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Busacca dismisses match-fixing fears

Sunday, June 08 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Fifa's director of refereeing, Massimo Busacca, said 'football will win' against match-fixers at the Brazil World Cup. which begins next week. Busacca's comments come a week after convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal claimed he arranged for a referee to influence the result of Australia's friendly defeat to Egypt in 2010.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Massimo Busacca, FIFA director of refereeing (On his concerns of a possible match-fixing during the World Cup)

    "Listen, we are in the country of football. We are in the country of football, Brazil. And Football will win. I'm sure we will not have complains. we will not have problems. When the competition starts, I'm very positive that we will see, really, 64 great matches. And this have to be really said every day. Fair play will win. Football will win. Futebol (Portuguese for football) will win. I'm very convinced, the referee knows that, and they will enjoy every game."

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