So... League of Ireland in the Asia Times, what could be bad about that
Data collated by Sportradar, an agency that monitors suspicious betting patterns, was passed to Uefa and suggested hefty bets were placed, via unregulated Asian online betting portals, on at least two goals being scored in the first half.
Longford were winning 2-0 at half-time.
And then, the data suggested, even more money was put on four or more goals being scored by the final whistle. And even more on Longford hitting the back of Athlone’s net in the final 10 minutes.
Longford went 3-1 up in the 87th minute – for the uninitiated, that’s three minutes before normal stoppage time.
Just before the final goal was scored, Athlone’s new foreign coaches changed tactics and placed Romanian midfielder Dragog Sfrijan into the center of defense. By all accounts, Sfrijan – one of the recent foreign additions – didn’t fare too well, making a laughably absurd mistake and … well, the Longford striker scored the late goal.
Longford were winning 2-0 at half-time.
And then, the data suggested, even more money was put on four or more goals being scored by the final whistle. And even more on Longford hitting the back of Athlone’s net in the final 10 minutes.
Longford went 3-1 up in the 87th minute – for the uninitiated, that’s three minutes before normal stoppage time.
Just before the final goal was scored, Athlone’s new foreign coaches changed tactics and placed Romanian midfielder Dragog Sfrijan into the center of defense. By all accounts, Sfrijan – one of the recent foreign additions – didn’t fare too well, making a laughably absurd mistake and … well, the Longford striker scored the late goal.
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