In full blast of ‘Case of Negreira’, This Wednesday many spotlights are on Felix Zwayer, college nominated by UEFA to lead the fight in between real Madrid and the Liverpool, equal to the round of 16 second leg of Champions League. The German referee was sentenced in 2005 to six months for his involvement in a match-fixing scandal in bundesliga 2.
At that time, zwayer He was the assistant of another referee when this plot happened, which meant one of the darkest episodes in the history of football. Zwayer went to testify at German Federation against his own companion robert hoyzer. With that look he made sure that he talked to him to help him manipulate the results in exchange for money.
He accepted a bribe of 300 euros
Finally, the implication of zwayer in match fixing on behalf of a mafia of gamblers. What is now a college of UEFA elite group (Highest level) accepted a bribe of 300 euros from his main referee to help achieve results favorable to his interests, something for which he was disqualified for half a year.
Hoyzer, key figure in the scandal, was sentenced to two years and five months in prison for fixing more than ten matches in Bundesliga 2, Regionalliga (the Third Division in Germany at the time) and DFB Pokal, charging his commission for it. He was also banned for life from German football for a crime of match-fixing.
the berliner zwayerreal estate agent, the second time will lead a meeting at real Madrid in UEFA champions league. The first is to Bernabeu against him Galatasaray Turco, from the fourth day of the 2019-20 group stage, which ended in a resounding 6-0 win for the Whites, with a hat-trick Rodrygo, a double of Benzema and somewhat punitive Sergio Ramos at the command of VAR. The meringues claimed another maximum punishment at Cross in the 10th minute and in 39′ a goal was disallowed Casemiro for a clear offside.
The German referee pointed out the Liverpool in the Champions League on two occasions and both in matches Porto in Anfield. In the round of 16 of the 2017-2018 season (0-0) and in the group stage of the 2021-2022 campaign, with a victory for the English team (2-0).
In 25 matches of Champions which has arbitrated to date, zwayer he showed a total of 139 yellow cards and sent off four players for double yellow cards (none for a straight red). He has also scored 13 penalties.
zwayera 41-year-old international, will also include Germans in his refereeing team Stefan Lupp and Marco Achmulleras assistant referees, and Sven Jablonski, as the fourth official, as confirmed by UEFA. The person in charge of VAR will be german Marco Fritzwhile the functions of the arbitration observer will be performed by the Cypriot Captain Shores.
Source: La Verdad
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