Police Investigate Alleged Match Fixing in Copa Del Rey Clash As Another Scandal Rocks Spanish Football

• Spanish authorities opened an investigation into possible match-fixing in a Copa del Rey game two years ago
• The Spanish league said police are looking into the first-round match between Levante and Huracán Melilla
• The game saw then-La Liga side Levante win 8-0 at Spanish fifth-tier minnows Huracan Melilla

Spanish football is facing yet another scandal after authorities opened an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a Copa del Rey game that happened two years ago.

Following recent revelations surrounding Barcelona making payments to a referee official for years, the police in Spain have now launched an investigation into a 2021 Copa del Rey clash between Levante and Huracán Melilla.

According to The Score, The Spanish league said it received an anonymous tip about the possible match-fixing between Levante and Huracán Melilla which ended 8-0 in favour of the former La Liga side.

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Six individuals with ties to Huracán have been interrogated. The league claimed that nobody from Levante was associated with the alleged irregularities.

Huracán has however revealed in a statement that they will cooperate with Spanish authorities and punish anyone from the club if found guilty after the investigations.

Levante distances themselves from match-fixing

Meanwhile, Levante said in its statement that it had nothing to do with the allegations after the Spanish club’s 2021 Copa del Rey tie against Huracán Melilla was investigated for match-fixing, The Washington Post reports.

Levante who progressed to the next round after winning the encounter 8-0, have been exonerated by the Spanish league who claimed they had nothing to do with the latest scandal.

Levante is a second-division club but was in the top league at the time. Huracán is currently in the fifth tier of Spanish soccer.

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Campaigner highlights match-fixing in football

Earlier, Sports Brief reported A US sports corruption expert said Thursday that football ranks alongside tennis in terms of the risk of match-fixing, calling for new "integrity" systems to tackle the problem.

Lisa Kihl, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, was receiving an award financed by World Cup hosts Qatar for campaigning against corruption in sport.

Kihl, head of the Global Institute for Responsible Sport Organizations, was one of seven recipients of anti-corruption excellence awards named after Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.