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Welcome to Interpol. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,708 Today, we will focus on this match. 6 00:00:12,733 --> 00:00:16,013 Bahrain versus Togo, in September 2010. 7 00:00:16,139 --> 00:00:17,339 (typing sounds) 8 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,880 (suspenseful drums) 9 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,748 You see in the picture that we have the players 10 00:00:21,772 --> 00:00:23,122 with a question mark. 11 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:24,520 (typing sounds) 12 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:25,817 (supsenseful music) 13 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,268 For months or years, it was not clear 14 00:00:29,292 --> 00:00:32,400 who this team was from Togo. 15 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,400 (typing sounds) 16 00:00:34,499 --> 00:00:35,859 (tense drummming) 17 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,651 At Interpol, we use this match like a case study. 18 00:00:40,696 --> 00:00:43,375 (typing sounds) 19 00:00:43,407 --> 00:00:45,531 (tense music) 20 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:47,230 What happened? 21 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,320 (tense music rising) 22 00:00:51,994 --> 00:00:53,194 (typing sounds) 23 00:00:53,369 --> 00:00:54,969 (background chatter) 24 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,411 Give it up for Adam Fields! 25 00:00:57,525 --> 00:01:00,212 (crowd clapping and cheering) 26 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,280 I don't know about you but I'm not really a big football fan... 27 00:01:05,383 --> 00:01:07,063 Actually the match I would love to have seen... 28 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,654 love to have seen, was Togo against Bahrain. 29 00:01:12,514 --> 00:01:15,068 Not many people know about this, but it's gone down in history 30 00:01:15,092 --> 00:01:18,062 as the craziest football match ever. 31 00:01:18,101 --> 00:01:19,948 So the thing is, I know a bunch of guys 32 00:01:19,972 --> 00:01:21,671 who first heard this story 33 00:01:21,674 --> 00:01:24,014 and they found this whole story so incredible 34 00:01:24,038 --> 00:01:26,056 they decided to make a documentary about it, 35 00:01:26,112 --> 00:01:28,468 and they've travelled around the world, 36 00:01:28,492 --> 00:01:31,232 interviewing all these dodgy characters. 37 00:01:31,604 --> 00:01:33,148 But they wanted to find out the truth 38 00:01:33,172 --> 00:01:34,650 of what really happened in this match. 39 00:01:35,610 --> 00:01:40,149 (ambient music) 40 00:01:43,471 --> 00:01:50,966 Of course, the match between Bahrain and Togo in 2010... 41 00:01:51,547 --> 00:01:53,855 is one that I remember perfectly well. 42 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,823 It was a very odd and special match. 43 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,560 (upbeat World music) 44 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,986 (typing sounds) 45 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:08,960 (upbeat music continues) 46 00:02:09,298 --> 00:02:12,418 You are actually the first ones... 47 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:17,000 at least the first people outside of Austria... 48 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,471 to talk about this match publicly. 49 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:23,720 (upbeat music resumes) 50 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,487 (typing sounds) 51 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,041 It was the most curious and extraordinary match... 52 00:02:34,065 --> 00:02:37,833 that I ever attended on the bench as a coach. 53 00:02:38,378 --> 00:02:41,440 Basically in 2010, it was the Golf Cup 54 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:44,416 in the Middle East, and that's a big deal in the Middle East, 55 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,908 and Bahrain was taking part, 56 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:47,346 they had to have a practice match. 57 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,299 The coaches decided they needed three friendly matches… 58 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,040 (dramatic ambient drum music) 59 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,854 (typing sounds) 60 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,199 The first match was against Qatar. 61 00:03:02,223 --> 00:03:03,822 They needed a second one. 62 00:03:04,115 --> 00:03:06,218 But they still didn't have a team. 63 00:03:06,418 --> 00:03:10,394 They contacted a man called Wilson Raj Perumal. 64 00:03:10,426 --> 00:03:11,949 Remember that name, Wilson Raj Perumal. 65 00:03:12,141 --> 00:03:15,490 No, I've never heard the name Wilson Perumal. 66 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:16,872 Can we google him? 67 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:18,177 Can we google him? 68 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:24,088 He was from Singapore and he had a company called Football4U. 69 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,705 Football, 4, U, right? 70 00:03:26,748 --> 00:03:30,154 And he organised international friendly matches. 71 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,200 (spacey drum music) 72 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,455 I thnk the fact that this company, 73 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,147 Football4U was able to pay the air fair, 74 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:44,875 pay the hotel accommodation 75 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:47,438 and even pay their parents fee for the visiting team. 76 00:03:47,837 --> 00:03:51,102 That was a very juicy deal for Bahrain FA. 77 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:52,679 Wilson Raj Perumal. 78 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,354 So they asked him, organise a good opponent 79 00:03:55,379 --> 00:03:57,675 against Bahrain, so they could get a good practice in. 80 00:03:58,050 --> 00:04:00,823 So, he knew someone at the Togo team. 81 00:04:00,941 --> 00:04:03,708 Organised the Togo team, they fixed a date. 82 00:04:03,732 --> 00:04:05,642 Great to have a match in Bahrain. 83 00:04:06,119 --> 00:04:10,049 And my local contact in Togo was Bana. 84 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,286 (eclectic drum music) 85 00:04:23,002 --> 00:04:24,122 (horn beeping) 86 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,603 Yes, it's the first time that I talk about this publicly. 87 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:34,880 Before today, I was only ever questioned by a prosecutor. 88 00:04:35,038 --> 00:04:36,038 (drum music) 89 00:04:36,093 --> 00:04:37,397 (typing sounds) 90 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,913 (upbeat percussion music) 91 00:04:42,623 --> 00:04:43,998 Can any of you here 92 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,443 actually point out those two countries on a map? 93 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,283 These are the two most obscure countries 94 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,160 you could possibly have, and that was the point, 95 00:04:53,302 --> 00:04:56,102 because this was perfect for match fixing. 96 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,725 (jazzy percussion music) 97 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,200 Bahrain is not known for football. 98 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:15,365 When the national team plays, the stadium is as good as empty. 99 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,160 (typing sounds) 100 00:05:17,601 --> 00:05:19,593 (drum music continues) 101 00:05:24,592 --> 00:05:27,592 However, it’s a country with some 102 00:05:27,617 --> 00:05:30,440 political stature in football. 103 00:05:30,609 --> 00:05:34,009 Besides, Bahrain has money. 104 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,474 But in the capital, Manama, 105 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,575 you won't see many children playing football. 106 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,200 (fast, upbeat music) 107 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,869 In Lomé, you will find it’s the exact opposite. 108 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,763 (whistle blowing) (typing sounds) 109 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,310 (excited chatter) 110 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:01,448 Youth in Togo regard football as just about their only chance... 111 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,000 to move up socially. 112 00:06:03,092 --> 00:06:04,092 (clapping) 113 00:06:04,637 --> 00:06:10,157 - That's exactly what gave me the conviction... 114 00:06:10,277 --> 00:06:13,037 to help these players, by selecting them. 115 00:06:13,352 --> 00:06:18,872 - So, Togo is a country where football is important. 