MFA President Norman Darmanin Demajo said today that the association's investigations into alleged match fixing in a Malta-Norway encounter were detailed in a 500-page dossier which has been presented to UEFA.

Speaking this morning, Mr Darmanin Demajo did not name any suspects but said that the MFA inquiry took three months, during which more than 30 people including 23 persons were interviewed.

MFA officials were also present in Bochum for the interrogation of persons involved in the betting ring allegedly behind this match-fixing case in Bochum.

UEFA is expected to issue a decision before the end of the season.

Malta's Euro 2008 qualifier away to Norway (in 2007) was allegedly rigged by a Croatian betting syndicate whose members were tried in Bochum for fixing over 40 matches.

Marijo Cvrtak, one of the six accused, told the court during the trial that Norway's 4-0 victory over Malta at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo had been manipulated.

Cvrtak told the court that he had met with at least three Maltese players in an Oslo hotel before the game.

However MFA CEO Bjorn Vassallo also said this morning that there was a mistake over the identity of the player who was initially identified by Cvrtak.

Mr Darmanin Demajo said this case was a wake-up call and the MFA had learnt a lot from it.

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