The key coach of real Madrid, Santiago Solari, defended the captain of his own club Sergio Ramos, saying that he is an irregular doping-a sample of the final victory of the Champions League over Juventus in 2017.

According to the German magazine Der Spiegel, Ramos failed to announce that he took dexamethasone, a forbidden anti-inflammatory, before the end at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff, where real Madrid beat Juventus 4-1.

"Sergio Ramos is an honest man, a sign not only of real Madrid, but of all Spanish football, "Solari said at a press conference before the Champions League game on Tuesday in front of Roma at the Olimpico stadium.

"Everyone's duty is to protect him, in that amount and the press, the purpose of which is the exploration of the truth.

"If we publish baggage that does not correspond to reality, the specialty of the correspondent loses its purpose.”

Ramos, 32, dismissed the anti-doping charges against him as "untrue" and a deliberate attempt to tarnish his reputation.