Cruzeiro removes holder after alleged involvement with sports betting

Operation Penalty Maximum II reached one more club in Brasileirão. O cruise announced this Wednesday afternoon, 10, hours before the match against Fluminense, which pushed the wheel away Richard. The player had his name mentioned by the group of gamblers who have moved and manipulated Brazilian football games. The midfielder would have been involved in the scheme when he was still an athlete of the Ceará.

It is important to point out that the player is not a defendant and has not been accused by the Public Ministry of Goiás. Cruzeiro acted in this way to prevent a possible controversy in the future. Thus, Richard will not be on the field in the match between Cruzeiro and Fluminense, which is scheduled to take place on the night of this Wednesday, 10th, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time). The athlete was starting with Pepa in the good phase that Raposa is going through in the Brasileirão.

Cruzeiro announces that the athlete Richard is preventively removed from the activities of the professional football team“, wrote Cruzeiro on its social networks.

Cruzeiro communicates that the athlete Richard is preventively removed from the activities of the professional football team.

— Cruise 🦊 (@Cruzeiro) May 10, 2023

It is worth noting that Richard was not the only one who was sidelined due to the controversy over match fixing. In addition to the Cruzeiro steering wheel, Fluminense was also forced to remove Vitor Mendes, who would also have been involved in a betting case. In addition to the two, Eduardo Bauermann was the first big name to be punished and is also out of the Santos squad.

Find out where to watch the match between Cruzeiro and Fluminense!

Cruzeiro arrives with a great campaign in this Brasileirão so far. For the match against Fluminense, Raposa will try to maintain the third position in the table and the unbeaten record of three games. Meanwhile, Tricolor, which is currently in sixth place, arrives to try to overcome rivals and return to the G-4 after staying two rounds without winning. The confrontation will be broadcast to part of Brazil by “Rede Globo” and to the whole country by “Premiere FC”.

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