football club following this bizarre own goal a minute before full-time.Midfielder Julio Campos appeared to deliberately fire the ball into his own net after a back pass from a team-mate and goalie Luis Antonio made zero effort to stop it.
It left Atletico Amazonense 4-1 down to rivals Sul America in the second division of the Amazonas state championship.Campos’ club announced afterwards that those involved had been fired and said regional prosecutors had been asked to launch an investigation into alleged match-fixing.
Although it did not name the players, they are thought to include Luis Antonio as well as the man who put the ball in the net.READ MORE: Win 2 tickets to watch England vs Germany in Nations League action at Wembley StadiumThe own goal alone didn’t impact on who won the match, but Sunday’s defeat did put Atletico Amazonense out of the race for promotion to the state top-tier league.
Someone standing close to its president Henrique Barbosa could be overheard asking him in the aftermath of the shocking 'blunder': “What was that Henrique?
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