Topic: A Case of Match Fixing (Read 758 times)

Match fixing is a serious offense that usually brings the beautiful game of football to a disrepute and it takes away the excitement and fun that is always attached to football because the implications of match fixing implies that the game has a predetermined end so what ever that is happening on the field of plis more like acting so it should not be allowed in football because football is one game that is not always predictable and any thing that will temper with this quality of football has killed the beautiful
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Match fixing should not has a place in football and the football authorities should do what ever they can do to bring offenders to the consequences of their actions and make sure that it's eradicated from the footballing space because match fixing kills the very soul of sporting events and not only football so if these players are actually invested and indeed found guilty they should be band

And as long as things continue like this it won't be easy for anyone, because corruption will always happen. The only way I see that they can fall is if one of those who are at the top speaks and blames everyone else. But in the meantime we will have to get used to seeing all the injustices in sports. In football the corruption is too blatant, even with FIFA referees things are like this. It's very difficult for these people to fall. Even so, the majority of people Know what these people do, but the world exists and turns thanks to silence and hypocrisy in general.

Usually, it is the bottom of the chain who is being charged of this kind of corruption. And the top individuals are not being disclosed. They have large sum of money to hide their illegal transactions. So the smaller people are being thrown into the bush and the bigger ones can still continue of what they are doing.


With the aid of technological advancements, I believe, this practice has been greatly reduced. Just think of the time when there was no CCTVs and other monitoring devices, and we just left the outcome of the game from the people inside the field or referee inside the ring or arena. That for sure, was very prone to bribery and other fixing activities.

Sometimes a person can throw away their entire sporting career due to financial difficulties and this type of punishment is very appropriate, because that is how a person learns, it is regrettable what happens, although if we look at it, they always catch the people who are least guilty, I mean, if they commit these types of things, but they don't catch those who are deep in corruption , because the big ones are at the top of FIFA, from the referees who now steal and so on with the VAR to the linesman.

The Nigerian player is currently out of play because of injuries, so there will be no tension in the field of play due to these allegations. He would just take his time to prepare for his defense when he is called upon to make his case. I wonder how much he made from the bet that will make him put his career at risk. It is sad to most sports fans because this is a time when Maduka Okoye is resurrecting his dying career. Based on other cases of match-fixing, he might get between seven months to three years. It will all depend on how he presents his defense before the Prosecutors. Maybe he might go free without any sanctions if he proves his innocence.

I tried to find references from other news besides what you present in this thread, because it seems that this case is still in the investigation stage. Another news source that I read, this Udinese goalkeeper was put at stake in a bet to get a yellow card in the match against Lazio, March 2024. various newspapers reported that Maduka Okoye was threatened with severe sanctions, but the news so far seems to be unclear, more precisely the Maduka Okoye case is still in the investigation stage related to alleged soccer gambling. now, my question is whether this case is included in the organized match-fixing scheme, or the actions of a handful of stakeholders who use one individual player to get involved in illegal betting. it seems that what happened in the Maduka Okoye case is separate from the category of match-fixing cases, because this is more of a deliberate violation with the aim of being involved in soccer gambling. but whatever it is, things like this or the like should no longer happen. not only about sportsmanship in the world of football, but more about upholding the values ​​of football without involving personal gain or a handful of groups who use cheating methods for their interests. one more thing, if this goalkeeper is proven guilty, it is a shame that he is still young but his career in football is ruined.

Investigation are still in progress and Maduka Okoye can enjoy the freedom till the time investigation is concluded. But if investigation proves that Maduka Okoye is involved in illegal betting then his entire career will be at stake. Maduka Okoye could be banned for four years, if investigations are not in his favor. These days footballers are getting good money from there clubs and huge fame if they are part of national teams. The lust to earn more money brings such cases and it's unfortunate that just for money a player sacrifice his entire career and pride. 

Cases of scandal settings are often often occurs, especially in the national league, other leagues also do not close the possibility to set up scores such as scandals (match-fixing), indeed anyone involved must be acted firmly, whether it's a referee, the justice club must be at Enforce.

In the 1998 Tiger Cup semifinals that occurred between Indonesia vs. Thailand and also to other clubs if I am not mistaken, almost four cases of scandal settings in the national league, I think what happened in the Italian Serie A football, It is an act of manipulating matches by wasting time so that the match ends, in decades in 2013 Europol and FIFA have investigated nearly 680 matches in various countries with cases of accusations of setting scores involving criminal groups, This indicates the action of the score setting case, indeed becomes a serious action that cannot be played and manipulated.

