excused himself in the program of La Sexta

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