El Salvador players allege bribe over Canada World Cup qualifier
El Salvador players claim they have been offered financial inducements to win, draw or avoid a heavy defeat in Tuesday’s World Cup 2018 qualifier against Canada, which kicks off at 3am BST.
A heavy defeat for El Salvador in Vancouver could prevent their neighbours Honduras from progressing to the final stage of Concacaf qualifying for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
Bonilla played a tape of the 10-minute conversation in which the man promised varying amounts of money depending on the result and the time played by each player, from $30 a minute for a win to $10 a minute in a 1-0 defeat.
El Salvador players claim they have been offered financial inducements to win, draw or avoid a heavy defeat in Tuesday’s World Cup 2018 qualifier against Canada, which kicks off at 3am BST.
A heavy defeat for El Salvador in Vancouver could prevent their neighbours Honduras from progressing to the final stage of Concacaf qualifying for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
Bonilla played a tape of the 10-minute conversation in which the man promised varying amounts of money depending on the result and the time played by each player, from $30 a minute for a win to $10 a minute in a 1-0 defeat.
These guys must hate Honduras so much that they think it is better to lose big and stop their neighbours from qualifying, than to do their jobs and get the best result they can.
I can't see how paying someone to do their job is a bribe. Even if it isn't their bosses paying them.
Maybe I can tell my firm that I've not been productive recently, as I had to refuse a bribe to get my workload done.
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