The referee of the Europa League first leg between West Ham and Lyon was banned from officiating for six months after allegations of match fixing.
Felix Zwayer turned in one of the most controversial refereeing displays of the season last week as the Hammers drew 1-1 with the French club. 
Aaron Cresswell was sent off just before half-time for bringing down Mousa Dembele when the last man, even though replays suggested that there was only a light touch, while Dembele actually winked after the decision.
Hammers boss David Moyes was particularly angry after the decision and was shown a yellow card for his protests.
It has now emerged, though, that Zwayer actually has a chequered history in the sport and was banned by the German FA in 2005 after helping another official fix a game involving Wuppertaler SV.
He was given £250 to do so and his ban was kept secret for six months, per The Daily Star.
He has now ascended to refereeing European games and Bundesliga matches, drawing attention again after Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham slammed his decision-making when they faced Bayern Munich.
Can someone please explain to me, how a referee who has been found GUILTY of receiving bribes, fixing a game and cheating can ever referee ANY football match again. Let alone a UAFA European Quarter final. I would have thought that a referee’s integrity was everything. If a referee has no integrity then everything is called into question. For a referee to have such a one sided BAD performance as he did on Thursday, can only be explained by two alternatives. One he is totally incompetent, which if so, begs the question, how on earth has he been given such an important and prestigious match or secondly his corrupt? Which ever it is, he should not be anywhere near a professional football match. It’s absolutely DISGUSTING.
WOW
I WASN’T FAR FROM THE TRUTH WITH MY LAST POST REFERRING TO HIS BROWN ENVELOPE DISPLAY
WILL THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES NOW LOOK INTO HIS HANDLING OF THIS GAME, OR JUST , AS USUAL STATE NOTHING CAN HAPPEN AFTER THE EVENT