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Bayern sues UEFA officials
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September 17, 2010, Friday
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BAYERN Munich filed suit against the head of UEFA's disciplinary service and another official, after a magazine report claimed the duo were behind unsubstantiated corruption allegations against the club.
Bayern said it filed a criminal complaint with Munich prosecutors against Peter Limacher and fellow UEFA employee Robin Boksic, following the allegations in a report in Germany's Stern magazine.
UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino responded that Bayern was "overreacting," and denied that Europe's football authority suspected the German champion of conspiring to lose a 2008 match against Russian side Zenit St Petersburg.
"We have never considered (Bayern) to be guilty of anything, and I am surprised to see them attacking UEFA like this," Infantino said, adding that Limacher was "at the forefront" of UEFA's fight against match-fixing. It said it was ready to take legal action to defend its own and his integrity.
UEFA said it has written to Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge expressing shock at the legal move. Bayern said that the two officials discredited clubs "including FC Bayern Munich, with gross falsehoods and defamatory statements."
Bayern said it filed a criminal complaint with Munich prosecutors against Peter Limacher and fellow UEFA employee Robin Boksic, following the allegations in a report in Germany's Stern magazine.
UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino responded that Bayern was "overreacting," and denied that Europe's football authority suspected the German champion of conspiring to lose a 2008 match against Russian side Zenit St Petersburg.
"We have never considered (Bayern) to be guilty of anything, and I am surprised to see them attacking UEFA like this," Infantino said, adding that Limacher was "at the forefront" of UEFA's fight against match-fixing. It said it was ready to take legal action to defend its own and his integrity.
UEFA said it has written to Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge expressing shock at the legal move. Bayern said that the two officials discredited clubs "including FC Bayern Munich, with gross falsehoods and defamatory statements."
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