Gilberto Silva – intentionally poisoned?
October 14, 2008
Lucio: They Tried To Poison Us!
Brazil had no problems overcoming Venezuela at the weekend, running out 4-0 winners. However, defender Lucio claims the team were intentionally poisoned ahead of the game.
The Bayern Munich centre back complained of a stomach ache and had to be sick during the half time interval. He wasn’t the only one with Maicon, Gilberto Silva and Elano also affected. To blame was coffee served to the team back in their team hotel.
The Brazilian team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar has diagnosed food poisoning, but failed to point the finger of blame at anybody in particular. Lucio however was more forthright in his opinion when speaking to the Brazilian newspaper ‘Zero Hora’.
“It was an attempt to harm the Brazil team†he said. “If that was their intention, then it didn’t work because it just made us even more motivated†he added.
It wasn’t just the unsavoury coffee that caused Carlos Dunga’s side distress. According to reports in ‘Zero Hora’ the hotel employees in the Caracas hotel made a tremendous amount of noise, while the squad were also forced to wait inside their aeroplane for 90 minutes on landing in Venezuela.
The good news though is that team doctor Lasmar has given all those affected a clean bill of health for their next game on Wednesday against Columbia.