Herrera in spotlight as fixing trial begins
Spain’s first major match-fixing trial began Tuesday with former Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera among 42 defendants charged over a ‘suspect’ 2011 match between his former club Real Zaragoza and Levante. The accused made no comments as they arrived at the court in Valencia. Real Zaragoza’s 2-1 win on May 21, 2011, the last match of the season, spared the club relegation from the Spanish first division, but triggered an investigation over suspect payments to playing staff and coaches. Prosecutors suspect Zaragoza deposited 965,000 euros in the bank accounts of some of its players and coaching staff so that they, in turn, could bribe Levante players to deliberately lose the game.
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