Last weekend, the Huesca of the second division of Spain celebrated its first promotion to one of the most feared divisions in the world, La Liga Española. However, the 41st day of the Second Division where they found Huesca against Gimnástic de Tarragona, had something more than goals which affected even people 3,300 kilometers away.
An hour and a half before the start of the match, unknown individuals in Ukraine bet that the gymnastic team, which was 29 points below the Huesca, would win the match against the latter. Then, from Asia and in between match time, the money entries continued in favor of the same team, but this time the bets were from Asia. READ HERE: SCANDAL!!! FROM ASIA AND ENGLAND WOULD BE FIXING MATCHES OF COLOMBIAN FOOTBALL
So far everything was normal from a neutral point of view, but just that hour and a half before the match started when Ukrainian bets began, 30 of the 59 most important bookmakers in the world decided to block the game after warning that the quotes in favor of the Catalan group were plummeting for no apparent reason.
According to data obtained by Federbet, at the time of the initial beep, the triumph of Gimnàstic was paid on average at 1.64 euros per euro wagered, that is, that the bettors were convinced of their victory. The fee does not fit in what had happened so far in the Second Division. It is the lowest value recorded for the victory of a visiting team in the 451 matches played this season in that competition.
The Gimnàstic had harvested this season an average probability of winning at home of 22%. However, for no apparent reason, the betting market assigned him Sunday a few options to prevail in Huesca of 60%. The indicators evolved to even more worrying levels during the break. The market concluded that the Tarraconense squad had still more chances to win at the end of the first 45 minutes, despite the fact that their players already only had half a game to pierce the other goal. When the teams were in the locker room, the Nàstic victory went up to 74% . READ HERE: COLOMBIAN FOOTBALL: "THERE ARE MATCHES ARRANGED TO FAVOR ONLINE BIDS"
Francesco Baranca, general secretary of Federbet, an international body that fights against illegal sports betting confirms the suspicions about this game, because the movements were totally abnormal, with bets from a distant country, and apparently without possible interest in the second division Spanish.
It should be noted that Baracana a few weeks ago closed a case in Ukraine where match-fixing was discovered and affected 35 clubs in the country (67% of all professional teams) with 57 agreed markers and 328 people involved. READ HERE: AGREEMENT FOR INTEGRITY AND CLEAN GAME IN THE MIDST OF SCANDALS AND WHISTLES
"It is not only the low price for the victory of the Nástic, the abnormal was in the combination: first time 0-0 and end that won the Nástic de Tarragona and the amount of money that was bet." There were bets in the Huesca-Nástic of More than 10,000 euros, much of the money wagered came from the Ukraine. To actually damage a betting house it cannot be just one, two or three players I am not accusing the players, that the fee is so low in the live match it is something that has no reason to be, "said Bacaran.
Finally, the second division match produced the result that was bet on in Ukrainian cities such as Kiev, Poltava, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Krosrosten and Odessa. And of those movements, the bettors would have obtained prizes of at least 10 million euros.
