Women’s football: players approached to rig matches, the FFF files a complaint – franceinfo

The French Football Federation lodged a complaint against X after female D1 players were contacted for attempted corruption, we learned from the FFF on Thursday, confirming information from The Team.

“The FFF has lodged a complaint, in fact, after being alerted by clubs like Montpellier“, explained a spokesperson for the Federation. Players have received”weird social media posts“, promising a sum of money in exchange for an” arranged “match. The sports daily mentions the sum of 100,000 euros in cryptocurrency.

“The players had the right reflex, they followed what was advised to them during training on corruption attempts: they alerted their clubs, who forwarded the information to us.“, specified the FFF. According to L’Équipe, this phishing also concerns championships in Germany, Belgium or the Netherlands.