Spanish football chief convinced 2010-11 La Liga match was fixed

20 January,2016 07:22 AM IST |   |  IANS

Spanish football league's (LFP) president Javier Tebas has spoken of his conviction that the Levante vs Real Zaragoza match in the final round of the 2010-11 La Liga season was rigged

Javier Tebas


Valencia (Spain): Spanish football league's (LFP) president Javier Tebas has spoken of his conviction that the Levante vs Real Zaragoza match in the final round of the 2010-11 La Liga season was rigged.


Javier Tebas

While testifying before the Palace of Justice in Valencia in a lawsuit following a complaint filed by LFP to the anti-corruption prosecutor, Tebas on Monday said there were attempts to rig the game, and stressed that eventually the match was fixed, Efe reported.

Tebas said he knew "very well the real truth and now the legal truth to prove it", adding that he has information regarding amounts of money withdrawn from the Zaragoza players for the benefit of the players in Levante.

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