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Montevideo, April 16th 2024 - 06:01 UTC

Tag: Football Association of Ireland

  • Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 07:36 UTC

    Irish players deny receiving bribes not to injure Messi, as was reported by La Nacion

    “The Football Association of Ireland completely refutes allegations made about the Republic of Ireland v Argentina friendly match in La Nacion as baseless”.

    An Argentine newspaper has claimed that Irish players received bribes not to injure Lionel Messi at the opening game in the Aviva Stadium in 2010, but the story has been dismissed in the strongest possible terms by the Irish football association, FAI. According to La Nacion, a Fifa official was forced to go to extraordinary lengths to bring the Barcelona superstar and his team mates to Dublin.