Red Star Belgrade have responded with the “highest anger and abomination” to a report of match-fixing by the club in their most recent Champions League match with Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG hosted Red Star on October 3 for the clubs' second Champions League match in Group C, with the Parisians coming away with a comfortable 6-1 victory.
The hosts jumped out to a 4-0 lead during the first half, and scored a fifth in the 70th minute before Red Star notched a goal of their own four minutes later.
It was no more than a consolation effort, with Neymar completing the scoring, and his hat-trick, in the 81st minute to give PSG an easy victory.
However, a report from L’Equipe details allegations UEFA received of match-fixing by Red Star in which a senior member of the Serbian club, with others, intended to place a bet of several million euros on the team to lose by five goals.
The report states French authorities have opened an investigation into the matter after UEFA notified them of the allegations.
Red Star have now released a statement vehemently denying the accusations, and demanding an UEFA investigation into the matter in order to clear the club’s name.
"FC Red Star with the highest anger and abomination rejects the story L'Equipe published today about suspicious result of the PSG vs Red Star match and involvement of anyone from our club in possible wrong doings,” the statement read.
No comments:
Post a Comment