Bahrain faces FIFA investigation after suspicious 10-0 win

Bahrain went into Wednesday night's World Cup qualifier with Indonesia needing to overcome a nine-goal deficit to have any hope of progressing out of its group. As luck would have it,�it managed to beat�its feckless opponents 10-0.�

Following the serendipitous result ? in which it even managed to miss two penalties ? the side managed by former England head honcho Peter Taylor now faces a match-fixing probe from FIFA. Reports the BBC:�

"Fifa will conduct a routine examination of this game and its result," a spokesman told BBC Sport.�

"[This is due to] the unusual outcome in relation to the result expectation and head-to-head history - and in the interests of maintaining unequivocal confidence in our game."�

Indonesia's fortunes in the match weren't helped by the fact that�its goalkeeper was dismissed after two minutes, and it is believed many of�its senior players were banned for having attempted to form a breakaway league in the country. Also, coming up against a side whose manager was sacked by Leicester, Wycombe and Crystal Palace is never easy.�

If any foul play was involved in the result, it was in vain: Fellow Group E side Qatar pulled off a 2-2 draw with Iran, leaving Bahrain outside of Asian zone qualifying.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/bahrain-face-fifa-investigation-suspicious-10-0-win-165534562.html

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