El Salvador and Canada are set to continue their World Cup qualification campaigns at the BC Place in Vancouver tomorrow.
However, at a press conference earlier today La Selecta players reportedly played a recording of a man offering the team money to fix the result.
“El Salvador players just ended a presser. They played a recording of a man that offered them money to beat Canada or lose by 1,” wrote @AndreasCantorGOL on Twitter.
“According to the man on the recording,the offer to EL Salvador players was: $30 per min played for a win. $20/min for a tie, $15 for a 1-0 loss.
“The El Salvador players said that Ricardo Padilla a former club [president] & businesman showed up at the team’s hotel and asked to speak [with] players.”
BREAKING. El Salvador players just ended a presser. They played a recording of a man that offered them money to beat Canada or lose by 1
— ANDRES CANTOR (@AndresCantorGOL) September 6, 2016
14 El Salvador footballers were given lifetime bans from the sport in September 2013, after a previous investigation into match fixing within the national team.
The news comes in the wake of Slovakia defender Jan Durica claiming their 1-0 loss to England on Monday morning was fixed.
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