Spanish Football League (LFP) President Javier Tebas announced on Monday that three La Liga games and six Spanish second division games are "being investigated for suspected match-fixing and all the games under suspicion have been identified to the District Attorney's Anti-corruption Office," according to the EFE. Tebas: "I am not going to say which games because I believe that would jeopardize the organization, but there is suspicion for various reasons, from abnormal betting activity to players' and coaches' behavior before and after games" (EFE, 8/5). In Madrid, Arribas & Lafuente reported one of the La Liga games under suspicion is the match between Levante and Deportivo La Coruña on April 13, which Deportivo won 4-0. One "second division game believed to be under investigation is the Racing-Hércules contest from the last matchday of the season, which coincided with a number of unusual bets" (EL PAIS, 8/5).
GIRONA ACCUSATIONS: The EFE reported Spanish second division side Girona President Joaquín Boadas on Monday declared that leaders of third division sides Xerex and Racing Santander "approached his club in attempts to fix matches." Boadas said, "On July 2 Racing President Ángel Lavín and former club President Francisco Pernía, along with player agent Eugenio Botas, visited us. It was a sad episode because it detracts from the competition. It would mean that points were shared in a game. It was all a fraud and I felt the obligation to do what the LFP had advised me to." Boadas also said that before his club's game against Xerex on May 11, "his former player Dani Mallo told him that a Xerex player had offered Girona €120,000 ($159,072) to let Xerex win the game." Boadas said, "Dani Mallo did the right thing. ... They are two different themes but at the same time they have the same feeling. I have to defend the rights and feelings of the fans" (EFE, 8/5).