116 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,800 It brings hope. 117 00:06:20,815 --> 00:06:23,975 It was just that the Togolese Football Federation... 118 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,480 especially at the time of the Togo vs Bahrain match... 119 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,640 was in a state of total disintegration. 120 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,320 That's how much these players had suffered. 121 00:06:38,974 --> 00:06:41,541 Their generation had been left behind. 122 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,560 - So: no money, no organisation. 123 00:06:44,683 --> 00:06:46,671 But everyone lives and breathes football. 124 00:06:46,695 --> 00:06:49,323 All the players are famous. 125 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,720 (laughter) 126 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,895 So Bahrain against Togo. 127 00:06:55,211 --> 00:06:56,894 - For Wilson Raj Perumal, 128 00:06:56,918 --> 00:06:59,424 this match must have been stressful. 129 00:07:00,159 --> 00:07:01,487 (laughter) 130 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,592 The trouble was, this guy, Wilson Perumal, 131 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,475 he kind of got the dates a bit wrong. 132 00:07:07,476 --> 00:07:10,757 The Togo national team wasn't actually available that date, 133 00:07:11,039 --> 00:07:15,210 and that's where all the fun begins ladies and gentlemen. 134 00:07:16,312 --> 00:07:18,178 (speaking on radio) 135 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,295 (pensive music) 136 00:07:25,777 --> 00:07:28,320 - I just needed a team from Togo. 137 00:07:29,140 --> 00:07:32,596 But I was not aware who is the national team players, 138 00:07:33,047 --> 00:07:35,788 who plays for the national team, and who has a number of caps, 139 00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:38,115 and so on, I don't keep a record of all this. 140 00:07:40,111 --> 00:07:41,628 - It was a last-minute thing. 141 00:07:41,652 --> 00:07:46,111 He was afraid the match couldn’t take place. 142 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,840 So he called me for help. 143 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:54,480 He was in a situation where he had to find replacement players. 144 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,560 The national team would simply not make it in time. 145 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,348 So replacements needed to be found. 146 00:07:59,372 --> 00:08:02,280 And that's exactly what I did. 147 00:08:02,728 --> 00:08:04,328 - Only problem was, 148 00:08:04,512 --> 00:08:07,215 there wasn't a second national team. 149 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:08,840 So this guy, 150 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,051 he literally got a few guys, 151 00:08:12,637 --> 00:08:13,840 just off the street, 152 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,010 and said: "Right, you're on the national team now." 153 00:08:16,027 --> 00:08:17,557 "Am I ? Oh that's nice" 154 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:18,700 (laughter) 155 00:08:21,884 --> 00:08:23,548 - He was quite helpful, 156 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,188 but I was really surprised at why 157 00:08:25,212 --> 00:08:27,411 he selected a group of amateur players. 158 00:08:28,263 --> 00:08:29,703 That was a very... 159 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:31,668 tricky situation, 160 00:08:31,692 --> 00:08:35,440 because I had no knowledge that they were all amateur players. 161 00:08:36,109 --> 00:08:37,309 (typing sounds) 162 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:40,300 (suspenseful ambient music) 163 00:08:41,164 --> 00:08:43,164 (shouting from football pitch) 164 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,165 - The coach of the national team selected the players 165 00:08:50,189 --> 00:08:51,920 and we left. 166 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,080 - It was just like any other match. 167 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:02,040 I was given notice to play. I showed up. 168 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,754 Yes, it was our chance. 169 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,928 We were selected to play from six million inhabitants. 170 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,432 If you're selected to play for the national team, 171 00:09:11,456 --> 00:09:14,280 you can’t refuse. 172 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,508 - I only took eligible players 173 00:09:17,532 --> 00:09:20,658 from Togo, with a Togolese passport. 174 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,468 - We went through the formalities, 175 00:09:26,492 --> 00:09:29,200 we left Lomé together, all the players. 176 00:09:29,407 --> 00:09:33,637 - Everyone was happy. We were in the national team. 177 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,548 - Was Bahrain aware of us not selecting the top players? 178 00:09:39,572 --> 00:09:42,589 No, they weren't. 179 00:09:43,904 --> 00:09:47,005 - We were just happy to have an opponent. 180 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,353 - To me, Wilson Perumal was a saviour. 181 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,360 Thanks to him, I could play matches... 182 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:21,855 that allowed me to get my teams in shape. 183 00:10:22,536 --> 00:10:25,496 - I think not many people knew who Wilson Raj was 184 00:10:25,543 --> 00:10:26,910 or who... 185 00:10:26,934 --> 00:10:29,918 what company was this, called Football4U. 186 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,835 So when the bubble burst on this game, 187 00:10:34,859 --> 00:10:36,810 the company became very famous. 188 00:10:36,831 --> 00:10:38,229 I became very famous. 189 00:10:38,393 --> 00:10:40,073 Okay can you give me two taxis? 190 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:47,499 - Thanks to him, I had the privilege of taking a trip... 191 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:54,049 with some local players, who could discover another world. 192 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:58,625 - We became good friends. I think we met in some tournament, 193 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,041 some kind of African tournament somehwere... 194 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,010 and then I spoke to him and we became good friends. 195 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,330 - He was a friend who was there to help us. 196 00:11:09,704 --> 00:11:11,565 He helped like a friend would. 197 00:11:11,896 --> 00:11:14,638 (upbeat drumming) 198 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:23,160 - Bana Tchanilé, just so that everyone is clear about this... 199 00:11:23,185 --> 00:11:25,277 is not a 'fake' trainer. 200 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,360 - Yes, they call me 'coach'. 201 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:34,514 I'm one of the few coaches with a successful national career. 202 00:11:34,771 --> 00:11:37,788 Of the six seasons I coached in the league, 203 00:11:37,812 --> 00:11:40,326 I won the title all six times. 204 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:45,760 In Niger I coached three teams, three teams in Burkina Faso... 205 00:11:46,008 --> 00:11:48,640 one in Mali, one in Nigeria. 206 00:11:48,873 --> 00:11:51,028 And about everywhere I went, 207 00:11:51,052 --> 00:11:55,233 I was fortunate to succeed in my career. 208 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,393 - In the countries surrounding Togo... 209 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:01,368 Bana Tchanilé is sometimes nicknamed 210 00:12:01,576 --> 00:12:03,525 the Mourinho of Africa. 211 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:10,280 The players trust him and he has a very African style. 212 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,440 - He's a good man. 213 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,012 He is the only coach who really loves local players. 214 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,560 The only one who really loves them. 215 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:26,713 - He’s more than a parent to us, all the players. 216 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,040 And we will be grateful for the rest of our lives. 217 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,640 He knows how to help us move forward... 218 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,677 through the difficult conditions in this country. 219 00:12:37,826 --> 00:12:41,224 And it's not just me saying that. 220 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:48,677 - In Togo, before his arrest, before Bahrain vs Togo... 221 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,294 and before he got banned for life, 222 00:12:51,421 --> 00:12:54,289 Bana Tchanilé was a true legend. 