Alleged Ringleader Recalls Hoyzer's Greed

In the second day of the trial of those involved in Germany's match-fixing scandal, the court heard from one of the defendants that referee Robert Hoyzer was driven by greed to rig games and also relished the sense of power.

Ante Sapina, who prosecutors say led a criminal gang that defrauded over two million euros ($2.4 million) from betting agencies, told the court on Tuesday that Hoyzer was a regular at a central Berlin cafe owned by his brother Milan and had offered his services to fix matches for their mutual benefit. "He is money-crazed. I am a gambler," Sapina said. "We were like-minded people."

After the now infamous game which led to the discovery of the biggest sporting scandal in Germany for 30 years -- Paderborn’s shock 4-2 victory over first division Hamburg -- Sapina said that Hoyzer celebrated the result that gave Sapina a profit of more than 750,000 euros and Hoyzer a 20,000 euro reward. "He was pleased that he had this power on the pitch," Sapina told the court.