The Juventus goalkeeper is investigated for fraud by the Udine prosecutor: he would have bet on his admonition. Now the first provision of the Federal Prosecutor
The Prosecutor of the FIGC led by Giuseppe Chinè formalized today the referral against Maduka Okoye. The Nigerian goalkeeper of Udinese would have been the protagonist of a combine with other bettors who focused on his yellow card in Lazio-Udinese of the Serie A 2023-2024 championship, played at the Olimpico on March 11, 2024, a warning punctually arrived at the 18th of the second half. For this he is contested by the sports offense and therefore risks a four -year disqualification.
At the basis of the investigations of the Udine Prosecutor’s Office an abnormal flow of dry episodes on the amel of the goalkeeper, but a meeting emerged from the documents between one of the bettors (the owner of the “Biffi” restaurant usually frequented by the Juventus players) and the same Okoye in which the famous yellow card against Lazio had been spoken. For the and significant it would also be the fact that Okoye was warned due to the loss of time (with Udinese in any case ahead) when he remained to be played over half the second half. For the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, these are direct acts in a non -equivocal way to alter the regular game performance for sports betting purposes.