223 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:58,961 - But today, I am an informed man. 224 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:04,922 If I could work in football again, I would be a lot wiser. 225 00:13:06,817 --> 00:13:09,855 (pensive ambient music) 226 00:13:16,034 --> 00:13:17,284 (drumming) 227 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,400 (car passing) 228 00:13:19,143 --> 00:13:20,423 (traffic sounds) 229 00:13:20,972 --> 00:13:22,705 (drumming music continues) 230 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,339 - The atmosphere at the stadium was very peculiar. 231 00:13:28,363 --> 00:13:30,160 There were hardly any people. 232 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,415 The opposing team was nowhere to be seen. 233 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,815 - There were no more than one hundred spectators. 234 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,388 Apart from the wives and relatives of the players, 235 00:13:41,412 --> 00:13:44,298 and some staff. 236 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,762 - Right. We arrived in Bahrain. 237 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,731 I noticed right away that there was... 238 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,867 a sort of harsh climate. 239 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,867 I was in England at the time. 240 00:14:01,899 --> 00:14:03,868 I was supposed to be there, 241 00:14:03,892 --> 00:14:06,031 but I couldn't catch the flight on time. 242 00:14:06,102 --> 00:14:09,753 That was the only reason why I did not make it for the match. 243 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,920 During our preparation... 244 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,320 I decided to change my strategy. 245 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,308 Before, at the technical meeting, 246 00:14:18,332 --> 00:14:20,957 I asked that the anthems not be sung. 247 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,040 In addition, I asked that the flags were not hoisted. 248 00:14:27,374 --> 00:14:30,468 Normally, you play the national anthems 249 00:14:30,492 --> 00:14:33,280 before official international matches. 250 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,875 There had been incidents during past matches. 251 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,560 And now we left with the wrong jerseys. 252 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:45,108 We told them that these weren't 253 00:14:45,132 --> 00:14:47,495 the official jerseys from our sponsor. 254 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,840 These were store-bought jerseys. 255 00:14:53,456 --> 00:14:55,573 Okay, and these guys were wearing Adidas. 256 00:14:56,784 --> 00:14:58,237 Honestly, I have no clue. 257 00:15:00,005 --> 00:15:03,153 I didn't really bother where the jerseys come from, and so on. 258 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,320 The play-by-play of the Bahrain vs Togo match... 259 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,743 is still a bit of a mystery. 260 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,018 There was no live coverage. 261 00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:20,604 It was as good as hidden from the public. 262 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,360 There’s no video. Or very little. 263 00:15:23,779 --> 00:15:26,794 I think I've seen the highlights before, 264 00:15:26,849 --> 00:15:29,348 and this is the second or third time 265 00:15:29,372 --> 00:15:30,872 that I'm looking at the highlights. 266 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,600 (eclectic drum music) 267 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,698 (typing sounds) 268 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,348 - The Togolese players we expected, 269 00:15:42,372 --> 00:15:44,040 those who played in Europe... 270 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,973 were nowhere to be seen. 271 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,240 Every one of their players was a question mark to us. 272 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,208 We hadn't heard of any of them. 273 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,301 In 2010, when I played against Bahrain, 274 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,676 I was the team captain. 275 00:16:00,090 --> 00:16:04,370 I participated in this match as a player. 276 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,280 I was a Togolese player, like the others. 277 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,040 - Well, I told the players outright... 278 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,835 that this match had really been organised to avert a disaster. 279 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,870 Since the first team had been unavailable... 280 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,640 they really had to play their best game. 281 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,815 Give it your all, so that the score won't turn out disastrous. 282 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:32,948 The Togo team were beginners, 283 00:16:32,972 --> 00:16:35,400 simple amateurs, hobby footballers. 284 00:16:35,425 --> 00:16:39,265 The match started and... 285 00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:42,094 it was... 286 00:16:42,790 --> 00:16:44,310 very, very strange. 287 00:16:44,450 --> 00:16:46,250 (suspenseful ambient music) 288 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:47,503 (typing sounds, click) 289 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,055 - Sayed Adnan with a long pass to Salman Isa on the left side. 290 00:16:54,095 --> 00:16:59,570 A cross into the box to Abdullah Omar, who passes back. 291 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,668 Bravo. Beautiful pass by Sayed Adnan, 292 00:17:03,692 --> 00:17:05,240 who then crosses from the left… 293 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,200 As the game progressed... 294 00:17:08,215 --> 00:17:10,828 the Togo players 295 00:17:10,852 --> 00:17:14,615 couldn’t keep up physically at all. 296 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:20,424 We were struggling. Primarily because of the acclimatisation. 297 00:17:21,251 --> 00:17:26,516 And also on a tactical level. 298 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:31,086 It was tough. Bahrain was in good shape. 299 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:33,160 (mouse click) 300 00:17:33,976 --> 00:17:35,176 (typing, click) 301 00:17:35,367 --> 00:17:37,179 (ambient music) 302 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,824 - A dangerous attack, and the second goal. 303 00:17:40,255 --> 00:17:43,293 The second goal, also by Jaycee John. 304 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,095 Jaycee John scores his second goal with a final touch. 305 00:17:49,885 --> 00:17:53,834 The coach tried to boost our spirits. 306 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:59,317 Usually, when I head a team, I concede fewer goals. 307 00:17:59,551 --> 00:18:03,871 They just cleared the ball, right off the pitch. 308 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,817 It was nothing like a normal match. It was useless. 309 00:18:09,576 --> 00:18:14,083 I think it looks pretty funny, because... 310 00:18:14,138 --> 00:18:16,103 I see, fter the second goal, 311 00:18:16,127 --> 00:18:19,005 I see the linesman lifting the flag. 312 00:18:19,576 --> 00:18:20,576 Offside. 313 00:18:20,592 --> 00:18:22,858 But the goal is still being given... 314 00:18:25,454 --> 00:18:27,134 and it's quite strange. 315 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,563 Did you notice that as well? 316 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,788 - And in the second half, 317 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:37,769 players collapsed for minutes on end. 318 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:44,960 They cried out in pain. They cramped, or pretended to. 319 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,843 The referee interrupted the match for minutes. 320 00:18:49,152 --> 00:18:55,832 We soon got the feeling... 321 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,126 that the referee team was also from Togo. 322 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:06,410 Yes. The referee Ibrahim Chaibou made the trip with us. 323 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:08,621 He came with us. 324 00:19:08,667 --> 00:19:11,348 I can still recall clearly 325 00:19:11,372 --> 00:19:15,043 that Josef was so furious about this match... 326 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:21,560 that I had a pretty hard time calming him down. 327 00:19:21,790 --> 00:19:23,510 He was beside himself. 328 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,952 They whistled for made up things. 