The beautiful game's ugly underside was exposed on Monday as one of Europe's senior crime fighters revealed hundreds of games are under investigation in what he described as "a sad day for European football."

Recent match-fixing scandals have centered on South Korea and South Africa, but Europol believes the highest levels of the game are now no longer safe with alleged corruption in two Champions League matches discovered, including one played in England, with 680 games in all being probed across the globe.

"This is the work of a suspected organized crime syndicate based in Asia and operated with criminal networks around Europe," Rob Wainwright, director of European law enforcement agency Europol, told reporters, following its 18-month probe.
see for http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/04/sport/football/match-fixing-champions-league-football/ more.

& those matches are well staged. Who & who's fixing them? Make UEFA do quick with them investigations.

Okiki_Oluwa: & those matches are well staged. Who & who's fixing them? Make UEFA do quick with them investigations.

And if this is true, the game of football is as good as dead.

Freiburger:
And if this is true, the game of football is as good as dead.

Nope. For wetin.
Asians have been fixing matches in Europe since whenever. Remember Bruce Grobbelar and John Fashanu? Mr Bernard Tapie of Marseille?

Just go to any football ground in Europe and you are likely to see some Asians talking frantically on a mobile, dishing out stats of passes, free kicks, corners, etc. I have seen that a few times.