Key moment in the life and career of Paolo Guerrero
The 'Predator', on whom a sanction was imposed forbidding him from playing the playoff with Peru, is in Zurich, Switzerland, to present his defense before FIFA this Thursday regarding the adverse result in his doping test. When will there be news?
Guerrero's hearing before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee
The national team striker is scheduled to appear before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee at 2 p.m (8 a.m in Peru) on November 30. After the hearing, Guerrero will have to wait for the committee's verdict.
How long will it take to know the decision?
But how long will it take to know the decision of the international football governing body? Leonardo Stagg, member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, mentioned that at least three members, including the president, must meet and the case could be resolved on the same Thursday.
"If, based on what is being reviewed, the Committee believes it can be resolved at that moment, it will resolve it. But it may be the case that they require additional evidence," said Stagg, from Ecuador. Brazilian journalist Fred Caldeira, on the other hand, has a different version.
"The information is that the result will only be disclosed at the end of the provisional suspension and not tomorrow," said the correspondent in England for 'Esporte Interativo'. In other words, we would have to wait until Sunday, December 3.
Paolo Guerrero was provisionally suspended on November 3, one week before the first leg of the Peru-New Zealand playoff for Russia 2018, after the adverse analytical result of the anti-doping test conducted in the previous match against Argentina.
It should be noted that according to FIFA regulations, this suspension is included within the actual sanction: if the Flamengo star receives a six-month suspension, he would have already served one month and would have five left on Sunday.