329 00:19:26,977 --> 00:19:32,255 The Togo players were delaying. Unbelievable. 330 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:37,599 For every throw-in two minutes passed. 331 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,699 (commentator speaking Arabic) 332 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,268 - Under normal conditions 333 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,199 I would have been sent off for insulting the referee. 334 00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:52,055 They tried everything... 335 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:59,215 to save their friends from a debacle. 336 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:04,226 I think that in the second half there was perhaps... 337 00:20:04,251 --> 00:20:09,241 ten minutes of playing time, net. 338 00:20:09,266 --> 00:20:12,488 For the rest, they either lay on the pitch 339 00:20:12,512 --> 00:20:14,538 or the referee stopped play. 340 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,880 (typing sounds) 341 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,224 (energetic drum music) 342 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,520 - Abdullatif about to take the penalty kick. 343 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:25,319 And he scores the third goal. 344 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:33,192 After 3-0 they defended their penalty area with all players. 345 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,515 And with help from the linesmen they kept it 3-0. 346 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:40,901 (indistinct Arabic commentary) 347 00:20:40,964 --> 00:20:43,089 (eclectic ambient music) 348 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,668 - The further the match progressed, 349 00:20:45,692 --> 00:20:48,215 the more obvious it became... 350 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:53,880 that there was something fishy going on. 351 00:20:54,489 --> 00:20:57,020 I had no knowledge of what was going on 352 00:20:57,036 --> 00:20:58,077 because there was no live 353 00:20:58,102 --> 00:21:01,426 or there's no online live match going on for this game. 354 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:07,073 We were not involved. That day we had a bad referee. 355 00:21:09,726 --> 00:21:12,068 It's clear that the referee was 356 00:21:12,092 --> 00:21:14,561 the lead actor in this situation. 357 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,593 Because, well... 358 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:24,306 Every time the ball went towards the Togo goal... 359 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,361 He immediately whistled and stopped the game. 360 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,240 So that's how the match was played. 361 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,680 But there's another layer to the story. 362 00:21:34,705 --> 00:21:36,905 There’s a story on the pitch. 363 00:21:37,025 --> 00:21:40,348 And in the background, the match tells a story 364 00:21:40,372 --> 00:21:43,903 about sports betting. 365 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:49,086 (traffic sounds) 366 00:21:52,067 --> 00:21:53,507 (motorbike engine) 367 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,800 (calm jazzy double bass) 368 00:22:01,387 --> 00:22:02,827 (knocking on door) 369 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,075 (door opening) 370 00:22:06,269 --> 00:22:07,347 Good afternoon, how are you? 371 00:22:07,504 --> 00:22:08,680 (double bass plays) 372 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,238 (typing sounds) 373 00:22:15,082 --> 00:22:17,995 Well at that time, I was Head of Security at FIFA. 374 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,574 And, we had... 375 00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:22,269 no real information before the match, 376 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,108 we had no information during the match that it was... 377 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:28,551 subject to at least some integrity issues. 378 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,180 So... 379 00:22:31,204 --> 00:22:34,308 the internet was not busting with 380 00:22:34,332 --> 00:22:37,875 articles about match fixing at that period of time. 381 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,886 FIFA wasn't going to the match, FIFA didn't observe the match. 382 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,304 In those days we only had the early warning system... 383 00:22:45,330 --> 00:22:47,748 which was a very small unit 384 00:22:47,772 --> 00:22:49,618 that was looking at the betting trends. 385 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:51,642 But don't forget most of these matches 386 00:22:51,666 --> 00:22:53,190 were not bet on the legal market. 387 00:22:53,490 --> 00:22:56,626 So looking at the legal market wouldn't have shown... 388 00:22:56,658 --> 00:22:59,251 the possibilty of a betting fraud was taking place. 389 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,446 It was actually in the illegal market, 390 00:23:01,470 --> 00:23:04,014 the black market, out of China, out of Southeast Asia. 391 00:23:04,387 --> 00:23:06,793 (suspenseful music) 392 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,805 Basically nobody knew that I was a match fixer, 393 00:23:14,812 --> 00:23:17,695 who actually streamed match fixing and so on in Singapore. 394 00:23:19,221 --> 00:23:20,673 (typing sounds) 395 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,611 Wilson Raj Perumal, in my opinion... 396 00:23:24,636 --> 00:23:29,354 is a legend in the world of match-fixing. 397 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,471 I have fixed quite a lot of friendly matches. 398 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,307 It was afterwards, when he was arrested in Finland 399 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,053 that we found out the full details 400 00:23:38,077 --> 00:23:39,518 of that particular match. 401 00:23:41,201 --> 00:23:44,721 And he sits safely, as a protected witness, in Hungary. 402 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:58,400 So, after this match, when problems started to come up... 403 00:23:58,436 --> 00:24:01,708 we got to see the true face of Wilson Perumal. 404 00:24:08,165 --> 00:24:13,071 - Well my life took a differnent turn, after my school days. 405 00:24:13,103 --> 00:24:15,736 I grew up in a society where 406 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,429 match fixing was so common, and so rife. 407 00:24:19,039 --> 00:24:22,367 Match fixing at that time, my time, was not a crime. 408 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,459 So, I became a gambler and... 409 00:24:27,509 --> 00:24:30,797 I was told by a friend of mine, that there's some people- 410 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,028 all the people who are gambling on football matches 411 00:24:33,052 --> 00:24:34,108 at a certain stadium 412 00:24:34,132 --> 00:24:35,860 called Jalan Besar stadium in Singapore. 413 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,344 Things got a little harder. We were losing money. 414 00:24:39,501 --> 00:24:45,089 Then I... I used another option, to rig matches. 415 00:24:48,376 --> 00:24:50,411 I booked my own football stadium 416 00:24:50,443 --> 00:24:52,348 and we did quite a healthy sum of money, 417 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,356 maybe about 15,000, 10,000 euro 418 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,231 that was the first match that I rigged. 419 00:24:59,278 --> 00:25:01,196 I don't quite like to watch football matches 420 00:25:01,220 --> 00:25:02,699 for the entire 90 minutes. 421 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:08,431 We don't look at football in the manner of a football fan. 422 00:25:08,862 --> 00:25:11,068 So, I go into this football game 423 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,244 with the hope of manipulating this match. 424 00:25:14,269 --> 00:25:17,179 I think Perumal does love football. 425 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,279 But as an instrument. 426 00:25:20,545 --> 00:25:25,745 An instrument that enables him sustain, or did enable him... 427 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:30,328 to sustain an addiction, a need for adrenaline. 428 00:25:30,449 --> 00:25:32,839 (energetic drumming music) 429 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,587 (shouts from football pitch) 430 00:25:40,574 --> 00:25:43,675 - I am a fan of money. 431 00:25:47,942 --> 00:25:48,942 (clapping) 432 00:25:52,838 --> 00:25:55,361 - I prefer to approach black people... 433 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,737 So I find that it's easier to work with black people, 434 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,409 than to work with white people... 435 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:05,705 because... 