Hungarian ref is just an example. First reaction was - Man Utd. They're always at it. More I think about it now the more I believe it to be Chelsea.
Doesn't surprise me in the slightest, it's naive to think that football hasn't been touched by match fixing.
Totally. But it's something I'm sure the authorities say doesn't happen despite them damn well knowing that it does happen....especially the FA who as which, know from the Suarez and Terry scandals, is probably amongst the most disingenuous sporting bodies on the continent.
That said the Chelsea v Barcelona match from 2009 was very farcical and suspicious. Regardless of who they are, Chelsea had every right to feel hard done by that night and despite my immense respect and joy from watching Barcelona, aspects of the games authorities do seem to regard that team in a pretty privy manner. Almost too privy?
However Manchester United's harassment of referees in England for the last 20 years, you would never put it past them to be at the centre of this. On the domestic front I think we all know United (David Gill, SAF) gerrymander the way referees are assigned to games in the Premier League. That's what got Juventus banished to Serie B in 2006.
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