Unsportsmanlike behavior apparently pays off. At least if you believe the investigators. Three professional footballers in Australia are said to have deliberately received yellow cards – after all, you can bet on them.
Three professional soccer players were arrested in Australia on Friday on suspicion of match-fixing. According to police, they allegedly manipulated games on the instructions of a middleman from South America by intentionally receiving yellow cards. You can bet on the number of yellow cards in a game. Police say hundreds of thousands of dollars in winnings were paid out.
Australia: Footballers are said to have collected $10,000 for match fixing
According to Australian media reports, the players are the Mexican Ulises Davila (33), captain of the A-League club Macarthur FC, as well as his teammates Kearyn Baccus (32) and Clayton Lewis (27). Accordingly, Davila paid them 10,000 Australian dollars (6,600 euros) so that they intentionally received yellow cards. A fourth person is still to be questioned and is suspected.
According to the investigators, the yellow cards were said to have been manipulated during the games on November 24th, 2023 and December 9th, 2023. Unsuccessful attempts were made to carry out similar manipulations at the games on April 20th and May 4th. The police had previously investigated suspicious betting patterns for six months, as Deputy Police Chief Michael Fitzgerald announced at a press conference on Friday.
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Club near Sydney is “shocked”
The southwest Sydney club said it was “shocked” by the allegations. General manager Sam Krslovic said the club was surprised by the arrests. “The integrity of our game is a cornerstone and we will work closely with all relevant authorities on this matter,” said Krslovic. The umbrella organization Football Australia also announced a collaboration.
Source: Stern

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