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Chidi injured – to miss Air India match

Mohun Bagan fans will be anxiously awaiting further news after Chidi have been forced to withdraw from the game against Air India.

 The Nigerian striker was seriously injured in the team’s practice today. He had already made an impact in the season, scoring goals in almost every match he played for Bagan. Chidi is unlikely to be fit for Bagan’s week-end fixture against Air India, and it now remains to be seen whether he will be able to take part in Bagan’s next match against Mahindra United on 21st January ’10.

Churchill match ends in 2-2

Mohun Bagan fails to move up from the fifth spot in the iLeague despite having a lead in second half of the match against Churchill Brothers on Friday. Mohun bagan kicked off at around 2:32pm IST at Barasat Stadium today. but in the second minute it was churtchill that went for a positive move. From a counter attack Marocs and Chidi exchanged the ball and tried to break Churchill defense. But Masih goofed up and the day’s first attempt went for a toss.

Soon Churchill started pressing Bagan defense and at times bagan defense, with Deepak and Manju out for injury, seem to be fragile. 
then Barreto got an oppotunity to score and he surprised the spectators in missing the ball from a handshaking distance. 

Churchill went for a counter attack and earned a corner. Odafa header went into the goal(1-0).

Bagan defense seem to be puzzled after conceding the goal, and then Sur kumar started taking additional load, bringing in the experience Sagram, Azim and Biswajit lacked in the defense. Ishfaq and Sueoka started using the two flanks well and Churchill’s defense was in real trouble. Gaurmangi led Churchill defense well and foiled some Bagan attacks. 

In the 35th minute Bagan earned a corner. Sueoka and Marcos took a short corner and Marcos crossed the ball for Barreto and Barreto header was too good for Arindam(1-1).

Just before the end of the first half chidi missed another opportunity to score- it was an open net but he failed to push the ball in. within a minute Referee Suresh whistled for the lemon break.

Post break Churchill kicked off and tried to create pressure in Bagan defense. But it was Bagan that earned a corner  as Arindam fouled Sueoka inside the box. Barreto placed the ball to Arindam’s right (2-1) and the crowd cheered.

Next five minutes found Chidi and Ishfaq taking control of the left flank. But Nauba did well to stop them. Ishfaq had a hard tackle on Nauba and eventually referee suresh booked him. Yumnam soon was also booked for hitting Ishfaq.

Soon after, Churchill earned a free kick outside Bagan box. Odafa took it well and found the equalizer (2-2).

Later both the teams played attacking football. Meanwhile tomba and James replaced Sueoka and Ishfaq respectively.

Later chidi was pulled down inside Churchill box. Referee denied Bagan a genuine penalty. The match finally ended 2-2


Man of the Match : Odafa

Scorers- Barreto -2 (Mohun Bagan), Odafa -2 (Churchill Brothers)

Team –

MB:Sangram,Sur, Sagram, Azim, Biswajit,Sueoka(Tomba), Masih, Marcos,Isfaq(James),Barreto, Chidi
 
CB :Arindam, Naoba, Dhanachandra, Gourmangi, Felix, Kalu,Paite(Charan),Vashum, Ito, Yumnam, Odafa

Football’s Match fixing

With billions of dollars in illegal soccer bets exchanged every year and allegations of match-fixing rife, the punters are often at the losing end whereas the bookmakers are having the last laugh.
The mafias and underground syndicates are often behind the fixing of soccer matches.

The mafias and underground syndicates are often behind the fixing of soccer matches.

FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, decided that it had to act to protect the game from corruption after being shaken by recent match-fixing scandals in Germany, Italy and Brazil.

Since Asian World Cup qualifying campaign started, the fixed match issue has gained more urgency. Gambling is widespread in Asia and Asian leagues have been battling match-fixing for years.

In early year 2008, Interpol announced the results of a crackdown on illegal soccer gambling across Asia. Interpol’s secretary general, Ronald Noble, told a conference in Singapore that the authorities had shut down 272 underground gambling dens handling $650 million in illegal bets. Feldner said, "The gray market in Asia – this is a big problem."

Unlike individual sports, team sports like soccer are more difficult to fix.

"There are 22 players, 4 officials, 2 coaching staffs, substitutes – that’s a high number of people you have to get at to fix a game," said Herren, the FIFA spokesman. "Plus, the more people you try to bribe, the more chances you have of being exposed."

But the more people you bribe, the more chances you have of the outcome you want.

William Gaillard, a spokesman for UEFA, the governing body of European soccer, said: "One person is not enough – you need to bribe three or four at least. The games we have doubts about are never the big games – those are too expensive to fix. What are you going to offer a player who makes €4 million a year? It’s always lower division games, maybe where two clubs have already qualified, a game that’s not televised."

As we all know, it is easier to lose a game than to win it. Hence, goalies and defenders are the more obvious targets to bribe when you fixed a match.

Late bets, heavy bets, late and heavy underdog bets; high or low scoring; surprising draws; wide swings in the quality of play; odd or inexplicable referee calls – all of these can prompt monitors to take a closer look at a match.

FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, has often pointed to referees as a possible weak link because they are the lowest-paid people on the field. FIFA has a monitoring system that evaluates referees’ performances and removes those prone to error, said Herren, the FIFA spokesman, but "not even the best ref is protected from making a blunder."

At the 2006 World Cup, security guards were posted outside the referees’ hotel, no direct outside calls to their rooms were allowed, and FIFA doubled their tournament pay to $40,000. Herren expects refs to earn even more at the next World Cup.

 

(Source : http://www.soccerpunter.com/soccer_fixed_match.php)