by Guest Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:45 am
Vicente (lawyer linesman): "My client was told that he shouldn't worry about influencing game, that this had already happened before." [rac1]
Vicente (lawyer linesman): "My client said he was told he'd get a lower ranking if he didn't agree to favour Madrid in clasico." [rac1]
Vicente (lawyer linesman): "Other linesmen were also pressurized. Let's see if they also denounce it. Two or three could in coming days."
Vicente (lawyer linesman): "He wanted the story out there already. He was heavily pressurized and he decided to act now." [md]
note: linesman asked lawyer not to be named in complaint, but second linesman in the case is working with referee gonzalez gonzalez
note - document: complaint regarding pressure on linesman to favour madrid ahead of clasico at bernabeu in november http://www.cope.es/docs/2015/10/21/19370001_94_36_0.pdf …
Madrid radio Cope confirms story about a complaint regarding pressure on linesman. They name member referee committee and publish document.
Threatened linesman filed formal complaint with anti-corruption prosecutor and Spanish police is now investigating the case. [l'esportiu]
The idea is for the linesman to make the wrong calls, because it causes less upset than when the referee himself makes them. [l'esportiu]
Another linesman, from another referee trio, would also have been given the same instructions to favour Madrid in upcoming clasico. [l'esp]
When linesman refused, he got phone call from inside Spanish federation threatening him that his career could end soon. [l'esportiu]
Linesman got told by his referee that he had been given instructions from referee committee to benefit Madrid in upcoming clasico. [l'esp]
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