05/04/2008
Athletic Club Bilbao midfielder Carlos Gurpegi will make his second competitive appearance after completing a two-year doping ban returning to San Mames in Sunday's league match against Real Mallorca.
A sold-out crowd will gather at San Mames to see Gurpegi play his first home game and help the Basques to a victory that could place them nearer to the qualification for the UEFA or Intertoto cup.
Athletic Club Bilbao are in the 11th place and have 46 points, six less than Sevilla in the sixth place and three less than Deportivo La Coruña in seventh place.
Gurpegi received his ban after testing positive for a metabolite of the banned steroid nandrolone in 2002 although he said the result occurred because the substance was produced naturally during exercise.
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