Roland Duchâtelet caused a sensation two years ago by announcing that he was filing an official complaint against RSC Anderlecht and other parties. At issue: the 2013-2014 title, which he considered rigged.
Let’s recall the scenario: in 2014, Standard de Liège has a good lead over its competitors at the start of the Playoffs. But Sporting Anderlecht made a superb rise in the standings, and won a 33rd Belgian championship title.
Following “Operation Mains Propres” in 2018, the president of Standard at the time, Roland Duchâtelet, became certain: Mogi Bayat and Racing Genk would have participated in large-scale rigging, to offer the title to the RSC Anderlecht. The match he points to: Anderlecht-Genk, won 4-0 during these PO1.
A victory that was far too easy, according to Duchâtelet. Result: in February 2022, after Operation Mains Propres and in particular the investigative show “Le Milieu de Terrain” from the RTBFthe ex-president of Standard officially files a complaint against Anderlecht, Genk, Pelé Mboyo, Anthony Vanden Borre and against X.
Roland Duchâtelet gives up
More The last news reports that two years later, Roland Duchâtelet lost hope, and will not go any further in his efforts. “I naively believed that justice would work. But neither the football unit nor even justice seems to have questioned the people involved,” he explains to the Dutch-speaking media.
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“After the affair broke in 2018 and empty watch boxes were discovered at Mogi Bayat, there was no longer any doubt. Bayat’s lawyer was trying to make us believe that his client collected watch boxes. shows, what no one in the world does”, quips Duuchâtelet.
“National television (for RTBF, nda) showed evidence that the Playoffs were rigged. I thought this could be resolved. But that’s without taking into account the fact that justice is not concerned about match-fixing,” continues the former manager of Standard. “Standard is the main victim here, because its story could have been different in the event of a title” .
Roland Duchâtelet concludes with a tackle aimed at the famous “football cell” created following Operation Mains Propres: “I suggest that it be eliminated, because it serves no purpose. On the contrary, the police officers hired by this cell have cost the taxpayer 2 million euros, for non-existent results.
2024-04-12 11:30:00
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