This is something that cannot be avoided when it comes to smaller leagues and especially if there's a betting line available. But that's Italian Serie A and it's not just a small league, for me I don't consider it like that. If proven, he will be wasting all the horror of practice and all the training that he had done to reach that position and I bet he will regret that his entire life for wasting such an opportunity that was just a dream for others.
Pro players must learn to weigh the difference of what they will enter and this time I think he forgot to do that. This is just a short term profit and he will probably spend it all in a month or two.

Its not actually a few bucks if they are sensible enough. Before risking to do something like this then it has to worth a fortune. If it is not worth then the goalie who did that is foolish. In some local leagues that i am aware of, some matches are fixed. These matches are fixed by top men in the country what they do is that they bet billions on the game. Games like; a player to get a yellow card or red card are probably high odds. Those are the odds they fix on. It might be a 2 odds or below. So they stake very high to get double. The player gets compensated. If he is wise enough he will bet as well.

Everyone in the team knows it, as it was impossible to work if any of the team was against it. The coach takes the lead, accepts the deal, and makes money.

I couldn't really understand how it happened in sports. Too bad to think that manipulations in sports now seem so wild and rampant. Now I could say that sports are not about showing who is the best in their league but rather who is capable enough to spend huge amounts of money to manipulate the game and win.

It’s easier to believe because we already doubt the league’s reputation. That’s just how it is, we tend to think that bigger leagues are safer, but in reality, they might actually be more rigged, we just don’t notice it.

So personally, I’m not even surprised anymore when people get caught for match-fixing. At this point, it feels like a normal thing as long as sports betting exists.

4 years is a long time but is not even the longest jail time you can get from fixing matches some who do this can even get longer jail time depending on the extent of the matches fixed and depending on how huge the league the match fixer fixed matches in
money blinds a lot of people that they often do not realize just how serious the consequences of their actions will be criminals often do not get scared by the jail time or punishments simply because they do not think they will get caught

It is impossible to figure it out if the sport team match is being an arrangements or the teams, a player or the coach in particular.

Noting that in some fixed match that concerns the coach alone, he could just decide to bench his key players that might be goalies so that nomatter how best the weak players could strong to win they will end up loosing while the player(s) can also reach a manipulative plans without the coach that which is... They would play effortlessly not to bring victory to the team with their tricky playing patterns unknowingly to the coach.

Most especially, fixed matched are successful when the teams and the coach are working together so no player goes contrary to the agreement.

Match-fixing in team sports is often carried out by senior team members or coaches without the players' involvement. It can be more difficult to detect because players are less likely to notice such manipulations within their own team.

Various sports are guilty of this as well. In my opinion, individual competitions ^{for instance horse racing and boxing} are more vulnerable to such  manipulation compared to team sports. ^{In the case of under table agreements} the latter  would  demands silence and secrecy from every player involved into such corrupted  matches. Regarding the smaller leagues, agreed, here this phenomena is much easier to detect compared to high leagues.

I am surprised he is not getting the Lucas Paqueta treatment. Man is about to be banned from football for life.

I don't know if that will be categorize as match fixing since as far as I know if the goal keeper takes to much time to hold the ball he will be penalized and referee will give free kick to opponent. Never heard about this as part of match fixing activities.

But maybe they find some grounds to determine that that's really a match fixing since they find other illegal things done by other players aside from that wasting of time those players did.

Now trying to find some information if there's certain situation recorded before.

It is difficult to say for sure whether the situation with fixed games in sports has improved compared to the past. On the one hand, modern technologies and increased monitoring allow us to identify more cases of fraud and take action. On the other hand, the development of the Internet and mobile technologies makes betting accessible and anonymous, which can contribute to the growth of fixed games.

Crazy if he really wants to risk his reputation only for the sake of his friends, though maybe he also placed a bet on his own actions but it was only done via his friend, thinking they will passed and be successful. Too bad for them. The money combined must also be huge for him to choose it over his career but he fail to realized that it wasn't only about the money that matters here but character too. That is something that is more than the money or can't be matched by it.

At the end of the day, none forces them to be like that anyway but that's just an expression of the public after all and they don't care about that. There are still who does, so they take care about their actions or reputations. Even though there are cases like these, I still think that the industry of sports have improved a lot in terms of regulations and fairness when compared to before. We can only hope for an even betterment of them.

Many players have gotten suspended, for this kind of case in the past, I think recently a coach in one of the local leagues in my country got suspended for 5 years because of his involvement in a manipulation of a local football competition, this has made me to realize that the issue of game fixing in any event like gambling and sporting events is not an easy and overlooked case anymore and if you value your career as a sports man of club owner the best thing to do is to build your team, to become undefeatable to contending teams instead of looking for a way to manipulate the process of games play to favor their team.

Well well, honestly speaking, this is my first time of getting to learn that time wasting is also considered a type of match fixing, this is actually surprising to me since Ive been thinking and still can't get where or how time wasting gets to be considered as match fixing.

