I bribed a referee ahead of huge European clash – then he gave a penalty against us after five minutes

FORMER Valencia president Paco Roig has claimed helium bribed a referee up of a Uefa Cup crippled - lone for the program to backfire.

Roig was the bulk shareholder and president of the La Liga nine from 1994 to 1997.

The Spanish businessman's tenure with Valencia was marked by contention and scandal.

Sports corruption successful Spain was not classified arsenic a transgression until 2010.

Roig has opened up connected his three-year reign successful a tell-all interrogation with outlet Relevo.

When asked astir the acquisition of matches successful the mid-1990s, helium admitted: "There was that everywhere."

Roig claims helium was approached by an cause arsenic Valencia prepared to instrumentality connected Bayern Munich successful the 1996-97 UEFA Cup.

Bayern were the defending champions of the trophy, with the Spanish broadside drafting them successful the archetypal round.

He explained: "This [agent] comes and says to me, 'Paco, the referee you got is simply a lad of a b*tch...

"But I'm adjacent friends with him, and it's fixed, you person to springiness maine 3 million [pesetas].

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"I told him, well, okay, I'll springiness [you the money] astatine the end. And helium said no, that it had to beryllium before."

Roig alleges helium gave the cause the currency earlier the contest, which was held connected September 10, 1996, astatine the Mestalla.

He continued: "I gave him the 3 million.

"The referee came retired and 5 minutes aboriginal they called a punishment against Valencia."

Jurgen Klinsmann would miss the punishment for Bayern, arsenic Valencia yet ran retired 3-0 winners.

But Roig added: "With that buying thing, it's a existent mess."

The Spanish broadside saw disconnected Slavia Prague and Besiktas successful the adjacent round.

However, their European escapade was chopped abbreviated by Schalke successful the quarter-finals.

Current La Liga president Javier Tebas attended a fans forum successful Madrid connected Monday.

He opened up connected match-fixing and declared the contented a happening of the past successful Spain.

Tebas said: "I deliberation determination is nary much match-fixing. We enactment hard to show betting.

"There is nary successful our categories. Sometimes we observe it successful different sports and we study it."