Frölunda player Carl Klingberg could be suspended
With 51 seconds left in the game, Carl Klingberg urged his teammates to stop scoring.
Now the incident could be investigated as an offense against match-fixing, GT reports.
– He says: We are aware of the statement that was issued
With just a minute remaining in Saturday’s match between Frölunda and Rögle, the home team led 8-2.
Karl Klingberg then urged his teammates to lay down their weapons and not score any more goals in Rögle.
The reason was that Frölunda backer Sebastian Kjellberg, as he is known from the Sebbe Indian tribe, had bet on the outcome. Something he does every game, every year. The 20 kroner he played gave him 9,420 kroner last Saturday.
– I’ve known Sippy Indian since I was last here, maybe 15 years ago, he’s a bit of a legend and he’s 8-2 in every game, so I told the players that now you shouldn’t score any more goals. He beat the odds a little. Very cool, I hope he wins a lot. “I think he’s more than that in his history, he’s quite sick,” Klingberg told GT after the match.
The results may not be tampered with
Now the same newspaper reports that Klingberg’s quote may lead to reporting and suspension.
The reason is that after the match, reports were received via the whistleblowing function to the Disciplinary Committee of the National Sports Federation.
Specifically, according to radio frequency regulations, the results may not be tampered with in this way “He gives a sporting benefit or advantage to another person or association other than his own.”
– We are aware of the statement made in the media and because of it, there were reactions in the form of tips, says Jacob Odeholt, Integrity Officer at the National GT Sports Federation.
Short of words
Continue:
– I cannot respond more specifically to the details of the case, but any form of betting-related manipulation contravenes match-fixing regulations in sport, and statements expressing such associations must be taken seriously, regardless of whether it is a joke or If so. Done without knowing the regulations.
As for GT, Frölunda club director Christian Lichthaler has a few words.
– We have no comments on matters concerning the Russian Federation. We have chosen not to comment on it.
