Brazil, match-fixing? The club calls for an investigation and fires two players after a disconcerting own goal

From the fields of Brazil a controversial episode that caused a lot of discussion. The match in question is Atletico Amazonense AM- Sul America AM, second division of the Amazonense state championship.

The guests won 4-1, how many doubts about the fourth and last goal …

The visiting goal was packaged by Atletico Amazonense players, with midfielder Julio Campos who, served by a backward pass from a teammate, deliberately kicked the ball into his own goal, with goalkeeper Luis Antonio unintentional to block the shot.

Campos himself, as soon as the ball crossed the goal line, turned around and returned to halfway as if nothing had happened. An own goal that baffled the home club, which fired the players involved and asked regional prosecutors to launch an investigation into the alleged match-fixing. The hosts’ own goal certainly did not affect the final result, but the defeat against Sul America still ousted Atletico Amazonense from the race for promotion to the state top flight. The home club defined their own goal “an obvious act of sabotage“. And on their midfielder the club declared: “His immoral attitude ruined any hope of promotion for our team and highlighted the fact that the player was intent from the start of the match to sabotage his team.“.