Nine Malta Under 21 players were approached last March and asked to take part in a scam which would have seen Malta lose a European championship qualifier match against Montenegro by three goals to nil, but only two were interested the offer - Kyle Cesare and Emanuel Briffa - and consequently the match-fixing plan was abandoned, a court was told today. Malta eventually had lost the game by a single goal. The Asian betting syndicate that was behind the match-fixing attempt then set sights on the subsequent match which the U21 side was due to play against the Czech Republic a few days later. But its plans collapsed in that case too. This details started to emerge this afternoon as evidence was heard in proceedings against 34-year-old former soldier Ronnie Mackay of St Julian's as well as Mr Cesare, 20, who is a Pieta Hotspurs midfielder and, Mr Briffa, 22 who is Floriana FC defender. The three men are denying all charges. The charges had been filed in the wake of the admission by 21-year-old footballer Seyble Zammit who last April was also on a match-fixing case. Although Mr Zammit had filed an admission in court he was exempted from punishment by a after spilling the beans on the...
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