Thursday, August 11th, 2011 | Posted by BBC TIME; Adrian Mutu is banned for life over breach of Rules
Fresh Sports news is that Romanian striker Adrian Mutu has been excluded from the Romanian national team for life after spending a night drinking with a coworker ahead of a friendly against San Marino, coach Victor Piturca said, bbctime reported.
The two players have been disqualified for life from the national team”, Piturca stressed.
“It’s a shame but rules are strict and they should have known it,” he added.
Mutu and Tamas, who had been caught up in drinking bouts before, had gone out partying on Monday evening in spite of strict orders from the coach.
“We understand Piturca’s decision,” Mutu said.
The expulsions come less than a month before Romania resume their Euro-2012 qualifying campaign, against Luxemburg on September 2 and France four days later.
Nicknamed the “Brilliant” by Romanian fans, Mutu was suspended for taking cocaine in 2004 and still owes 17.2 million euros in damages to Chelsea, his club at the time.
In January 2010 he was banned for nine months by Italian club Fiorentina after he failed anti-doping tests.
When he returned in October, he was involved in a bar brawl and was almost forced to leave Fiorentina during the winter due to his poor attitude in training.
Last month he joined the modest Italian club of Cesena, saying he had come “to set an instance and help the team progress”.