The former footballer admitted that when he played for Girona they tried to bribe him to let him win.
March 2023. Aday Benítez suddenly appeared on the portals of all media in Spain. The reason: The ex-footballer admitted in “El Bar”, a streaming program from “Cadena Ser”, that when he played for Girona, they tried to bribe him to let him win.
Who is Aday Benítez, the former Girona player who admitted to receiving a bribe for letting himself win in a Second Division game
He was born in Sentmenat, Barcelona, on December 16, 1987. His career developed in the promotion categories. In 2006, after being a youth player at Granollers, he signed with Third Division side Premia. In 2009 he made the jump to Second Division B, where he had a great season with Sant Andreu. In 2011 he signed for L’Hospitalet. And in 2013 he arrived in Tenerife and played in the Second Division. Then, a year later, he would sign a two-year contract with Girona. There, in this Catalan club, He would be promoted to the highest category and would claim to receive “50,000 euros” because he let himself be won…
The confession
“They offered me 50,000 euros to let me win the year we were promoted with Girona… the season for one game. They offered it to me anyway. This is done through a contact person in the dressing room, making that player a connection with the rest of the team. He talks to his trusted teammates and makes them the offer. In my case it was 50,000 euros per head. It’s not that hard to fix a match because you need a goalkeeper, a central buy a defender and a striker to get almost everything done. They have to participate more, even if that is half done.”, Aday Benítez himself assured in the program “El Bar”. And I add: “I experienced something similar when I was in Tenerife, although I cannot confirm it because I was not one of those trusted players. It was the last game of the season against Sporting de Gijón and we would play the less usual ones.” They started the game and lost the game 3-1 with goals that were a bit odd. I can’t confirm, I could never do it because I’m not one of the trusted players, but it’s suspicious.”
LaLiga complaint
LaLiga has filed a complaint with the National Police Center for Integrity in Sports and Gambling (CENPIDA) following Aday’s statements: “The LaLiga Integrity and Security area has as one of its objectives the prevention, detection and reporting of any conduct that violates ‘fair play’ and may distort competition. Predetermining results is a crime, as is proving of the sole intention of manipulation. proposal (…) We remind you that through the LaLiga complaint channel, any fan can provide information for the investigation of this kind of crimes against the integrity of the league”.
Source: Goal