General Sao Sokha proposed to investigate the suspicion of match-fixing of the Cambodian goalkeeper at the AFF Cup

In the second match in Group A AFF Cup 2024 (ASEAN Championship), goalkeeper Vireak Dara of the Cambodian team “gave 2 gifts” to the Singapore players who easily scored a 2-0 lead in minutes. 9th and 16th. In the second half, Chanthea player shortened the score gap to 1-2 in the 59th minute for the pagoda team.

After this match, Cambodian fans fiercely criticized goalkeeper Vireak Dara and accused him of match-fixing. The unclear incident has caused frustration in the football world in this country. Naturalized player Nick Taylor of the Cambodian team defended his teammates, saying that goalkeeper Vireak Dara is young (only 21 years old), and making mistakes in football is inevitable.

However, Cambodian fans are very upset. One person gets the leaflet Khmer Times quote: “I want to request FFC to check and investigate the Cambodian team goalkeeper, because he intentionally conceded 2 goals in a row. How many bank accounts does this individual have? What is his account balance? Did this person or his relatives increase abnormally? Conceding so easily to the Singapore team in 2 goals, constitutes 70 to 90% of the act of selling out.”

Faced with fans’ frustrations and no signs of cooling down. On December 16, FFC Chairman Mr. Sao Sokha spoke up and asked investigative agencies to intervene to clarify black and white. Mr. Sao Sokha also said: “For all the honest officials and players of the team, and not involved in the incident, they have nothing to worry about about their integrity.”

The Cambodian team, after 2 opening matches in Group A AFF Cup 2024 with 1 draw and 1 loss, is ranked last in the group with 1 point. They are preparing to play their third match against East Timor at the Olympic home stadium in Phnom Penh at 5:45 p.m. on December 17.

In this match, the focus is on the presence or not of goalkeeper Vireak Dara after the recent pressure of match-fixing accusations. In the final round of the group stage, the Cambodian team marched to the away field to meet the Thai team at 8:00 p.m. on December 20.