I remember back in the day when I was in school, when a goalkeeper or any player is in possession of the ball, but refuse to kick it off when he is she is supposed to thereby wasting time, it is usually the responsibility of the ref either issue a yellow card to such a player as a warning to not repeat such again, but if this is something the player have done over and over again, he or she may likely be getting a red card, but this has never been considered as a type of match fixing, this is my very first time getting to know that such behavior is match fixing.

I think that it was bet on the match event like "Yellow card for the time wasting for goalkeeper on 64th minute."  So it is not about fixed matches but about betting on some event for player in the squad. It is prohibited for professional players.
Waste of time as it - it is just a trick, that used in lots of games. I think that it isn`t about fixed matches.

A great example of the fact that match-fixing fraud exists at any level, not just in the lower leagues, as some gullible gamblers believe. It is naive to believe that if something is not visible, then it is not there. Big-time sports are primarily a business of siphoning money from fans, gamblers and just the audience. The main task is to maximize profits by any means. If match-fixing is guaranteed to make a profit, then it has always been, is and will be at any level from the lowest to the highest.

It would be nice to find some way to predict which match has a high risk of being a match-fixing. It doesn't even matter if this is the case, it is only important to know that in a particular case there is a high risk that the coefficients are incorrect.

What measure was taking that accurately shows that the intention for the delay held was as a result of match fixing, because I've witnessed on several occasions whereby players will be wasting time for unnecessary things while on the bid to waste the time, and once the ref discover on such act, they quickly take on action to either issue a yellow card or any other deserving type, i don't want to believe that a seriously minded payer will be playing over his career all because of his gambling bet.

Big players in the industry are those who are influencing to fixed matches and football is a great tool in their hands so yes I have to agree with you that sport most especially football is the most fixed sporting game of all time and that is because there is always a part to influence the outcome Esther through the efforts of the player or the officials for this it becomes hard for football to be without any external Influence such as fixing the game to favor the preferred team.

Many cases of match-fixing have been exposed in the past and even at present several other cases are undergoing investigation and the leagues are on which makes the act of match-fixing highly pronounced at this point and time.

According to the article, it is just a 4-year ban on any football competition.
They didn't mention about the jail; he seems still lucky to get just a ban for playing football for 4 years; after that, he is free again to join.

I heard that doing a fixed match will lead to lifetime punishment because it's manipulation or considered cheating, but for him, he's still lucky that he only got banned for playing football in 4 years, meaning he can still go anywhere he wants and play other games not related to football.

I’m not surprised. I have seen many cases, and I believe there are many more we can’t find out about. Match fixing been a hidden part of football for years and it’s not limited only to smaller leagues. Even in big leagues like Serie A as this case shows it’s still happening.

In our local league, I seen suspicious things like referees giving strange penalties, players making unusual mistakes or even substitutions that don’t make sense. Sometimes, these actions turn out to be linked to match fixing, and other times they just raise questions we never get answers to.

Let’s hope cases like this make people more aware and encourage stronger measures to protect the spirit of football and its taste without cheating.

Except there's more than meets the eyes, otherwise I don't think time wasting should be seen as match fixing where the team wasting time is the one leading. Of course, we should expect any leading team to desire that the match score remains as it's to their favour. To achieve that they're likely to waste time releasing balls for play. I can only be very concerned if the losing team were the one holding tight to the ball and refusing to play. That would be a clear case of match fixing in my opinion.

4 years of jail, damn...

This is a good lesson for all the players who decide to do match fixing, the consecuences of this kind of moves it's jail, and this is a good example of what can happen to anyone who decide to do a move like this.

I don't think if 4 years is enought to show hard hand against this kind of crimes, but any player will think twice before doing It.

As a football bettor, I don't gamble or waste my money on leagues that are not popular, it's either I go for the Champions League, Laliga, Premier League and occasional Bundesliga. The other times are for international games but I don't do much on that since international games are short, it's difficult to predict. These are the leagues I do bet my money on just to avoid all these kind of tricks to make innocent gamblers lose money for something they know nothing about.

I checked the goalie age and he just 25, he would have done better in his career and further go to any other great clubs where his value and dreams are going to be seen worldwide but chose to do something like this. If he is found guilty, then he deserves all kind of punishment that comes later because in every action, there should be equal and opposite reaction, the casino are also losing money because of these bad practices that are happening in casino.

Yes you are actually right, it definitely is always about the money. But the thing is sometimes aside from being a good person and not trying to tweak rules to your favour, it's important to see the bigger picture most of the time and that's because money or no money if he's eventually charged guilty then his move was a totally not necessary one and that is simply because the comulative pay he would forfeit if he was suspended would definitely be way bigger than the amount he was payed that out him in that situation to start with.

