The game didn’t happen in Canada, nor involve a Canadian teams or players, but yesterday’s 7-1 win by Lyon over Dinamo Zagreb should be of interest to fans of the game here and everywhere.
We live in a world where the possibility of match fixing hangs over the sport any time there is a result that doesn’t add up. As much as we want to pretend that every result is on the up and up we can’t. There is simply too much evidence to suggest otherwise.
ARJEL, the French online gaming authority, agrees. They have opened an investigation into the game. That news won’t come as a surprise to Ajax coach Frank de Boer. After the game he had not completely given up hope that the Dutch side might be playing in the Champions League come February.
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“I know they (Lyon) were playing against ten men but I’ve also heard some of the goals were very easy,” he said.” If something strange has happened, we can still prove it.”
On its own the video below doesn’t prove anything. It doesn’t do much to inspire confidence in the integrity of the result either.
Let’s hope UEFA cooperates fully with the investigation and, if there is something found, severe punishments to all involved are applied.