Police in Germany are reportedly investigating the "match-fixing" comments made by Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham following their 3-2 loss to Bayern Munich this past weekend.
After Dortmund's defeat in Der Klassiker on Saturday, the 18-year-old England international caused a huge stir with his remarks about referee Felix Zwayer.
The match official turned down two big penalty appeals from BVB during the game, only to later hand Bayern a spot-kick after Mats Hummels was adjudged to have handled the ball in his own box.
Speaking in a post-match interview, Bellingham told ViaPlay: "You give a referee, that has match-fixed before, the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?
"For me, it wasn't (a penalty). He (Hummels) is not even looking at the ball and he's fighting to get it and it hits him. You can look at a lot of the decisions in the game."
Bellingham was referring to when Zwayer was slapped with a six-month ban in 2005 after he became embroiled in a match-fixing scandal.
According to Sky Sports, a criminal complaint has now been filed and the case "will be forwarded to the Dortmund public prosecutor's office, who will determine whether there will be any criminal charges against Bellingham, with a decision expected later on this week".
Calciopoli Scandal (2006) – Juventus were relegated from Serie A after being found guilty of match-fixing.
Referee Robert Hoyzer (2005) – found guilty of rigging a cup game in Germany between Hamburg and Paderborn.
Marseille match-fixing scandal (1993) – club relegated after president and players found guilty of match-fixing.
Match-fixing scandal in Korea (2011) – Choi-Sung Kuk was found guilty of match-fixing in the South Korean K-League and received a lifetime ban.
Brazilian football scandal (2005) – referee Edilson Pereira de Carvalho received ban after reportedly being bribed by businessmen to fix games.
Bruce Grobbelaar (1994) – accused of taking bribes while playing for Liverpool. He was later found innocent, though he was found to show dishonesty.
Standard Liege (1982) – club fined after then manager Raymond Goethals asked his players to offer opposition players their match bonuses in order to secure league title.
Joseph Lamptey (2017) – received lifetime ban after he was found guilty of fixing a match between South Africa and Senegal.
FIFA’s ban of three South African officials (2016) – Leslie Sedibe (pictured), Steve Goddard and Adeel Carelse received bans after fixing friendly matches before FIFA World Cup.
Zimbabwe (2019) – accused of throwing their final group match at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to allow DR Congo a path in the round of 16.
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