Earlier, Shakhtar made an official statement, in which the positive doping test was confirmed by Dario Srna.

"On September 18, 2017, I was notified by the National Anti-Doping Center of Ukraine (NADCU) that the trial I passed in an out-of-competition period on March 22, 2017 contained a prohibited drug. First of all, I consider it important to state that deliberately or specially I have never accepted any prohibited drugs, nor have I ever tried to gain an unfair advantage in competitions, "Srnu quotes the official website of the" orange-black ".

"Now I am engaged in the collection and analysis of information on the possible source of the drug and fully cooperate on this issue with Nadtsu. In order to focus on my defense and the need to remove excessive attention to the team, I decided to suspend my speeches until the legal procedures are completed ".

"I'm going to fully focus on protecting my name and reputation. Over the course of my career, I have repeatedly made efforts to prove myself, proving my right to succeed. Today is another example when I prove that everything that I achieved in life and in my professional career was made solely through hard work, dedication, discipline and, I stress, it was done honestly ".

"And these are the principles and values ??that my father taught me, and I also raise my children today.

Due to the confidentiality of the legal proceedings, I will no longer give any comments at this stage. I want to thank first of all my family, club and our loyal fans for their constant support and I hope to return to the field as soon as possible. This is not the end of my career, I promise you, "- concluded the Croat.

While Dario will try to prove his innocence, his place in the starting lineup will probably be taken by Bogdan Butko.

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