Daily Soccer Buzz: Betting scandal: Even games in the Champions League manipulated

Friday, January 14, 2011

Betting scandal: Even games in the Champions League manipulated

The football-betting scandal, the Champions League. The long-awaited indictment against the alleged mastermind Ante S. and Marijo C. containing information for the sports information service and the group match between the Champions League representatives to the Hungarian Debrecen VSC and Fiorentina (3:4) on 20 October 2009.

Six goals were scored in the first half. In addition, the defendants allegedly put 3.5 million euros to 47 match-fixing, have moved several encounters of the second division VfL Osnabruck, two Champions League games and important meetings abroad. "It is about games in Slovenia, the highest Swiss league, the World Cup qualifier against Finland and Liechtenstein, a Swiss Under-21 international.

In the Champions League is the game affected Debrecen against Fiorentina, "said Volker Talarowski, the press spokesman for the Bochum district court. He was irritated that the Bochum prosecutor's indictment made public, although "I know the writing was not delivered in full." Ante S. and Marijo C.

ill-gotten millions, lubricated with vast sums of money players and referees chatted freely on the stand - well, presumably most important heads of the scandal have to be in the dock. Previously, P., key figure in the scandal involving referee Robert Hoyzer, C., and only as a witness before the District Court.

The duo in last 14 months in custody, is said to have collected 2.8 million euros profit. Attorney Bernard Bienioßek is safe, now the fattest fish in the biggest betting scandal in European football history to indict. "These are, in our view, the two main leaders," said Bienioßek the SID on Friday.

The competition sponsors are threatening prison terms because of the commercial and gang even fraud. "This is punishable with prison sentences of between one and ten years, in less serious cases between six months and five years. We expect that there will soon come to a trial, "said Bienioßek.

Ante S. and count aloud Marijo C. Attorney Andreas Bachmann to "Champions League" of betting cheats. On the stand, the duo has taken full confessions. The public prosecutor said on Friday from 30 games which are not part of the ongoing process in Bochum, including four games of the German regional and upper leagues, and compulsory and test matches abroad - was so allows pretty much any interpretation.

According to SID information is in the Europa League next to the affected match between FC Basel and CSKA Sofia encounter Aalborg BK vs Slavia Sarajevo. The five second division matches of FC St. Pauli, who were in the course of the case, Rene Schnitzler recently come into the conversation, are not part of the prosecution.

In another case, the German Football Association, the player Patrick Neumann of the regional division side SC Verl because manipulation agreements for two years and nine months has blocked. The beginning of the lock was on the 24th November 2009, the day of Neumann's exclusion from the squad players Verler set.

The earliest on 23 August 2012 must be followed by Neumann has a club affiliated with the DFB. "Control and sport court see it as established that Neumann compared with punters and declared ready mediators, the results of the championship games of the Regionalliga West between Borussia Moenchengladbach and SC Verl II, the SC Verl and 1 FC Köln II and 1 FC Saarbrücken and to influence the SC Verl favor of the respective game opponent, "it said in the notice.

Evidence that there has been tampering could not lead themselves. Neumann is the seventh player who has been locked in connection with the betting scandal. He was - as the former Osnabrück Marcel Schuon - 33 months, the longest barrier. Three other cases were dismissed because there was no reasonable suspicion.

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