Remo Stars: Nigerian side involved in cup final 'match-fixing' deny fault

The closing moments of a penalty shootout in Nigeria went viral earlier this week when Remo Stars appeared to deliberately lose their Ogun State FA Cup final against Ijebu United in comical fashion.

Allegations of match-fixing were rife on social media and, after viewing the footage, it’s easy to see why.

The viral clip included two spot-kicks, both of which looked highly dubious.

First, the Remo Stars goalkeeper stood completely still for one of Ijebu United’s penalties, staying rooted to his line while watching the ball hit the back of the net.

If there was any doubt that something dodgy was going on, it was essentially confirmed when Remo Stars took a penalty of their own.

The team’s as-yet-unnamed player walked up to take the spot kick and then promptly sent the ball out for a throw-in with a horrible swipe of his boot.

The individual involved clearly had no intention of scoring, but still put his hands to his head in hilarious fashion, pretending to be bitterly disappointed by his ‘miss’.

Nobody was taken in by his reaction, though.

It’s some of the strangest footage we’ve seen in a while. If you’ve not managed to catch it yet, we’ve got you covered below.

If this isn’t Match Fixing, then I don’t know what it is.Why is Nigerian football like this? Why don’t we ever want progress??This is Ogun State FA Cup final between Remo Stars and Ijebu United