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UEFA Investigating Liverpool v Besiktas match

  • 05-12-2007 10:11am
    #1
    Sizzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭


    http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_2946374,00.html

    Whatever came of that game a few years ago where some Russian team played a Greek team in the UEFA cup and there was some crazy score like 5-2?? Thw word had got out and there was guys walking into bookies all over London asking to out £500 on the CORRECT score at odds of 66/1 :eek: Bookies suspended betting and the matter was reported to UEFA the next day.


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Sueddeutsche Zeitung is a bit of a rag. Besiktas had the look of a genuinely inept side that night rather than "playing" the part :p

    Mike.


  • #3
    Sizzler
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Sueddeutsche Zeitung is a bit of a rag. Besiktas had the look of a genuinely inept side that night rather than "playing" the part :p

    Mike.

    No smoke without fire [allegedly] :D


  • #4
    redspider
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    Well, the bookies will know from their data if there was any type of unusual betting patterns for that match. It is possible, but from what I saw of the game it didnt look as if the Besiktas players were throwing it away. A closer investigation of the goals/chances, etc, may reveal more. I'm sure we'll be seeing them again if there is anything.
    mike65 wrote: »
    Sueddeutsche Zeitung is a bit of a rag. Besiktas had the look of a genuinely inept side that night rather than "playing" the part :p

    I didnt think that paper was a 'rag' (ala a certain solar red-top), as it targets the ABC1 segment, ala Irish Times in Ireland, The Independent in the UK, Washington Post in the US, etc. It looks like just some conjecture done by a journo, thinking of the 5-2 game thats being investigated and seeing how the 8-0 win by Liverpool was unlikely. I think Uefa investigate/look into all games as a matter of process that have unusual scores, and Liverpool's 8-0 win was unusual, no doubt about that. Whether it was crooked or not remains to be seen. I have my doubts but we'll see.

    Redspider


  • #5
    mike65
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    Its website looks tacky. Bild is the German Sun of course. If all runaway scores are investigated then I trust the Arsenal game will get the same attention!

    Mike.


  • #6
    Sizzler
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    Can UEFA look at EPL games too? I think the recent Bolton v Man U game should be scrutinised :o

    And then theres the recent Mersyside derby ;)


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  • #7
    kaimera
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    So nothing about the Arsenal 7-0 game then?


  • #8
    Eirebear
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    kaimera wrote: »
    So nothing about the Arsenal 7-0 game then?

    Huh? Hmmm i can see how this may have came about in the UEFA offices.

    Suit 1: Hey, Look! It seems that someone got really lucky after putting a bet on Liverpool to beat Besiktas by more than 6 goals.
    Suit 2: Really? wow, good on him...how much?
    Suit 1: About 15,000...from a 20 quid bet.
    Suit 2: Jammy git.....wait a minute, the same bet was placed 15 times in london, all with different bookies...
    Suit 1: yes....and 20 times in Istanbul, 3 times in Berlin, and 35 times in Abu Dhabi.
    Suit 2: Looks suspicious to me, there is no way that many people could have predicted the outcome of that liverpool game.
    Suit 1: Yes, we absolutely MUST sort this out....get me a video of the arsenal game, I'm suspicious.

    Or something like that yes?:confused:


  • #9
    mike65
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    http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/12/05/SOCCER_UEFA_Liverpool.html&TEAMHD=soccer
    UEFA are not investigating Liverpool's 8-0 victory over Besiktas in the Champions League for alleged suspicious betting patterns during the match.

    German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung has claimed there was unusually high levels of betting on a high-score victory before the game.

    However, UEFA say only one match, the InterToto Cup game between Makedonija and Cherno More in July, is being investigated by them.

    The Liverpool v Besiktas is also not one of the matches that UEFA have passed on to the police because of suspicious betting patterns.

    Mike.


  • #10
    Jazzy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭Jazzy


    ahhh, so no smoke to begin with. just a german tabloid making stuff up.
    proof that the suns business model works in all parts of the globe :D


  • #11
    Sizzler
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    mike65 wrote: »
    UEFA say only one match, the InterToto Cup game between Makedonija and Cherno More in July, is being investigated by them.

    I dont believe it ! I had a tenner on Makedonija to do the conga after 25 mins, then give away 3 peno's and comeback to win 6-3, whats suspicious about that :confused:


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  • #12
    An Citeog
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    Jazzy wrote: »
    ahhh, so no smoke to begin with. just a german tabloid making stuff up.
    proof that the suns business model works in all parts of the globe :D

    Not really. The SDZ isn't the most balanced/best broadsheet in Germany, but it's definitely not a tabloid. Bild and Express do that job quite well.


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