The defender claimed that he protested against the weak game of partners, but did not convince the leadership and the police.
The player of the Brazilian team at the end of the match helped the opponent to bring the matter to defeat. The ridiculous own goal did not surprise the teammates at all, but at the same time could make impressionable fans believe in the existence of voodoo magic. Law enforcement agencies did not write off the episode as mysticism and began an investigation.
Protest or clumsy drain of the result?
Ridiculous own goal
The match of the championship of the state of Amazonas in Brazil, in which Atlético Amazonense hosted the Sul America club, ended in the defeat of the hosts with a score of 1:4. However, not indifferent fans of the local team could be outraged not so much by the loss itself, but by the scandalous episode that happened at the end of the meeting.
Sul America players scored the first goal before the break, then developed their success at the beginning of the second half. The local team won back one goal, but the guests again returned the two-goal lead in the 84th minute. The position of Atletico Amazonense was extremely unsightly, but not hopeless. The history of football knows cases when two goals were won back in a few minutes. In the 90th minute, the defender of the hosts Julio Campos really managed to hit the gate, but the fans of his team hardly liked the goal.
The Atletico player received the ball from a partner, being close to his own penalty area. The Sul America players did not refuse any pressure on him, they were not even close. Unless someone in the stands was wielding a voodoo doll – this is the only way to explain the actions of an athlete, if you do not convict him of malicious intent. Be that as it may, Campos turned to the gates of his team and, throwing the ball over the goalkeeper, scored a ridiculous own goal.
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Surprised no one
It is curious, but the strange actions of the player, it seems, did not surprise anyone on the field. The defender calmly walked towards the center of the field, the partners went in the same direction without much emotion. Did not take any decisive action and the chief referee, simply counting a goal. Unless the stands grumbled a little, and even then more for order. Is this state of affairs the norm for the state of Amazonas?
The act of Campos in the first place suggests that there is something not entirely clean in the field of betting. By the way, the bookmakers called Atlético Amazonense the favorite of the match – it was possible to bet on the victory of the hosts with an unattractive odds of 1.31. The bet on the victory of “Sul America” promised to increase the winnings by 7.5 times.
It is easy to guess that a bet on the victory of the guests with a devastating score promised risk lovers a decent amount. The Spanish-language version of the Yahoo portal, by the way, noted that Brazilian law enforcement officers became interested in the incident.
Whether Campos faces any kind of punishment from the police is not yet clear. However, the player will no longer have to play in Atlético Amazonense – the club broke off relations with the defender and goalkeeper. The episode’s anti-hero’s attempt to justify his actions by protesting the weak play of his own team probably didn’t convince the club bosses.