Well, there are lots of people who will do that only if the reward is pretty high, but there's serious consequences for the footballer, like what he did he violated the rules, and match-fixing is considered cheating and manipulation even though they don't win the game.
This is a serious crime that could lead to lifetime punishments, but how about there's a syndicate involved in the match-fixing scheme? The player might be just forced to do it even though he didn't want to do it?

Its all about the money. I know one player who has passion and love for the sport, but unfortunately, what he is getting is not enough to sustain his family, and one emergency needs made him betray the sport that he loves because his love for his family is greater than his love for the sport.
When money speaks, many will listen, especially those who are in dire need.
 

Thorough investigation should be made on this issue, if those involved are actually found guilty,  then disciplinary measures should be taken against the offenders so others would learn and desist from such act. Match fixing is one act that should not be condoned in football no matter who is involved. Match fixing exists everywhere, both in big and small leagues and in the longrun, football might start losing its credibility and fans would no longer have confidence in the outcome of matches. Ethical conducts amongst stakeholders of sports should be taken seriously.

It looks too silly. 65th minute is to early for time wasting. It would be possible, if he repeated it and got the second yellow card. I think that it is not about fixed matches but about betting rules for players. If i remember right, players can`t bet on event, they are involved in.
PS. We see time wasting in every second match but we don`t hear that it is fixed matches.

Quite a specific bet, if frequent bets for large sums were noticed that the goalkeeper would receive a yellow card, then of course this would attract attention. I would not be surprised that such agreements can happen, but I don't understand why a player who has his whole career ahead of him and is able to earn much more with a good contract than in fixed matches, while breaking the rules and exposing his career to such a great risk, because if he is found guilty, he will receive a disqualification for 4 years.

Why is the football dirtiest of the sports? That doesn't make any sense. There are so many more players that would need to be quiet. In one vs one sport there's way more changes for successful match fixing as there are less moving parts.

Imho match fixing with big teams just seems dirtier as they are the ones getting caught. Secrets are better kept in smaller groups, like between 2 fighters and their managers. And the one making money from it.

The peculiarity of a match-fixing is that both teams are satisfied with the result, and accordingly both teams perform certain actions that should lead to the desired result. As for the investigation into illegal betting by Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, this fact has not yet been proven by the prosecutor's office. In my opinion, time-wasting by a player can be caused by the tactical scheme of the game.

Fixed matches are a huge evil. Unfortunately, this is a fairly common phenomenon, due to the fact that under capitalism, all people strive to maximize their profits (including through illegal income).

In addition, there are many people who are psychologically very immature. They cannot realize that fair play in the long term can bring more profit than cheating for the sake of short-term income.

For a player who bets on sports, fixed matches can become a kind of trap that will lead to a loss in a situation where the player expects to win.

Therefore, you need to build your gaming strategies taking into account the fact that fixed matches are, unfortunately, our reality.

Match-fixing happens in smaller leagues mostly because those who accept such offers are probably not paid very well, and when you get an offer that you can't afford to refuse, you will think of doing it if the amount is life-changing. You say that fixing is easier to detect in smaller leagues, but I would say it's the other way around; those who do match-fixing on smaller leagues understand that there isn't a lot of attention given to those leagues, and this makes it easier for them to execute their plans and earn money from it.

It's not that such things are usually caught; it's only a few incidents and occasions where the fixers are caught, and cases go into the investigation. Otherwise, such things probably happen more often but go unnoticed. In bigger leagues and tournaments, fixers need to do it more sophisticatedly so that it's not easy to spot that something is wrong.

Crazy for those players who still want to get involve in this activities think that they could pass these illegal actions they do. Then I guess what happen to that player is certain indicator that match mixing nowadays is easily to be detected since technology now is advancing.

Better for other people not to do or thinking about this act since provably that they will just ruin their career and they might not play again on the sports they love. I also don't want to bet on smaller leagues especially if I know that there are series of fix matching incident happen since its not good especially if you are just a regular bettor.

This is a fact, and many of these match fixings happen there. There's already a thread on this section on the same topic as this example.

It is this thread - Match fixing that I am talking.

Any professional that gets caught with how they've sold the game based on how they have wasted time or did something unusual have prolly sold their careers already.

Match-fixing is in tennis too.

Bernard Tomic is the one. It is assumed that he purposely lost in two matches. The first was to Russian Roman Safiullin at the 2022 Australian Open and then to Frenchman Quentin Halys in Turkey in late 2021. It was even the bookmakers that reported to the authorities. What stood out for me in these cases of match fixing is that no matter how long ago it happens it will still be brought back for investigations.

