View Full Version : besiktas gambling probe
tarheelfan490
05 Dec 2007, 09:37 AM
has anyone else heard about this? is this as big a deal as it sounds? should i be worried? i mean, i figure there was foul play it was on the part of peskytas and not our boys, but could they void the match?
Bobinhood
05 Dec 2007, 10:21 AM
Eufa rubbished the report, claim they are not investigating this match nor have they reported it as suspicious betting activity.
Stands to reason that with liverpool in a must win against a weak team at home, some punters would bet on a big scoreline.
Salama
05 Dec 2007, 10:42 AM
Stands to reason that with liverpool in a must win against a weak team at home, some punters would bet on a big scoreline.
No it doesn't. Not this scoreline, at least. If, and it is not clear at this point, there were a lot of 8-0 bets, that's a pretty ridiculous coincidence. Were there a lot of 7-0 bets? 9-0 bets?
There's two likely scenarios in this case:
1) The reports are false, the 8-0 win was just a case of Besiktas being poor and Liverpool dominating them. Considering United beat Roma 7-1 and Arsenal threw up 7 on Prague, it's not like this score is at all impossible.
2) Besiktas have some serious explaining to do.
USvsIRELAND
05 Dec 2007, 03:35 PM
Eufa rubbished the report, claim they are not investigating this match nor have they reported it as suspicious betting activity.
Not being a dick, but Link?
ChanceTheDog
05 Dec 2007, 03:40 PM
No it doesn't. Not this scoreline, at least. If, and it is not clear at this point, there were a lot of 8-0 bets, that's a pretty ridiculous coincidence. Were there a lot of 7-0 bets? 9-0 bets?
There's two likely scenarios in this case:
1) The reports are false, the 8-0 win was just a case of Besiktas being poor and Liverpool dominating them. Considering United beat Roma 7-1 and Arsenal threw up 7 on Prague, it's not like this score is at all impossible.
2) Besiktas have some serious explaining to do.
I don't think it was a case of people placeing bets on an 8-0 win exactly. What they were doing were placeing bets on say more than 5 goals being scored, which would be a good bet to place considering the importance of the game to Liverpool, and that we were at home.
Red Bird
05 Dec 2007, 03:49 PM
Sounds like utter nonsense to me. A certain website, in a blatant case of take your pick, was simultaneously running the report under a banner headline and a denial from UEFA as some little sidebar report.
revelationx
05 Dec 2007, 04:51 PM
Not being a dick, but Link?
Here you go, Platini say Liverpool besiktas match not being investigated.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11945_2947640,00.html
Bobinhood
05 Dec 2007, 04:52 PM
"Eufa rubbished the report, claim they are not investigating this match nor have they reported it as suspicious betting activity."
Was I unclear in any way? The numerous 8-0 bets storyline was pure speculation as far as i can tell.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/12/05/SOCCER_UEFA_Liverpool.html
Its a Platini statement.
Oops, sorry rev, didnt see your post. thanks.