The surprise came this Thursday in the Premier League. On May 23, the Football Association, the English football regulator, accused Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima, better known as Lucas Paquetá, of allegedly having made suspicious plays that could have been made to benefit the world of sports betting, putting his career in English football.
— Lucas Paquetá (@LucasPaqueta97) May 23, 2024
Specifically, he is accused of having forced yellow cards in four specific matches, so that one or more people could benefit from this by betting, as stated in the FA statement, in which he is accused of breaking two key rules of the game. its regulations: What are they?
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Lucas Paquetá, accused of influencing the development of a match to benefit the betting market
Using the official and most updated regulations of the FA, at Sambafoot we have delved into the accusations made against Lucas Paquetá, this to know exactly what the Brazilian star is accused of.
🚨🇧🇷 OFFICIAL: Lucas Paquetá has been charged by English FA with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of FA Rules E5 and F3.
“It’s alleged that he directly sought to influence the progress, conduct, or any other aspect of, or occurrence in these matches by intentionally… pic.twitter.com/43UsRwUkvL— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 23, 2024
According to the statement, Lucas Paquetá would have violated FA regulations E5 and F3, which would be related to the willingness of a footballer to carry out actions to benefit the betting market and to fail to provide answers or evidence about his involvement. in these:
“West Ham United player Lucas Paquetá has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of FA Rules E5 and F3.
The player has been charged with four breaches of FA Rule E5.1 in relation to his conduct in the club’s Premier League matches against Leicester City on 12 November 2022; Aston Villa on March 12, 2023; Leeds United on May 21, 2023; and AFC Bournemouth on August 12, 2023.
He is accused of having tried to directly influence the development, conduct or any other aspect of these matches, or what happened in them, intentionally trying to receive a card from the referee with the improper purpose of affecting the betting market so that a or more people will benefit from them.
Lucas Paquetá has also been charged with two breaches of FA Rule F3 for alleged breaches of FA Rule F2.
“The player has until June 3, 2024 to file a response to these charges, without prejudice to any request to extend this deadline.” , reads the official statement from the Football Association.
What does Rule E5 and F3 say in the FA regulations?
Section ‘E.’ of the regulations is that related to the ‘Conduct’ section of the players who play in English football competitions. There, we talk about what is considered misconduct, the general behavior of the players, discrimination and, finally, what concerns us for this investigation, the section on ‘Gifts, rewards or other matters that affect in relation to the matches.’
Section E, subsection 5 (Rule E5), reads as follows:
- A participant may not, directly or indirectly, offer, agree to give, give, solicit, agree to accept or directly accept any gift or reward or consideration of any nature that is, or could appear to be in any way related to influencing the outcome or development of a match.
For its part, section ‘F.’ It is related to the ‘Investigative Powers of the Association (FA)’ and its main regulations read as follows:
- The Association shall have the power to monitor compliance by each participant with the Rules, the Laws of the Game, the Statutes and Regulations of FIFA and UEFA and the rules and regulations of each affiliated association and competition to which it is subject. a participant and investigate any incident, fact or matter that may constitute misconduct under these Rules.
- In carrying out its functions under Article F1, the association shall be entitled to require from any participant, upon reasonable advance notice:
- (a) appearance to answer questions and provide information; I
- (b) the presentation of documents, information or other material, whatever its form.
Any failure by a participant to comply with a requirement under the foregoing may constitute misconduct under the Rules of the Association and the Association may bring such charge or charges as it deems appropriate.
- Each association, competition or affiliated club must ensure compliance by its officials, directors, players, representatives or agents, to respond to questions and provide information and/or present one or more documents, information or other material, whatever. its way.
What does this mean? That, based on these regulations and what they dictate, the FA accuses Lucas Paquetá of the following:
- Forcing yellow cards to benefit one or more people in the betting world
- Carry out these actions under bribery, agreement or financial compensation of some kind
- Failing to offer answers or provide information about their involvement in the events
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