Judge⚖ States That Valladolid 🆚Valencia on Final Day of La Liga ‘Was Fixed’😱*
The final-day victory against Valladolid that secured Valencia’s place in the Champions League was prearranged by a criminal gang and up to seven players from the losing side, according to allegations from the judge investigating match fixing in Spain.
Wire taps carried out by police over the past six months, following suspicions raised by a second division game between Huesca and Gimnastic de Tarragona at the end of the 2017-18 season, have now allegedly caught the former footballer Carlos Aranda, suspected of being the leader of the conspiracy, outlining the result required and claiming that seven players had been bought.
According to extracts of the investigation which were published in the newspaper El Mundo, the former Real Madrid and Leeds United defender Raúl Bravo, accused of organising match fixing with Aranda, met the Valladolid captain Borja Fernández in a bar during the buildup to the final game of the season. Fernández then set up a meeting with a number of players.
In one of the recordings, Aranda can allegedly be heard saying: “Look brother, Valencia have to win the first half and in the second, OK?” Valencia won 2-0, with a goal in each half.
Valladolid had secured survival the week before, while Valencia needed to win to take the final Champions League place. Their 2-0 victory denied Getafe the chance to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in their history. There is no suggestion that Valencia were involved in the conspiracy in any way or were aware of it.
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