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The revelation of Luis Garcia about the game in Mexico that Jorge Campos was offered money to let himself score a goal

By Fredi Roman

Luis Garcia affirmed that the goalkeeper was bribed so that the Mexican team lost an important match in an Olympic game. 

Luis Garcia affirmed that the goalkeeper was bribed so that the Mexican team lost an important match in an Olympic game. 

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The football betting business is so important that the problem of fixed matches for business was always behind it. In Liga MX, there was always suspicion about this problem that harms soccer. Now a deal has come to light that they tried to make with Jorge Campos at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Mexico shared a group with Italy, South Korea and Ghana, and according to Luis Garcia's Facebook post, Jorge Campos was bribed to let himself score a goal in one of those games. The figure Garcia said Campos was offered was close to $ 100,000. The idea was for Mexico to lose that match and thus receive the money.

The business was for Mexico to lose the game, not to benefit another team but for a group of businessmen to become millionaires. Apparently those groups of businessmen were going to bet a large sum of money that one of the teams inferior to Mexico would win the match.

That didn't happen as Campos, one of the best goalkeepers in MLS, felt that he didn't want to tarnish his name for money. It was more important for Campos not to stain his legacy than to become a little more millionaire. With this, Luis Garcia revealed one of the darkest secrets of Mexican and world soccer.


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