Hungarian club, Debrecen, have
confirmed that their
Champions League match
against Liverpool in 2009 was
part of a match-fixing
investigation. Debrecen said action had been
taken by UEFA against
goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic in
2010 for not reporting
approaches from match fixers
before two European matches - against Liverpool and Italian
club Fiorentina. Poleksic was subsequently
banned for two years, but the
charge at the time only
specified Fiorentina. There has never been any
suspicion of wrongdoing by
anyone at Liverpool, who won
the match in question 1-0
courtesy of a goal from French
striker, David Ngog. And a Liverpool spokesperson
has confirmed the Merseyside
club has not been contacted
regarding the investigation: "We have had no contact from
Europol or any other
organisation over this." Europol confirmed earlier this
week that one Champions
League game in England was
one of 380 games under
investigation for match-fixing,
and Debrecen confirmed a report in Danish newspaper
Ekstra Bladet - as well as a
statement on their club
website - that their games
were involved. "The [UEFA] disciplinary
committee's position was that
Vukasin Poleksic neglected his
obligations when he didn't
report in time that, before two
international matches of DVSC, unknown persons attempted
to persuade him to influence
the outcome of the matches,”
read he statement. "The two matches were the
away game against Liverpool
and the home encounter with
Fiorentina." "Neither DVSC nor the player
wish to react further, all the
more so as all the information
has been released about this
affair during the summer of
2010."http://m.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/130205/liverpool’s-game-against-debrecen-under-match-fixing-investigation-confi-1910