And it is not any easy thing to pick out what looks like a fixed match and the definitions are not clear. If a person who is investigated for match fixing is later found out to not be involved will there be any compensation for the person knowing that he name is already out there linked to an alleged match fixing issue.

Whenever there are fake pauses in the game, one can suspect the one who is dragging the game out to gain an advantage. How often have we seen football players "playing" injuries, dragging out time, using dozens of moments when either the score of the current game is already favorable to the team, or looking like "sleepy flies," giving the impression of yard football? Nowadays, it is tough to deceive referees, since VAR will always show all the events down to the smallest detail, but there are still tricks of the football players themselves, who are ready to sell the game and thereby receive considerable monetary compensation from the opponent.

Match fixing rare to found on big league but the most famous is Calciopoli which this scandal makes Juventus have to relegated to Serie B and if found guilty the punishment will be different it will depending on the severity of the match fixing itself but mostly those who involved in this cases will received 4 year until lifetime banned and certainly this punishment will ruin the career of those athlete because i am sure there were no clubs who want to hire them anymore because their reputation so that's why usually the athlete who received banned from sport because this case will retired early so this is not worth because they will bet their own career

The player will most likely receive a fairly severe punishment for what he did, because Serie A is one of the best leagues in the world, and what he did was a form of violation of the rules that should not be done by professional players, especially for those who play in a big league like that. Whatever the reason, match fixing is not allowed because it will harm many parties and set a bad example for future generations, and the perpetrators of this match fixing should receive a harsh punishment for the despicable actions they have committed.

Match fixing in football exists, and the news that emerges is no longer surprising, if there is something revealed, there is actually much more that has not been or is not revealed. Sometimes the oddity that occurs in a match could be a match fixing but it could not be, and actually match fixing does not always occur in small leagues or small events but has also occurred in big leagues and involved big clubs too, in Serie A and Ligue 1 there are clubs that have been proven to do it.

That wouldn't have been able to happen if no one dared to try it. But we are in the situation of no return where match-fixing has been widely spread and become a practice by some manipulators. I could imagine how gambling looks like years from now if the situation is getting worse. And I see the negative impact it creates, resulting in unfair results. That is why I don't spend money on this game, nor do I give interest. We were supposed to promote gambling fairness, but what happens now is the opposite. 

The reason for the incredible development of fixed matches is the incredible profit: underground and legal betting offices annually accept bets for billions of dollars.

Football is the main and dirtiest sport, where incredible money is circulated, therefore there is the greatest concentration of fixed matches here.

Rarely do these fraud news end up being penalized, a few days ago the Sevilla player Kike Salas was arrested by the police during a training session to question him about alleged fraud, it is believed that he is linked to the intentional obtaining of yellow cards to favor those close to him in illegal bets during last season and curiously he was not suspended and played the match this Saturday, although the investigation continues, it will surely not result in anything given that these cases are very subjective and difficult to condemn.

This is a funny type of fixed match - "wasting time". I once came across a review of the book "Kings of Fixed Matches" which described many types of fixed matches. There was a type of fixed match when its initiators tried to turn off the lights in the stadium by damaging the wiring. Sometimes they did it themselves, sometimes they negotiated with electricians. Sometimes the initiators resorted to direct bribing of players. But I must say that sometimes the results of the match are difficult to fix even despite bribing the players. Especially when the initiators of the fixed matches need complex results, such as different exact scores in different matches.

That is what was going through my head while I was reading this news, a four year sanction upon a player who is willing to commit this type of crime is not enough, it feels like a slap on the wrist, considering his behavior could have cost millions of dollars from bettors who were trying to make some money of that specific match, for the sake of criminals getting most of it.
In my opinion, if a player is willing to partake in match fixing, such person would not only be banned for life from ever having a position in an official league again, they should also face time in prison a couple of years.

That sounds rather as a better detriment than just allowing a criminal to wanted around free, seeking over options to rip people off their hard-earned money.

I saw this few days ago, I was going to post it but got busy.. the idea f match fixing is really becoming something else. It has to be stopped soon so it doesn't ruin so many things and important players gets sanctioned or punished. Though there might not be any full price or evidence that say the player himself is guilty of match fixing in some cases it's just some random conclusions and observations.. but the idea is becoming more rampant and should be stopped soon..

It's normal for goalkeeper to waste time during a game, especially if his team is winning and Udinese was actually leading 2-1 when Maduka received a yellow card in the 64th minute. To you and I, it might look like an ordinary yellow card for time wastage but certain things could have happened behind the scene which is what is been investigated here.

The owner is alleged to be involved. So ask yourself this question. If you were the owner and you wanted to pull something like this off, who would you pick? The goalie right. You can see how he got involved.

For the seek of his football career, I really hope he's not complicit and this is just an accusation and nothing more because it's not worth it.

