A soccer team in Ireland’s third tier finds itself in hot water after it was caught faking the death of one of its players in order to get a match postponed, and now the supposedly dead player has spoken out about the hoax.
Ballybrack FC, a Dublin-based team in the Leinster Senior League, told the league Friday that Fernando LaFuente had died in a car crash on his way home from practice the night before. The club asked that its game Saturday against Arklow be postponed, and the request was granted. Other teams in the league posted messages of condolence on social media.