In suspicion against Boca Juniors

Argentina’s justice system has announced that it has opened an investigation into whether sports betting played a role in the expulsion of a player from Agricultural in battle against Boca Juniors corresponding to Argentinian Cup this month.

Milton Leyendeker received a red card eight minutes into the match on August 21 for a harsh tackle on Exequiel Zeballos, a player who, by the way, was pursued by FC Barcelona a few years ago. Boca won the match 1-0 but Zeballos suffered a serious ankle injury that required surgery. “The prosecutor (Celsa Ramírez) is investigating if there were bets on whether an Agropecuario player would be sent off before 10 minutes of the game,” the Buenos Aires City Prosecutor’s Office said on its Twitter account.

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Local media first reported that gambling may have been involved. “We want to see if there is any truth to the media reports,” a source from the prosecutor’s office told Reuters, adding that such betting would be illegal.

Leyendeker said the idea that he fired himself on purpose is “absolutely crazy.” “Am I going to leave my team one down, against Boca, in a game that everyone wants to play?” was quoted as saying by local media publication Infobae. “Something like this has never happened to me.”