Was he drunk when accepted this kind of offer? I thought match fixing mainly happens in low leagues where salaries are usually small but this case is an example that it can happen anywhere. If this allegation is true, it's clear proof that we were driven by greed. He deserves to be punished if he is found guilty because match fixing could destroy the reputation of sports. Once fans begin to see games as fixed, the entertainment and interest of watching these games will die naturally. Let's wait till investigations are concluded to see if he is guilty or innocent.

to be honest, even if the investigation proved that he isn't part of any match-fixing, it still could negatively affect his career, a lot of sponsors or teams usually avoid players that have been linked(even if it may be true or not) scandals and couple that with what you mentioned where he is already having a hard time getting enough play time, this investigation could further affect that.

This is the second case of match fixing that I have seen, the first one was Son Jun ho’s match fixing that made them ban him from playing football in his team and also for his country and this now is another case.

I keep wondering; how much did this people receive that would make them make such a risky decision of playing their match according to the info they got from the people that paid for the match to be fixed - to me 4 years ban isn’t enough - if caught I believe such player shouldn’t be allowed to return back; although I know that this incident will ruin his reputation and chance of getting into any big league again.

Firstly, I read what I write. Secondly, who said that I should identify this pattern? If a strange bet was made and there was a win on it, then bookmakers themselves study such anomalies, so I am talking about identifying patterns on the part of interested parties, and not ordinary people, as it may be in the case of me or you.

Okay, we see it now, and we haven't seen the actual verification of the news about the news, but if it really happens then this is a stupid action as a soccer player, we can still say this as a presumption, because in the news it is indicated not to be guilty of guilty .

If this is true, then most likely some events have been successful before but not indicated on the field and run smoothly without us knowing, such things might happen, match arrangements have always been a serious conversation because it will harm many people, especially gamblers who bet, result The match did not become generic because of fraud in one of the parties who bet.

Did you actually read what I wrote or you just made this wall of nonsense just to make a reply?

How would you, a person who has no access to this data know of such a pattern?
Second, if bookies who for sure can see bets that exceed usually anomalies are not willing to disclose them, how would you know?
You said that you could see such things if they happen, well did you see the unusual bet on the yellow ticket? No, you didn't, so based on your logic it didn't happen!

Identifying patterns or suspicious activity related to match-fixing or other potential match-fixing in football, although challenging, is possible through data investigation and analysis.
This primarily concerns statistical anomalies. It also concerns suspicious player behavior, unusual or unexplained actions on the pitch.
For example, unusually large bets or sudden changes in odds before a match may indicate insider information or manipulation. And so on.

If the allegation is confirmed true, the risk is done, probably because he thought it would never be noticed, seeing it as a means to make extra cash, adding to whatever is being paid. At that point in time, the greed in them doesn't allow them to think about the aftereffect; what matters is what could be achieved at that point in time.

I am not surprised at all for that news. It's pretty common to see such kinds of tricks in Italy with "strange bets".
In the end its really hard to prove it was really guilty and in most of the cases players will receive a suspension after many years of "legal trial".

Nothing is more important then a person self respect and pride. Once you are caught of cheating, the tag stays with you for rest of your life and it's difficult to get rid of. Maduka Okoye is still under investigation and not accused of guilty. If he survives then it's fine for him otherwise his career will be in great danger. Once you are banned, it's very difficult to make a come back and regain your previous position. These are true examples of how bad greed is.

It's a delicate matter. What calls attention in this case is that there is also potential involvement from the pizzeria owner guy, who was accused of organizing the scheme. If this man was mentioned, it means authorities have evidence and proof against him, what consequently links him to the goalkeeper.

Anyway, as you said, it's still too early to assure and judge anything. I've already seen cases of match fixing accusations where the investigations didn't go ahead, and the accused players are still performing nicely on the teams and leagues where they are playing.

I think there has to be clearer rules as regards match fixing, because from another perspective, how does a goalie or player in summary, who wastes time to help his team secure all three points be faulted and investigated for match fixing because he held onto the ball too long. Isn't a referees yellow or red card enough to settle this confusion instead of putting the careers of this promising players on the line?

Unless there is evidence to show their involvement having received instructions on fixing the said matches along with details of funds received as part of return for a job well done, then there isn't much qualms because this might just be another smoke screen to hide a much bigger agenda that Udine is involved in.

This post actually reminds me of a discussion I came across sometime in the past off forum where a couple of gamblers were of the opinion that it's possible that some casinos can stage matches just to be able to bag more losses from their users only it wouldn't seem like the casinos cheated, rather it would seem like a regular lost game to a majority of gamblers . However they were also of the opinion that it's more likely to happen in smaller leagues and friendly matches since they aren't much serious unlike bigger leagues.

