To each of the 18 former Levante players who sit on the bench for the alleged size of the last match of the 2010/11 season against Zaragoza, the prosecutor had the same question: what role did Sergio Ballesteros play in the squad. The answers were limited in all cases to certify that he was the captain.
If the testimony of Gabi Fernández by the former defendants of Zaragoza was key for the Prosecutor's Office, that of Ballesteros was in the Granota part. However, he could not question him. The former player only agreed to answer questions from his lawyer to reiterate that nothing knows of a size. " I did not agree, I did not give instructions to my teammates , ever, and never in my career have I received offers to rig games," he said.
"I have had a very bad time. It is the first time that they accuse me of something like that and I do not wish it on anyone, " he lamented.
Holidays without expenses
The former captain was among the last to declare on the fifth day of the trial that began with the statements of the last players of Zaragoza, foreigners who required interpreter Adam Pinter , Jarosic and Boutahar , who denied having received cash bonuses.
Then it was the turn for the Levantinists, who justified the few movements of their accounts that summer. Héctor Rodas , because he was studying in June, lived with his parents and then left the preseason. Rafa Jordà , who did not take a single euro from the bank, because he obtained cash for the sale of a car and the rental of an apartment in Benidorm. Stuani also had no expenses because he spent the summer in Uruguay and was sending money to his father throughout the year to cover the expenses. Something similar happened with Jefferson Montero and Caicedo , who justified that from May to August he spent 30,000 euros and was playing the Copa América.
12,000 euros is what Iborra took out in July, because in his wife's town they had few expenses and Robusté denied his lawyer's presumptions that there were no withdrawals from his accounts.
Goalkeeper Gustavo Munúa , whose performance in the match under investigation was described as brilliant by the defendants, argued that in his expenses with respect to previous years there is only a difference of 400 euros.
Juanfran García , who was a Zaragoza player before Levante and coincided with Diogo and Paredes , admitted that his expenses are justified, especially two extractions of 90,000 euros and 40,000 euros. "My difference is 4,200. In 2011 I spend more card than in 2010. I don't think it's anything weird," he told the judge.
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