Uefa winners deny match fixing

Oct 2 2008

A Russian club which beat Rangers in the Uefa Cup final has denied match-fixing allegations made in the Spanish media regarding their semi-final win over Bayern Munich earlier this year.

Spanish newspaper El Pais claimed a judge had forwarded information to German prosecutors which claimed a gang with links to the Russian mafia had given money to Bayern ahead of the match against Zenit St Petersburg.

Zenit beat the Bundesliga team 4-0 in the second leg of their semi-final before beating Rangers 2-0 to lift the Uefa Cup in Manchester on May 14.