I read through the post and from the write-up he seems to be denying that he's actually guilty of illegal betting. Nevertheless if they found solid evidence about it , there is a high chance he would be eventually banned.

If not for the money, you can not see Messy and Ronaldo playing football at the international level. All those that you see there are there because of their career and which is about their success and money.

That is not match fixing, although if what the player is accused of is true, he manipulates but just a single person can not make match fixing possible unless many people planned it.

Imagine what they wasted. That's what I am thinking about after reading this.
Let's just say they make $5000 a month for the lowest but the man was a goalkeeper so I bet he is making more.
*After checking he is making £14,266 per week. £741,850 per season.

Now, is it really worth it or did he make a bad mistake that he will forever think about and be a nightmare of his life? Yeah, I think it will be a damn nightmare.
Some people just won't think about what they are going to lose financially in the long-term because of the good offer short-term. That's where mistakes are often made and this could be one good example of that.
After reading the news, it was said that they are still being investigated but I hope something good will come up to make this a lesson to every professional player. Don't even think about trying it.

It was the match Udinese vs Lazio in March 12, however I can't find the replay or highlight where Maduka Okoye got yellow card. I wonder who actually report this case after 9 months while there's no highlight and public talk about it.

Match fixing can still happen in top league, but it mostly not affect the outcome, they're only did something stupid like get yellow card, corner kick etc.

It's nothing different with Lucas Paqueta's case.

Big leagues, more attention so chances of getting caught is likely higher, and some of them can't even verifiable which is what likely they will be pulling if the results are not in their way so they can manipulate the results into their wish. Anyway it's still alleged not proven so the game association or whoever responsible to monitor them has to implement strict standards as well as serious penalty if one get caught so no one will dare to attempt.

Cases of match fixing have been resurfacing for sometime now and it's definitely not a good trend for sports bet. If it becomes a norm that a perticular sport bets is being fixed it will make the sport to loose relevance and gamblers will not be willing to make bets on the sport. Football is a very popular sport but match fixing can ruin it's reputation especially if it's found out that top leagues are involved in it, through  the players, clubs and officials.

Since the case of match fixing that is leveled against Okoye, is under investigation, I think that the best thing to do is relax and wait for their conclusion.

And how are you going to see the pattern?
Do you know who bets on what kind of event on what bookie and how large the sums are?
You could have watched the match and seen nothing, just a stupid guy getting a yellow card for nothing, how would anyone think this was a setup?


Because they are stupid and they think that first time nobody is going to give them trouble?
Or because the sum of money they would get now was bigger than what they were supposed to gain for the entire year?

Also, not sure about the "love", for most players nowadays is just a job they are doing.

To me if you could even consider cheating on a sport, you have not enough passion for the sport itself and you are just playing for the money. Maybe they are just struggling so much that they had to consider cheating for the money. But it just means that there is no respect left for the sport so it is just appropriate that they get proper punishments.

I do not think we should ask this question unless if he truly did it is included. There is still an investigation going on to know if he was truly doing time-wasting or not. There are some investigations in the past that the person accused to have done something wrong was proven to have done nothing wrong. We do not know what will be the outcome after the investigation.

Most of this match fixing organizer usually sell this info to trusted 3rd party that willing to pay for the premium. They probably leak the info to the wrong guy which directly report it to the sports commissioner that’s why they are caught.

There’s no way to know this information through just simple investigation without any leak from whistleblowers that probably planted to caught illegal activities like this. I’m surprised that there’s still brave player that has courage to do this match fixing that involves outsider.

Why risk it for a few bucks? Yes it's probably a decent amount or maybe they were threatened, but you risk not being able to compete in a sport that you love for year and possibly for life.

The only way to stop it is for sport books not to offer markets on the smaller leagues, but even then you'd prob hear about illegal betting somewhere.

Greed is ugly.

Football is really becoming so interesting because how did the football body know that his friends placed bets that the goalie will get a yellow card in the match. Like how was the investigation done, was it that the betting site reported the experience to football authorities before they found out? What if what happened was a case of coincidence because i have watched many football games that the goalkeeper delays playing out a ball and they are often given yellow card and it happens mostly towards the ending time and if they are the side winning or if the outcome of the match is favoring them. Match fixing happens but how do the football body detect a match fixing?


You can't say that because it involves a single player and not call it match fixing and how do you think that a whole club or two teams can involve in match fixing when they are aware of the sanctions that will follow such act if caught. Match fixing can be done by a single player or a group of players. How about those bias judgement from football officials like the referee and the assistant referees, will you also say that they don't involve in match fixing simply because it's a singular decision?

It's very sad, but I heard a few weeks ago a historical figure of MMA in my country who was asked about this, and answered that in some championships the one who wins is the one who makes more money (for who knows who).

