Don't do it, not worth spending your time reading that crap imo. Pretty weak book....(match fixing in soccer is def. going on and also during european cup competitions, but I mostly in qualification matches...Declan has been talking lots of crap too, guy is just out their for publicity and to make a quick coin, but not giving anything close to a real inside look into the black market in Asia...)
Why would you fix that match with Real playing their substitutes and without anything to play for, while Ajax was playing for the knockout stages? Easier/better spots to get a fix working
big 10, it's way more prevalent in lower leagues around europe...you do get your rogue refs that can't escape the lure of a big payday in some of the bigger competitions ala WC or CL...but if you ever have access to catch a serie B in Italy or maybe a 2nd or 3rd division match in Russia you will realize who is running the show....i can assure you the Camorra's word and the Russian mobs influence completely outweigh the proper football authorities in each country
You get inflated odds your way, yes. But you also get a motivated home team playing a team mainly consisting out of substitutes...also way easier to roll over some players on a club other than Real Madrid because Real and their players stood to lose way more than let's say a player from B68 Toftir from Iceland...
And if you wanted to fix that Ajax game because of different reasons (influence who advances), you would also have to fix the other match, so that they 7 goal difference was egalised (what actually was accomplished). Still looks more like some bad calls and a rather unlikely outcome in the end to me, but doesn't scream "fix" like f.e. a certain cup game from Cyprus this week....
Just seems unlikely because there weren't major or unusual line moves at betfair or at the asian outfits like ibcbet.
Unlike during the aforementioned cup game from Cyprus: Road team was up 2-0 at halftime, at that point odds on the home team to win were +600 and dropped during halftime down to +150... don't you know it, game gets tied at 2-2 and with 10min to go the odds on the home team to win drop down to -425. Surprise, surprise, late goal, 3-2 home win ... :grandmais
Unlike during the aforementioned cup game from Cyprus: Road team was up 2-0 at halftime, at that point odds on the home team to win were +600 and dropped during halftime down to +150... don't you know it, game gets tied at 2-2 and with 10min to go the odds on the home team to win drop down to -425. Surprise, surprise, late goal, 3-2 home win ... :grandmais
To finish second in Group D, Lyon needed to beat Dinamo Zagreb and for Ajax to lose to Real Madrid with a seven-goal swing in their favour. Lyon emerged 7-1 victors while Ajax were beaten 3-0.
French online gaming authority ARJEL said it would be "carrying out checks" on the match in Zagreb amid suggestions of foul play. Ajax also saw two goals controversially disallowed for offside at the Amsterdam Arena and coach Frank de Boer had said after his side's exit that he felt an investigation may be appropriate.
"If there was something unusual, UEFA should investigate what happened in Zagreb," De Boer said. "My assistants have told me that the goals came quick and easy, because you can't normally score these goals in half an hour.
"Destiny was in our own hands and we had chances to qualify because our game was very even. I will have to see video replays (of the disallowed goals)."
French online gaming authority ARJEL said it would be "carrying out checks" on the match in Zagreb amid suggestions of foul play. Ajax also saw two goals controversially disallowed for offside at the Amsterdam Arena and coach Frank de Boer had said after his side's exit that he felt an investigation may be appropriate.
"If there was something unusual, UEFA should investigate what happened in Zagreb," De Boer said. "My assistants have told me that the goals came quick and easy, because you can't normally score these goals in half an hour.
"Destiny was in our own hands and we had chances to qualify because our game was very even. I will have to see video replays (of the disallowed goals)."
