2005 CL Final player arrested on suspicion of match fixing

[Allezfan]

Liverpool won fair and square (Gerard dived for the pen but we'll overlook that for the purpose of this). Everyone deal with it.

And their second goal was offside.

They lost 3-1 fair and square though.

 

[ArtetaMagic]

Aye some confusion caused by the thread title.

I'm pretty sure most sussed it out though.

Just making sure

 

[EFCNIK]

And their second goal was offside.

They lost 3-1 fair and square though.

Wasn't that a Vladimir smicer wonder strike?

Haha that's how jammy they were.

 

[Allezfan]

Wasn't that a Vladimir smicer wonder strike?

Haha that's how jammy they were.

Baros was flagged for offside but the ref waved play on and he headed it back to smicer who whacked it in from 30 yards out.

Jammy isn't half of it.

 

[Librarian]

Wonder what the odds were at half time. It's like betting on the tortoise when the hare was pissin' it, then just when everyone on oddschecker are paying out the daft hare lies down under a tree, suspicious as Fuk.

The whole think reeks of Isdanbull****.

Corruption, Italians? Well I never.

 

[Pabbers]

Can I just add, that Juventus have had their name cleared of any of that stuff they got done for, and should get the titles awarded bac to them.

As it turnd out, it was Inter that should have got done for it.

 

[jtl60]

Baros was flagged for offside but the ref waved play on and he headed it back to smicer who whacked it in from 30 yards out.

Jammy isn't half of it.

I cant remember who it was, might have been Baros or Luis Garcia was also standing in an offside position in line with the ball and keeper as smicer shot but jumped out of the way, - which is interfering with play and should have been given as offside

 

[EFCNIK]

Meh. They've still won the champions league.

 

[BoysInBlue]

Just for the record, Radio Merseyside news at 11am this morning mentioned Gattuso had been arrested following match fixing allegations & specifically went out of their way to mention he had played in the 2005 CL Final.

So BBC Radio Merseyside 'implied' it first.

It's not just a bitter Evertonian, even though some of you are making out that it is, and that the mere idea of it is preposterous.

The logical arguments of sacrificing personal glory etc never apply to people who get caught doing this stuff. People ALWAYS have something to lose; getting involved in such dodginess is never logical, at any level.

Some people might believe it, some don't. I'm surprised quite a few on here won't even consider it possible though. The revelations regarding spot fixing in recent days would indicate its prevalent at certain levels.

 

[Allezfan]

Just for the record, Radio Merseyside news at 11am this morning mentioned Gattuso had been arrested following match fixing allegations & specifically went out of their way to mention he had played in the 2005 CL Final.

So BBC Radio Merseyside 'implied' it first.

It's not just a bitter Evertonian, even though some of you are making out that it is, and that the mere idea of it preposterous.

The logical arguments of sacrificing personal glory etc never apply to people who get caught doing this stuff. People ALWAYS have something to lose; getting involved in such dodginess is never logical, at any level.

Some people might believe it, some don't. I'm surprised quite a few on here won't even consider it possible though. The revelations regarding spot fixing in recent days would indicate its prevalent at certain levels.

But surely the fact he never actually fouled any liverpool players in the penalty area counts against this theory?

 

[EFCNIK]

The final wasn't rigged. They won it (sort of) on merit.

 

[Librarian]

Fixing matches, they'll get everyone kicked out of Europe again FFS.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Thinking about that final though. This was the Milan lineup.

Dida
Cafu - Stam - Nesta - Maldini
Gattuso - Pirlo
Seedorf - Kaka
Shevcenko - Crespo

Feckin' hell like, that's a strong side.

 

[BoysInBlue]

But surely the fact he never actually fouled any liverpool players in the penalty area counts against this theory?

He was judged by the referee Manuel Mejuto González to have fouled Gerrard, resulting in a penalty kick. Whether or not YOU think it was really a penalty is irrelevant, the decision was given against Gattuso.

The final wasn't rigged. They won it (sort of) on merit.

No-one is saying the final 'was rigged'. Gattuso, who played in the final, is being investigated on allegations of match fixing.

If you don't think there's any correlation between the two things, fine.

It was just interesting that BBC Radio Merseyside thought to mention it in their story on Gattuso (in the main news bulletin as well, not the sports bulletin).

 

[Huyton Layne]

Any chance of Italian team being banned from Europe til their league is cleaned up? No. ok thx.