Alef Manga, former Coritiba player, admits participating in a betting scheme

This Wednesday, the 9th, Alef Mangaformer striker coritibawas present remotely in testimony at the Superior Court of Sports Justice. In his participation, the player confessed to having participated in a manipulation scheme in Brazilian football in the last year, which has been investigated by Operation Penalty Maximum.

Recently transferred to football in Cyprus, the striker participated via video call directly from the European country. In his testimony, Manga admitted his participation, but said he regretted what happened and made himself available to return the money received to the players. According to the player, the value is R$ 45 thousand.

Alef Manga confirmed that he agreed to participate in the scheme involving sports betting and was willing to receive a yellow card in exchange for R$ 45,000. In the statement, the attacker gave more details about how the enticement happened and stated that the whole scheme was intermediated by Diego Porfíriohis former teammate.

“He (Porfírio) came up to me in the bedroom, called me to talk in the hallway about going back so I could get the yellow card. He came to talk, I said I didn’t want to do it, I didn’t want to, I didn’t want to, but then I ended up accepting it. He told me that the guy was going to deposit the money after the game. We went to the game, it happened that I got the yellow card”said Alef Manga.

In addition, Manga said that the punters have contacted him so that he will be punished with a yellow card again, this time against Corinthians. According to the player, the payment would be doubled on that occasion, but he preferred not to accept the proposal and said that he already felt very sorry from that moment. The player prepares to defend the Paphos FC this season, on loan from Coritiba.