Our Champions League Group

[Michael]

From the BBC:

 

 

 

French authorities are investigating potential match-fixing in Paris St-Germain's 6-1 Champions League win over Red Star Belgrade this month.

 

A Red Star official allegedly placed a bet of almost 5m euros (£4.3m) for the Serbian club to lose by five goals, reported French newspaper L'Equipe.

 

The French National Finance Prosecutor (PNF) is investigating the claims after being alerted by Uefa.

 

Both clubs have denied any wrongdoing.

 

A Red Star statement read: "FC Red Star with the highest anger and abomination rejects the story.

 

"The article can harm and bring big damage to our club's reputation and that is why we insist that Uefa and investigators in Serbia and in France investigate the whole story and get the truth.

 

"Today's technologies and other mechanisms are so improved that it is basically impossible to leave this case unsolved.

 

"Red Star expects to get the truth at short notice and remove any doubt about our involvement in possible wrongdoing."

 

In a statement, PSG expressed their "amazement and indignation".

 

They added: "Paris Saint-Germain reiterates its commitment to a fundamental principle of sport, that of the integrity of competitions and therefore refutes any form of practice that could call into question that integrity."

 

Brazil forward Neymar scored a hat-trick and Edinson Cavani, Angel di Maria and Kylian Mbappe also netted at Parc des Princes in Paris on 3 October.

 

Former Germany international Marko Marin scored a second-half goal for Red Star.

[Hassony]

Kick them both out

[muleskinner]

Kick them both out

It's the only sensible solution

[Hightown Phil]

Biggest load of s***e ever written.

[Cobs]

Someone placed a €5mm bet on a football game?

[downunder]

Someone placed a €5mm bet on a football game?

Something doesn’t measure up

[New York Red]

Kick them both out

 

 

Goddamn right. Shifty f*cking foreigners. The HAVE to be guilty.

[épieur]

Biggest load of s**** ever written.

Why? You think match fixing doesn't happen? Or that a bet of millions on a very specific result isn't suspicious?

[Hightown Phil]

Why? You think match fixing doesn't happen? Or that a bet of millions on a very specific result isn't suspicious?

Because it’s not possible to place a bet of that volume.

[Murphman]

I want my ticket money back! Dirty frogs coming over here letting in last minute goals, who knows what went on?

[muleskinner]

Load of people arrested in Belgium over match fixing in their top league too.

[Cunny]

Because it’s not possible to place a bet of that volume.

 

agree with this, even though they split the bet up, the bookies share data with each other to identify irregular betting patterns

this would have stuck out like a sore thumb

€5m Euro on -4.5 when they would probably take less than 1% of that normally

 

If Red Star players were in on it, what were they thinking scoring after 74 minutes to make it 5-1?

bit risky, no?

[Stanley Leisure]

Because it’s not possible to place a bet of that volume.

Er, I once bet my best mate Andy 5million quid that he couldn’t drink a bottle of chip shop vinegar, so...

[Hightown Phil]

Who won?

[Stanley Leisure]

Who won?

Me, because he had to go to hospital.

[Molby]

Was watching the goal highlights with my son and I was saying “this match is fixed - reminds me of Argentina v Peru 1978”

 

It was defo fixed

 

how the bets were placed is another matter

[kop205]

Er, I once bet my best mate Andy 5million quid that he couldn’t drink a bottle of chip shop vinegar, so...

Is chop shop vinegar different? Or did he literally just lift a bottle of vinegar from a chip shop?

[Hightown Phil]

Me, because he had to go to hospital.

Definitely better than £5m imo

[Stanley Leisure]

Is chop shop vinegar different? Or did he literally just lift a bottle of vinegar from a chip shop?

Yeah we were in a chippy, it was one of those little ones you get on tables.

 

Great times.

[muleskinner]

This is the content we want Stanley.

[Falconhoof]

I can’t imagine that half a pint of vinegar would put you in hospital.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

I can’t imagine that half a pint of vinegar would put you in hospital.

Try it. I'll bet you £5mm

[Falconhoof]

5mm of what ?

[growler]

With the amount of money in the game these days it’s highly likely there are matches that are influenced. Unless whole team in on it almost impossible to fix I would think. But definitely certain individuals are dirty. Impossible that it’s 100% clean.

[Stanley Leisure]

I can’t imagine that half a pint of vinegar would put you in hospital.

Just trying to bring a bit of sunshine into our lives, ffs.