436 00:26:05,792 --> 00:26:09,195 I've been to England before, some time in 1995. 437 00:26:09,532 --> 00:26:11,255 I did approach one or two people, 438 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,734 and I see that white people are... 439 00:26:14,024 --> 00:26:17,415 have principles and they don't want to lose football matches, 440 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,805 and... their mindset is completely different. 441 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,188 - I would say that Wilson Raj Perumal is... 442 00:26:23,212 --> 00:26:25,789 a cold-blooded animal. 443 00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:30,476 - Even I myself, I've played football 444 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,988 and if somebody were to offer me a couple of hundred dollars 445 00:26:33,012 --> 00:26:35,265 to lose a football match, I would not want to do so. 446 00:26:35,306 --> 00:26:36,329 I want to win. 447 00:26:36,454 --> 00:26:40,166 But if you put 100,000 or 200,000, then my... 448 00:26:40,436 --> 00:26:44,857 there's a possibility that my principle might change. 449 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,400 So what do you do? You approach players who maybe need money. 450 00:26:49,423 --> 00:26:51,103 Who are paid much less. 451 00:26:54,107 --> 00:26:56,283 - It proved to be very simple to Perumal, 452 00:26:56,307 --> 00:26:58,177 to corrupt people in football. 453 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:00,628 - I usually bring them out for a drink, 454 00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:02,026 claiming to be a football agent, 455 00:27:02,050 --> 00:27:04,459 I can put them in a respectable club and so on... 456 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,600 I try to buy them football boots, 457 00:27:06,624 --> 00:27:09,525 or some kind of iPhone or sone latest gadget. 458 00:27:09,768 --> 00:27:13,080 So as soon as he takes this gift from me, 459 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,783 then he's more committed to me, so he will not make- 460 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,765 lodge a police report against me, or something like that. 461 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,288 So that is like a business loss that I'm prepared to... 462 00:27:24,176 --> 00:27:27,300 prepared to forego, even if he doesn't cooperate with me. 463 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,440 (boy strikes ball) 464 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,508 And once I get one player, 465 00:27:31,532 --> 00:27:36,245 that particular player may lead me to a couple of his friends. 466 00:27:36,511 --> 00:27:38,987 Then we have maybe 4 or 5 guys. 467 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,298 He's a typical criminal really. 468 00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:43,228 But he's... 469 00:27:43,252 --> 00:27:45,388 he's not so intelligent, but he was able to do 470 00:27:45,412 --> 00:27:47,105 so much harm to football. 471 00:27:47,220 --> 00:27:49,820 Which shows how vulnerable football is, 472 00:27:49,970 --> 00:27:55,228 and was, to corruption, for people like Wilson Perumal. 473 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:00,064 So when I have the sufficient number of players, 474 00:28:00,546 --> 00:28:02,647 then the ball gets rolling. 475 00:28:02,829 --> 00:28:04,297 (dramatic drum music) 476 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,000 (indistinct commentary) 477 00:28:06,234 --> 00:28:09,635 So, I had everything worked out for that match. 478 00:28:11,596 --> 00:28:16,111 To be manipulated in the manner I would want it to happen. 479 00:28:16,224 --> 00:28:18,309 (drum music) (indistinct commentary) 480 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:23,200 - Bahrain vs Togo was a real source of stress for him. 481 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,738 But as a person who runs on adrenaline, 482 00:28:26,762 --> 00:28:30,040 is addicted to the game and loves risks... 483 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:32,388 he manages to talk about it today 484 00:28:32,412 --> 00:28:35,007 almost as if it was a big joke. 485 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:36,400 (dramatic music) 486 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,547 I was in London, in Wembley. 487 00:28:39,211 --> 00:28:41,011 And what happened was that 488 00:28:41,313 --> 00:28:43,148 we had some dispute with my taxi driver 489 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,754 who was driving us to the airport. 490 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,059 And he left us stranded at some point in time... 491 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,628 halfway, and he didn't want to travel, 492 00:28:51,652 --> 00:28:54,730 because he said if you know the route, you drive it by yourself. 493 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,560 So he took a hotel room in London... 494 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:02,097 where he followed the match via his mobile phone. 495 00:29:02,122 --> 00:29:04,668 A first or second-generation iPhone. 496 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,316 Not as advanced as today's ones. 497 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:13,621 And with this mobile phone he carried out his operations. 498 00:29:14,012 --> 00:29:17,084 So what we needed to do was, to check whether... 499 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,148 the team was able to perform up to the required standard, 500 00:29:21,173 --> 00:29:22,235 to fight Bahrain. 501 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,583 There you are. Typically, for Bahrain vs Togo. 502 00:29:25,628 --> 00:29:29,646 They followed this match live... 503 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,400 to decide their strategy during the match. 504 00:29:33,947 --> 00:29:36,001 A lot of people around the world, and particularly in Asia, 505 00:29:36,009 --> 00:29:39,025 like to gamble on football matches. 506 00:29:39,978 --> 00:29:43,021 And this match was no exception, people could follow 507 00:29:43,045 --> 00:29:46,866 the match on line, the score, you know read the scores... 508 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,070 in real time, and place bets in real time. 509 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,749 Like how many goals would there be, when would they be scored... 510 00:29:53,937 --> 00:29:55,942 We need three goals in this match, and that's it. 511 00:29:55,997 --> 00:29:57,864 It doesn't matter who scores, so we just... 512 00:29:58,443 --> 00:30:00,567 put money on the total number of goals. 513 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:02,630 And that's what I do. 514 00:30:03,099 --> 00:30:06,171 Perumal is part of a syndicate out of Singapore. 515 00:30:06,724 --> 00:30:09,833 But it's not a Singaporean syndicate really, it's a... 516 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,662 Chinese syndicate. 517 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,310 And the head of that syndicate was a man called Dan Tan. 518 00:30:15,426 --> 00:30:17,613 (dramatic bass music) 519 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,400 - Dan Tan is known in these circles... 520 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,600 as the one who pulls the strings of the fixer. 521 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:35,655 Someone who doesn't go to stadiums, or works the players. 522 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:40,495 But his role is to take the bets. 523 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,640 To organise the bets on the fixed matches. 524 00:30:44,832 --> 00:30:47,855 Dan Tan was one of six people that were in this syndicate. 525 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:52,936 Dan Tan was implicated in the Bahrain vs Togo match. 526 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:59,615 That is to say, Wilson Raj Perumal offered him this match. 527 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,600 And Dan Tan financed it. 528 00:31:02,421 --> 00:31:04,101 I arranged the match, 529 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,200 the manipulated match and then Dan Tan uses... 530 00:31:08,206 --> 00:31:12,409 his sources to throw the bet in China. 531 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,545 So the betting house is another professional people 532 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,426 who are trained 533 00:31:17,670 --> 00:31:21,880 who have the ability to fulfill how much you want to bet, 534 00:31:22,186 --> 00:31:23,186 and so on... 535 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:25,908 - Four touches and it's a goal, 536 00:31:25,932 --> 00:31:28,938 only nine minutes into the first half. 537 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,422 And... 8 minutes or 9 minutes, 1-0. 