French online gaming authority ARJEL have opened an investigation into Lyon's 7-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb, which put them through into the knockout stages of the Champions League at the expense of Ajax Amsterdam.
Lyon began the night three points behind behind Ajax in Group D and needed a seven-goal swing to qualify, which was eventually attained with some ease as they crushed 10-man Zagreb and Ajax slumped to a 3-0 defeat at home to Real.
Bafetimbi Gomis scored a second-half hat-trick for Lyon in seven minutes - the fastest in the competition’s history - against a Dinamo side who had Jerko Leko sent off and nothing to play for after already being condemned to bottom place in the group.
But suspicions were raised when Lisandro Lopez hit Lyon’s fifth and TV cameras appeared to show Dinamo's Domagoj Vida winking and giving the thumbs up to Gomis as the striker tried to collect the ball from him.
The nature of Lyon's victory and footage has called for UEFA to intervene and investigate with Ajax boss Frank de Boer leading the calls following the astonishing result in Croatia.
De Boer said afterwards: "If there was something unusual, UEFA should investigate what happened in Zagreb. My assistants have told me that the goals came quick and easy, because you can’t normally score these goals in half an hour.
"Destiny was in our own own hands and we had chances to qualify because our game was very even. I will have to see video replays (of the disallowed goals)."
But Zagreb, who sacked manager Krunoslav Jurcic after the game, said in a statement that it was "scandalous and malicious to proclaim the Champions League match as suspicious".
The statement said: "Of course, no one in club can't be satisfied after that result, but it is also obvious that Dinamo was fighting after taking the lead, after equalising and when Lyon took the lead to achieve the best possible result.
source: www.sport360.com
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