It is a cynical and pessimistic view of the world, but nothing is black or white, and such things keep happening, unfortunately.

Not that it is done by the whole club to manipulate. Also not that it is done by the two teams to achieve their predetermined result. It is done by a single person which is not match-fixing. Although, if it is true, that is manipulation from Okoye but not match fixing. Also, it is alleged and not yet confirmed to be true or not.

In general, yes, because there is no governing body to oversee that the game is free from manipulation. Its hard to fix matches in a big league like an international league because you have the whole world watching; its hard for mafias to exert their influence on players and on teams.
So these small leagues, if the commissioner has a serious campaign against match-fixing, they will be caught; they will face severe punishment.
Match-fixing should never exist in any sports; the bettors and the viewing public pay or bet money to see games fought in a real battle.
 

I shared in a similar topic a few days ago the news on the recent case of Kike Salas in Sevilla FC. But Kike's fault was more evident (he forced yellow cards in the last minute of the game several times to favor his friends who had bet on that). In this case, it may be more difficult to prove Diego guilty, IMO.

It's a shame, how these figures which are role models for many children and young people, behave this way. For positions of such visibility and responsibility, moral skills should be taken into account, in addition to just sports performance, but that's not how the industry works, at least for now.

I’m not familiar with football rules but is the goal keeper holding the ball still counts on the official clock like the game will not pause? Also, what type bet was involved which time wasting can give a significant impact on the outcome of the game.

Also how come that the pizzeria owner was involved on match fixing while he is not part of the game? Even if he bets on the match fixing data I think there’s no direct involvement with hime when it comes to the actual game.

I think player and officials should be the one that punish.

This is not enough proof that a lot of bets for him getting a yellow card to prosecute it, you have to verify it and this cannot be verified, it is Sisal word against his word, one very difficult case and if he gets punished this is not a fair punishment in my opinion, unless you don't link something to that yellow card you cannot punish anyone. Real match fixing case has been massive in the biggest modern football again in Serie A, called Calciopoli happened in 2006 where big teams did buy the referees and influenced the games to their liking though this was proven in the court as the accusation showed a lot of intercepted phone calls between big team management officials and referees, these cases were documented, in here it is not that well documented and it would be a shame if the player gets a ban just because a gambling company has some doubts.

It is very unfortunate when we see that there is cheating in sports activities or matches, because sportsmanship should be highly respected in the world of sports. I think if all of that has really been proven, then that is a consequence that must be accepted, because the rules remain the rules, and it is natural that quite severe sanctions will be faced by them if it is really proven. And it is very clear that this is to improve the image of football itself, and to be a lesson for everyone, especially football players not to get involved in such things.

the consequences of a match fixing is never worth whatever amount they will be paid in my opinion especially if you plan to play professionally you are basically killing your career before it even starts but i guess that is the greed that clouds a person’s judgment
there’s less weight to this so it’s not like people are carrying such heavy secrets tightly i am sure that for even a bigger amount anyone will rat them out and expose the match fixing

Some incidents, such as deliberate booking, may be isolated and not indicate a pattern of such practices across football. However, if such incidents become part of a wider trend or organised action, then we may begin to see a pattern. Modern football has become a huge industry with high financial stakes. This creates pressure on players, clubs and other stakeholders to achieve certain results or perform certain tasks, which may encourage unfair practices.

this case is going to be a big blow for Maduka Okoye who is even struggling to get enough playing time in his national team since Stanley nwabali came into the picture and now his entire career will take a totally different turn dpepending on the outcome of this investigation. with thw wage footballers in particular are getting, it will be a complete greed to engage in match fixing that is aimed at influencing the outcome of a bet. how much does he stand to get from that bet comapaired to what he stands to get for that period of four years he risk being banned both at his team and the national team he playes for at this time that the world cup is fast approaching and the afcon is right by the corner.

regardless of who is involved, cheating is cheating and he will have to face the consequence that comes with it. talking about match fixing in big teams, i still cant take my eyes off the performace of david raya in the penalty shoot out aganst manchester united. the way he dives even before the ball comes to him, shows sends a similar message that a case of match fixing can be extablished from that desplay.

This footballer in the Italian Serie A could face a four-year ban from all football competitions for his alleged involvement in match fixing. It is not just him alone, the Diego Giordano, a 40-year-old pizzeria owner in Udine could also face sanctions.

How did the match fixing happen? The player who is a goalie was booked for time-wasting in the 64th minute during one of the games in March 2024.  Time wasting is a type of match fixing in addition to those from the ref and other officials.

Match fixing happens everywhere but it is only easier to detect in the smaller leagues

Read about it - https://sportsration.com/maduka-okoye-in-trouble-as-investigation-begins-into-illegal-betting-accusation/