Match fixing

[Fivex]

Yes, I remember that

[Leyton388]

Has the mirror blamed Suarez yet?

[Mattshark]

What are the odds that it was Redknapp.

[RichC]

Certainly wouldn't be a jaw dropping shock would it.

[red g]

probably the same odds that he will be interviewed in the car about it. I am sure he will be happy about ansewring questions to !

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJBsI7RAuvk"]Harry Redknapp "I'm no wheeler dealer" x rated reaction to Sky's Rob Palmer - YouTube[/ame]

[Captain Stu]

It's bound to be our game against Besiktas isn't it? That was a bit dodgy and all that but any accusations wouldn't be against us - it would be against the Besiktas players. We ****ed 'em good and proper.

[Shaggy]

8-0 v Besiktas was 2007.

[Jaymo]

I remember hearing something about Fiorentina when we got knocked out at the group stages in 09/10 season.

I can't remember where but maybe that has something to do with it?

[Helios Creed]

Richard Keys has just said... "I'm not suggesting... but Liverpool's game at... just saying".

Didnt catch what team he said though. What a cunt. Anyone else hear it?

wasn't there an accusation that a club let us totally hammer them in the second game, having played well in the first... can't which game it was but it doesn't appear to have been in the seasons concerned..

[Helios Creed]

8-0 v Besiktas was 2007.

that was it - I remember it was 8-0

[spud_gun]

Celtic 2 Barca 1 has got to be well dodgy.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

United have lost at home to a few ****e sides.

But it says 140k Euros was the most to any individual, that's not worth risking a career for a United player surely? Has to be a Welsh or Irish side surely!

[Shaggy]

**** me, surely not

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-fixed-champions-league-game-was-liverpool-1-debrecen-0-sept-2009/

The fixed Champions League game was Liverpool 1 – Debrecen 0 (Sept. 2009)

Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet have come out with a stunning claim this evening, just hours after Europol said over 680 games have been fixed worldwide.

Much of the press speculation in the UK revolved around the fact a Champions League game based in England, over the last 3 to 4 years, was one of the fixed matches and Ekstra Bladet seem certain that it was Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Debrecen in 2009.

They suggest that Debrecen goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic was bribed to ensure that there were over 2.5 goals in the match.

However, Liverpool had a poor night in front of goal and Poleksic only conceded one, where he punched out a shot from Fernando Torres into the path of Dirk Kuyt to claim the winner – see video below.

In text messages recovered by police – the people behind the match fixing bemoaned the fact Steven Gerrard missed some presentable chances against Debrecen.

Later on in the Champions League group stage of 2009, Poleksic was once again allegedly bribed for the match against Fiorentina which the Italians won 4-3.

Poleksic has since subsequently been banned from all football activities for failing to report match fixing activities.

Ekstra Bladet add in their report this evening just how difficult it is to prove match fixing – after all in the case of Liverpool’s win over Debrecen can we really be sure the keeper was trying to let in three or more goals?

They also say that whilst big clubs such as Liverpool and Fiorentina stick out like sore thumbs in this report, there is no evidence to link them with any match fixing whatsoever.

The second video below is the statement earlier on Monday from Europol.

[Chris]

Ha! Typical, even though it's obviously nothing to do with us might have known our name would somehow get dragged in.

[-V-]

Thats hilarious, all we had to do was hit the target from anywhere and we would have scored

Although how **** would the odds have been on over 2.5 goals. Strange choice of bet if true