There were a bunch of rigged matches in Italy a while back.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2006_Italian_football_scandal" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2006_Italian_football_scandal</a><p>&gt; And the Spanish national football team&#x27;s string of success would have been after the investigation you linked to.<p>The one where no one but cyclists got singled out?  Looks like they figured out they were pretty much in the clear.