538 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,444 So we haven't placed any bet yet. 539 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,889 1-0. So what do we do? 540 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:42,264 Ten minutes in, I knew that this should be a double-digit win. 541 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,320 If the scoreline is 5-0, we lose our money. 542 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,988 During the match, behind the scenes, 543 00:31:50,012 --> 00:31:52,520 Dan Tan got nervous and called Perumal. 544 00:31:52,863 --> 00:31:55,339 I said "You hang on a second, let me check with Bana 545 00:31:55,386 --> 00:32:00,151 if the team can hold Bahrain. Then we will go the other way. 546 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:02,526 So just bear with me for five minutes, I'll call you back." 547 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:04,263 So I called Bana... 548 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,376 (phone ringing) 549 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:12,306 - Well. He made telephone contact... 550 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:16,120 through one of his agents, who I'd never met. 551 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:21,450 He came down from the stands to ask me something. I said: No. 552 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,468 I said "Bana, how is the team performing? 553 00:32:25,493 --> 00:32:27,247 Do you think they can withstand?" 554 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,333 "Can we stop them from beating us by 3 or 4-0?" 555 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:36,120 I can't accept instructions from the stands. 556 00:32:36,719 --> 00:32:39,340 Right, so no more goals until I tell you so. 557 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,496 Pack the defence, put all your 11 men back there. 558 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,601 I can't accept instructions from the stands. So I cut him short. 559 00:32:46,716 --> 00:32:48,396 (sound of fans cheering) 560 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,593 - I didn't know this was a fake team, so I took a gamble. 561 00:32:51,771 --> 00:32:54,062 (phone ringing) 562 00:32:54,273 --> 00:32:56,687 I called Dan Tan, I said: "Collect the bet. 563 00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:00,902 Alright, don't worry. I have referees and I have 11 players. 564 00:33:00,918 --> 00:33:03,253 And I don't see ourself losing 5-0." 565 00:33:03,301 --> 00:33:05,699 Okay, so what do you do? You start collecting. 566 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,200 (dramatic music) 567 00:33:07,378 --> 00:33:09,058 (sound of fans cheering) 568 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,905 - The problem was that 569 00:33:11,967 --> 00:33:16,037 something was brewing in the betting world. 570 00:33:16,343 --> 00:33:18,873 There were a lot of people punting 571 00:33:18,959 --> 00:33:20,240 (typing sounds) (mouse click) 572 00:33:20,741 --> 00:33:24,915 in favour of Bahrain to win the match by 4 or 5-0. 573 00:33:26,291 --> 00:33:27,908 They had all anticipated that 574 00:33:27,932 --> 00:33:29,860 Togo was there to lose the match. 575 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:34,092 But I think only me, Dan Tan and two of my friends 576 00:33:34,116 --> 00:33:37,764 who were in the apartment together with me, probably knew 577 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:42,686 that we were doing a betting against 578 00:33:43,729 --> 00:33:45,862 Togo losing by a healthy margin. 579 00:33:46,463 --> 00:33:47,463 So, but... 580 00:33:47,729 --> 00:33:49,775 Our man Wilson, now he's a smart guy. 581 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,348 He wasn't taking any chances, 582 00:33:51,372 --> 00:33:54,220 no, he paid off the referee as well. 583 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:55,299 Of course he did. 584 00:33:55,458 --> 00:33:59,298 So, we were planning to hold the score until the 85th minute 585 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,840 and probably concede one more, and that's it, 0-3. 586 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,650 So this was my game plan. 587 00:34:06,289 --> 00:34:10,062 Okay, so around 40 minutes into the game, 588 00:34:10,227 --> 00:34:13,094 Dan Tan called me and he said he needed one goal now. 589 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,281 He wants Togo to concede one. 590 00:34:16,508 --> 00:34:18,314 So, I had to call Bana. 591 00:34:18,455 --> 00:34:24,895 No, that message... I never got it, at any moment. 592 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,000 Not before and not during the match. 593 00:34:28,141 --> 00:34:31,976 I said "I'll tell Ibrahim Chaibou we need one goal now. 594 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,359 Concede one goal." 595 00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:36,647 (suspenseful music) 596 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,760 - Strange decision by the linesman. 597 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,720 He passes into the box, a fine assist. 598 00:34:47,073 --> 00:34:52,873 A great attack. And Jaycee John's second goal. 599 00:34:53,055 --> 00:34:56,255 Jaycee Johns scores his second goal. 600 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:01,640 Congratulations to everyone in the Bahrain National Stadium. 601 00:35:01,846 --> 00:35:05,205 - Ibrahim Chaibou fixed innumerable matches, 602 00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:07,013 around the world for Perumal. 603 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:10,728 And Perumal's methodology of fixing matches 604 00:35:10,772 --> 00:35:14,420 elevated from trying to recruit players, corrupt players, 605 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:18,582 to corrupting team managers and coaches, 606 00:35:18,598 --> 00:35:20,788 and then finally, to corrupting referees, 607 00:35:20,813 --> 00:35:23,192 because he found that to be the most effective. 608 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,999 This referee is considered by many 609 00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:30,191 to be the biggest rigger of matches. 610 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:35,544 I didn't even know that it was Perumal who hired the referees. 611 00:35:35,896 --> 00:35:38,188 It is my duty to assemble a team to play 612 00:35:38,212 --> 00:35:40,458 in Bahrain on the FIFA calendar day. 613 00:35:40,834 --> 00:35:43,300 So that was my responsibility, and... 614 00:35:43,334 --> 00:35:45,748 I also encouraged Bahrain FA 615 00:35:45,772 --> 00:35:48,740 to place my referees and my linesmen for the match. 616 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,830 Whether it was done by Bana Tchanilé or 617 00:35:51,854 --> 00:35:54,115 whether it happened at another time... 618 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,813 the referee Ibrahim Chaibou, also known as 'The Iron Man'... 619 00:35:59,214 --> 00:36:02,335 was told to limit the number of goals. 620 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,948 Rather than allowing many goals, 621 00:36:05,972 --> 00:36:07,960 he should limit them to less than four. 622 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,651 So what happened was 2-0 was the first half scoreline. 623 00:36:14,152 --> 00:36:17,777 And 65 minutes, the score is 3-0. 624 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:19,680 3-0. 625 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:25,045 - Our national team scores its third goal. 626 00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:30,460 The 65th minute, Ibrahim Chaibou gives a penalty to Bahrain. 627 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,195 I said "Why would he want to give a penalty 628 00:36:33,219 --> 00:36:35,418 at this point of time, it's still very early 629 00:36:35,465 --> 00:36:37,696 he cannot, how are we going to hold?" 630 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:41,104 But Perumal was in direct contact 631 00:36:41,128 --> 00:36:44,297 with the referee, Ibrahim. 632 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,948 According to almost everyone present, the referee then 633 00:36:48,972 --> 00:36:50,535 changed his tack. 634 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,868 He stopped the game 635 00:36:52,892 --> 00:36:56,440 under any pretext, every little contact. 636 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,400 Perumal couldn't go through me, the coach... 637 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:04,739 to instruct the referee. He had his own channels. 638 00:37:06,067 --> 00:37:12,825 (dramatic, suspenseful music) 639 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,811 (typing sounds) 640 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,446 - Rest assured that this is the real Togolese football team. 641 00:37:22,837 --> 00:37:24,668 Their identity's been in some doubt, 642 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,083 ever since a group of imposters 643 00:37:26,107 --> 00:37:27,793 appeared in the national colours, 644 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,649 for a friendly match in Bahrain. 