Former Real and Barça player ends up in prison

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Javier Saviola, who played for FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, committed a drunken driving offence on Sunday. He ended the night in jail.

This time, he failed to complete his dribble and even scored an own goal. While he had just enjoyed a good, well-watered evening in Andorra where he lives, Javier Saviola was caught driving his car with 1.1 grams of alcohol in his blood. As reported by A Bolathe former Argentine international will not escape a fine and a suspension of his driving license. In addition, he was invited – or rather forced – to come and finish his night in prison.

The Portuguese media also indicated that the former AS Monaco player did not seem to ” weakened ” by the amount of alcohol ingested. As a reminder, the limit set in the Principality is 0.87 g/l. The man who is now forty-two years old was not the only one to end up in a drunk tank since four other people, the most intoxicated of whom was tested at 2.77 g/l, accompanied him.

Many clubs

Eight years after retiring and a final season spent in the colours of River Plate, the club that trained him and where he revealed himself at the end of the 90s, Javier Saviola continues to play football for fun, while devoting himself to the joys of futsal. During his career, the 1.68m striker played for FC Barcelona, ​​for which he scored seventy-two goals. Loaned twice by the Blaugrana club, he played in particular for Monaco and Sevilla FC. Then came the time of Real Madrid. A real failure for him with only thirty-one games played and five goals scored.

Javier Saviola will then return to action with Benfica Lisbon, before continuing with one-year experiences, respectively at Malaga, Olympiakos, Hellas Verona and River Plate. Under the colours of Argentina, he also took part in forty matches, scoring eleven goals.

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