He gave for a match between two teams, with coach and even a president, but the bench was not in the stadium, but in the wide view room to which the Criminal Court 4 of Valencia moved to sentence for the first time in Spanish football an alleged adjustment occurred in the last match of the 2010/11 season between Levante UD and Real Zaragoza.

36 players entered through the main gate of the City of Justice from nine in the morning without a word. From Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico or Georgia they attended the first session of the trial in which their lawyers requested that they be absent after giving a statement. Ander Herrera, Vicente Iborra or Felipe Caicedo, who continue to play at the first level, took advantage of the stoppage of the official competitions to go to the trial.

Far from any threat of nervousness for facing jail terms of up to four years, the players, who still do not understand why the complaint of the League was not filed, were reunited eight years after that game.

Extension of the expert evidence

More serious were Agapito Iglesias and Javier Aguirre. The former president faces the crime of sports fraud and also the falsehood of a commercial document. The coach, today without a team, has also been investigated by another alleged size when he was leading Osasuna.

On this first day, the parties present previous questions before the start of the oral trial. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has asked the judge to authorize the extension of the expert evidence on the expenses of the Levante players and the LFP to accept the report of the League on the performance of both teams during the match.

For its part, the accusation exercised by Deportivo warns that, whatever the sentence, he will go to the civil court to request compensation for the damages that the descent could cause the club.

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