645 00:37:30,275 --> 00:37:32,075 So who were the phony team? 646 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:33,708 They're thought to be professional players 647 00:37:33,732 --> 00:37:35,800 from Togo's 1st or 2nd Division, 648 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,464 though no one knows for sure. 649 00:37:37,691 --> 00:37:40,206 Though it might sound like something from a comedy film, 650 00:37:40,261 --> 00:37:42,795 the incident's provoked anger in Togo. 651 00:37:43,820 --> 00:37:46,703 - After the 90 minutes I think I look at it 652 00:37:46,781 --> 00:37:48,718 in a very hilarious manner. 653 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,988 Firstly, I think this whole thing is so funny, 654 00:37:53,012 --> 00:37:55,224 that I was able to succesfully 655 00:37:55,248 --> 00:38:01,135 get the result that I want with just a mobile phone. 656 00:38:01,557 --> 00:38:04,436 Right? And secondly, I was able to get a volume 657 00:38:04,460 --> 00:38:08,893 of half a million euro, which was beyond what I could believe. 658 00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:16,775 I think you could best describe Perumal... 659 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,480 as a fox. 660 00:38:19,511 --> 00:38:23,991 He thinks twice before showing his cards. 661 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,832 (tense, suspenseful music) 662 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,670 - In Europe, 663 00:38:32,694 --> 00:38:36,705 a football player can live comfortably off their earnings. 664 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,840 But in Togo, a top league player... 665 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,778 earns between 20 and 40 euros per month. 666 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:50,960 20 to 40 euros per month is not enough to support a family. 667 00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:02,320 When Bana called the players to say: 668 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:07,320 "You have the chance to play on the national team... 669 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:11,480 a national team selected from local players..." 670 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:12,713 Everybody said yes. 671 00:39:16,767 --> 00:39:21,527 - It's important. Very important. We have nothing. 672 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,500 A football player in Togo can’t even afford a bicycle. 673 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,615 (dramatic music) 674 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,655 (video playing on laptop) 675 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:36,508 (indistinct Arabic commentary) 676 00:39:36,996 --> 00:39:38,628 - I don't think many people realise 677 00:39:38,652 --> 00:39:40,667 the size of the global betting market. 678 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,831 It's between 1.5 and 2 trillion dollars a year. 679 00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:46,948 Now that's the size of national economies, 680 00:39:46,972 --> 00:39:48,316 of very big countries. 681 00:39:49,752 --> 00:39:52,931 I don't handle how much each player received, 682 00:39:52,963 --> 00:39:57,174 but we payed 60,000 as a sum for this match. 683 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,231 In between Togo and Bahrain. 684 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,760 It was 25,000 dollars or 12 million CFA francs. 685 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,400 We had to share that between up to 25 people. 686 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,052 (typing sounds) 687 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,080 I earned 200,000 CFA francs. 688 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,085 I don’t know about the others. I was the team captain. 689 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,368 I got 200,000. 690 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:25,680 - 200,000 CFA francs is roughly 300 euros. 691 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:33,097 It was something for someone with empty pockets. 692 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:40,240 It really amounted to something. And that's why I said earlier: 693 00:40:40,304 --> 00:40:43,239 Perumal was someone 694 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,560 who helped us to help our young people. 695 00:40:46,608 --> 00:40:49,694 (suspenseful music) 696 00:40:50,028 --> 00:40:53,164 The bubble burst, because one Togolese FIFA agent 697 00:40:53,235 --> 00:40:57,267 went to lodge a complaint that, how could Togo play this match? 698 00:40:57,618 --> 00:40:59,148 And where did these players come from, 699 00:40:59,172 --> 00:41:00,711 who were the players and so on. 700 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:08,935 This story about the fake team, this phony team... 701 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,280 really created a commotion. 702 00:41:12,174 --> 00:41:13,508 - This was a mixture 703 00:41:13,532 --> 00:41:15,988 of embarrassments and scandals that, 704 00:41:16,012 --> 00:41:17,264 I think shocked people. 705 00:41:17,679 --> 00:41:19,879 Because it was so bold, so brazen. 706 00:41:20,577 --> 00:41:23,337 And what we're seeing since the fake Togo team, 707 00:41:23,377 --> 00:41:26,032 it was the beginning of you like of a realisation 708 00:41:26,134 --> 00:41:28,079 of how serious it was. 709 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,914 Yet, how almost humorous it was. 710 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,880 That this was so easy to corrupt. 711 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,227 And I think that that message, 712 00:41:36,809 --> 00:41:38,222 was taken by me at that time. 713 00:41:38,238 --> 00:41:40,550 That there was this arrogance 714 00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:44,792 of the criminals behind it, that they didn't care anyway 715 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:46,428 that it was a junior team mascot - 716 00:41:46,452 --> 00:41:49,191 "We can get away with it, because no one really cares." 717 00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:54,415 So this triggered a very big investigation within Togo. 718 00:41:55,023 --> 00:41:57,819 Then they went to FIFA and then FIFA went to Bahrain. 719 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,722 And then the local press... 720 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,028 "Football4U is a company from Singapore. 721 00:42:03,052 --> 00:42:04,425 Wilson Raj Perumal..." 722 00:42:04,528 --> 00:42:07,433 So... it became a wildfire. 723 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,465 (suspenseful music) 724 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,240 (traffic, horns beeping) 725 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,840 - When Bana Tchanilé returned home 726 00:42:20,864 --> 00:42:23,320 after the Bahrain vs Togo match... 727 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:24,539 he was arrested. 728 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,858 We were truly surprised and shocked. 729 00:42:28,412 --> 00:42:31,540 Suddenly we heard that the coach had been arrested. 730 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:37,398 We were very surprised and disappointed. 731 00:42:38,303 --> 00:42:39,303 And... 732 00:42:40,904 --> 00:42:42,904 We were disillusioned. 733 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:49,800 Because the coach, as I said, gave us players so much. 734 00:42:50,181 --> 00:42:53,275 The players decided not to talk. 735 00:42:53,300 --> 00:42:56,259 Some of them were interrogated by the police. 736 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,320 But the majority hid from the public eye... 737 00:43:00,345 --> 00:43:04,356 and refused to talk to the media. 738 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,375 Because they were afraid. 739 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:14,040 I want to talk with my face blurred, because... 740 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,992 first of all, for my safety. 741 00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:23,360 In this country, bad things can happen. 742 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,494 - They arrest those who tell the truth. 743 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,902 We know that because Coach Tchanilé was arrested. 