Real Madrid<\/a> and Spanish National Team player, Raul Bravo, and the president of second-division club Sociedad Deportiva Huesca were among those arrested.<\/p>\nHuesca Match Alleged as Fixed<\/h2>\n
ESPN reported one of the fixed matches took place last May between Huesca and Gimnastic de Tarragona in the waning days of the second division season. Huesca had already clinched promotion to the top division, while Nastic was in danger of being relegated to the third division.<\/p>\n
Nastic ended up winning the match 1-0 thanks to a goal in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n
Numerous sportsbooks, though, pulled all betting opportunities for the match once they determined an aberrant amount of money was being wagered on a nil-nil halftime score as well as a Nastic win.<\/p>\n
This season, in the top division, Huesca won just seven of 38 matches. With 33 points, the club finished 19th out of 20 teams and will be relegated back to Spain\u2019s second division when the new season starts in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spanish federal law enforcement authorities on Tuesday announced they plan to arrest 11 individuals for their participation in a match-fixing scheme that penetrated the highest levels of professional soccer in the country. The investigation is just the latest blemish for a sport that has been roiled by gambling scandals. Last fall, Belgian officials charged 19 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":105941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Spanish Authorities Claim La Liga Soccer Matches Targeted for Fixing<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n