Sacchi meets with doping prosecutor
Posted: Friday February 26, 1999 03:45 PM
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Arrigo Sacchi plans to retire from soccer. AP |
TURIN, Italy (AP) -- Arrigo Sacchi, the former coach of AC Milan
and of the Italian national team, met Friday with the Turin
prosecutor looking into doping in Italian soccer.
Sacchi spent about three hours in the office of prosecutor
Raffaele Guariniello, who opened his investigation in August.
"The judge is doing his job seriously," was Sacchi's only
comment before driving away in a taxi.
Guariniello has questioned dozens of coaches, trainers, team
officials and players -- including former stars Diego Maradona and
Michel Platini -- during his inquiry prompted by remarks of AS Roma
coach Zdenek Zeman about sudden muscular development among Serie A
players.
Sacchi, who led Italy to second place in the 1994 World Cup in
the United States, said recently he planned to retire from soccer
following his dismissal earlier this month from Atletico Madrid in
the Spanish league. Sacchi was fired after his team had lost its
fourth straight and dropped to ninth place.
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