744 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:33,198 He’s an honourable man. 745 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,057 - So just to finish this story off guys, 746 00:43:40,092 --> 00:43:42,560 you're probably wondering - "What happened at the end?" 747 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,373 I'll just make this short - what happened at the end. 748 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,788 Basically, FIFA just snapped into action, 749 00:43:47,812 --> 00:43:50,246 and immediately took measures to... 750 00:43:50,763 --> 00:43:51,950 of course they didn't, it's FIFA... 751 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,080 (laughs) 752 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:54,903 FIFA did what FIFA does, and they just went: 753 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,059 "Hmm, I dunno about this, uh..." 754 00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,062 (laughs) 755 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:01,560 - Meanwhile, it was the talk of the town. 756 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:08,855 This match became a textbook case in football education... 757 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:14,291 as well as in police academies... 758 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:18,682 and for Interpol when they do presentations on match-fixing. 759 00:44:18,843 --> 00:44:21,797 - For a variety of reasons, I can't talk about what happened 760 00:44:21,898 --> 00:44:25,775 in my functions at FIFA, because FIFA have... 761 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,720 have reminded me many times, over the past few years, 762 00:44:29,109 --> 00:44:31,451 of my confidentiality obligations. 763 00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:34,120 But I can talk about the generality. 764 00:44:34,319 --> 00:44:37,526 FIFA haven’t done their job, according to their own articles 765 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:39,760 according to its regulations. 766 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,214 You have to hear someone out before judging them. 767 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,697 But they haven’t. I don't know why. 768 00:44:46,996 --> 00:44:50,253 It was a very good job, very highly paid job and a very... 769 00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:52,940 travelling every week, almost. 770 00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:55,870 For most people, it would be a dream job. 771 00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,736 Well for me it was a nightmare, 772 00:44:57,877 --> 00:45:00,508 because I could see how manipulated 773 00:45:00,532 --> 00:45:02,962 and manipulable FIFA was. 774 00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:06,520 This non-investigation raises questions. 775 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:10,760 You can't help but wonder whether FIFA... 776 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:16,004 at some level wanted to avoid scandals on both sides. 777 00:45:16,091 --> 00:45:19,137 It was shocking to me, and... 778 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,780 essentially, I left in 2012 for that reason. 779 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,391 This match has been shrouded in mystery. 780 00:45:29,216 --> 00:45:32,215 (typing sounds) 781 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:40,908 It was either a mystery or 782 00:45:40,932 --> 00:45:44,280 the ruthlessness to apprehend people... 783 00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,365 and then punish them when they are innocent. 784 00:45:49,463 --> 00:45:52,119 (clapping) 785 00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:54,630 - He's a good coach. 786 00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:01,264 - We're praying for FIFA to remove his sanction. 787 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:02,948 And the guy from Singapore, 788 00:46:02,972 --> 00:46:05,624 who actually is the mastermind behind it all. 789 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,850 This is the best bit. This is what happened to him. 790 00:46:10,491 --> 00:46:12,751 - People may not like me for what I did, 791 00:46:12,814 --> 00:46:17,447 but indirectly, they have to also say that I am a person 792 00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,828 who has brought this to the attention, 793 00:46:19,852 --> 00:46:21,369 and they have to wake up. 794 00:46:22,150 --> 00:46:24,321 (typing sounds) 795 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:31,920 If they don't wake up, 796 00:46:31,933 --> 00:46:34,390 somebody else is gonna hit them like that once again. 797 00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:38,069 So I will say that I am an eye opener. 798 00:46:38,541 --> 00:46:40,884 And that I have been able to... 799 00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,420 knock FIFA's door and say that 800 00:46:45,444 --> 00:46:46,631 "You have to do something more 801 00:46:46,655 --> 00:46:48,064 than what you are doing right now." 802 00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:52,900 By talking about it, we grant him the favour... 803 00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:56,205 of ensuring that he won’t be forgotten. 804 00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:00,468 It allows him to go down in history 805 00:47:00,492 --> 00:47:03,197 as the biggest match-fixer ever arrested. 806 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,515 (sound of fans cheering) 807 00:47:08,611 --> 00:47:11,220 (commentary, whistle blowing) 808 00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:17,348 - In hindsight, 809 00:47:17,372 --> 00:47:20,760 if only I had known about the notion of match-fixing... 810 00:47:20,785 --> 00:47:23,185 I would have been more attentive. 811 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:28,320 But back then, the thought never crossed my mind. 812 00:47:31,315 --> 00:47:33,088 - It's not visible to these guys. 813 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,237 That's why you need to have investigations. 814 00:47:35,494 --> 00:47:36,956 That's what you guys realise, 815 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:38,700 that's why you have investigative journalists. 816 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:46,640 - Of course when it happens to a sport that is so dear to me... 817 00:47:46,665 --> 00:47:48,988 that I live for and that supports me, 818 00:47:49,012 --> 00:47:52,465 it's obviously a disaster. 819 00:47:57,391 --> 00:47:59,719 I would like to win money from football, 820 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:01,108 than to love football, 821 00:48:01,132 --> 00:48:02,268 because the love for football 822 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:03,723 is not gonna put food on your table. 823 00:48:03,950 --> 00:48:05,684 (laughs) 824 00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,731 But he wants to put his shady past behind him, 825 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:10,606 and wants to become a better person. 826 00:48:10,794 --> 00:48:14,372 So... not only is he a protected witness. 827 00:48:14,844 --> 00:48:19,555 He's now actually become a Jehovah's witness. 828 00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:22,422 We're working in the right direction, as a family, 829 00:48:23,548 --> 00:48:25,899 because I would like to see my children grow up 830 00:48:25,923 --> 00:48:30,959 as God-fearing people, and responsible citizens. 831 00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:34,123 So, I think I should set a good example. 832 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:40,795 (ambient electronic music) 833 00:48:44,878 --> 00:48:47,830 (piano music) 834 00:48:49,322 --> 00:48:51,806 - You asked for a fee for this interview. 835 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,017 Why did you ask a fee for this interview? 836 00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,607 Because I have been approached by plenty of reporters 837 00:48:57,631 --> 00:48:59,650 asking me questions and... 838 00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:02,755 "What is your opinion of this and that?" and all... 839 00:49:02,763 --> 00:49:05,588 So I usually tell reporters that... 840 00:49:05,612 --> 00:49:07,895 basically I am tired of interviews. 841 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,722 I have done enough police interviews over the years 842 00:49:10,746 --> 00:49:12,975 that I am so tired to answer questions. 843 00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:14,668 And I have a family, I need money, 844 00:49:14,692 --> 00:49:16,796 so if I'm contributing something, 845 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:20,589 my time for this and I'm being honest with my answers. 846 00:49:21,351 --> 00:49:23,194 (typing sounds) 847 00:49:23,445 --> 00:49:24,554 - Okay guys, thank you. 848 00:49:24,578 --> 00:49:26,179 Good night, enjoy the rest of your evening. 849 00:49:26,838 --> 00:49:32,822 (clapping) 850 00:49:32,877 --> 00:49:35,463 (cheering, clapping) 851 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:40,564 (melancholy music) 852 00:49:56,848 --> 00:50:01,316 (dramatic piano chord)