Frankfurt / Main -
Relief in the Second Bundesliga, the German Football Association (DFB) has ruled out a manipulation of the game between Red-White Oberhausen and 1860 Munich.
The Football Association but still comes under pressure. The Board requested that the DFB Oberhausen "as soon as Enlightenment."
Before the game Sunday against 1860 Munich in Oberhausen, there had been suspicious betting movement. Referee Hellmut Krug observers had then both teams ahead of the game informed.
The encounter was decided by an own goal. RWO defender Marinko Miletic extended in the 63rd Minute free-kick into his own goal from Alexander Ludwig.
The DFB and the German Football League (DFL) is available after considering all information available through the Task Force on match-fixing "no evidence that was the match between Oberhausen and the" lion "manipulated effectively, it said in a press statement by the DFB: "In analyzing the game process on site, the TV images and the evaluation of the referee report and the referee observation sheet, there were no specific abnormalities."
The Oberhausen Board had previously gone on the offensive. We expect "from the DFB soon enlightenment in this matter to avoid further damage to our club and our players," explained the RWO board and took the DFB in the criticism: "We decided not to defend ourselves, that our club and our players a time to be put under general suspicion, where there is no concrete evidence. "
The RWO board complained: "We have received so far, out on his own request, no information from the German Football Association, said to have been tampered with in what direction the game." The club itself will "do everything possible to educate contribute to the matter, "and" strongly condemns any attempts at manipulation. "
Meanwhile, the early warning systems of the DFB, the European Football Union (UEFA) and the World Federation (FIFA) has once again come under fire. The problem is that the bookmakers' organizations - and the three or four significant increase in early warning systems on the market - only rate changes would be known. No betting communicate but the level of actual bets on a game, they say.
