JUSTICE-SPORT-OM-VA-TRIAL-FOOTBALL-CORRUPTION-MEDIAS

Gilbert Collard (R), French lawyer for Jean-Pierre Bernes (C, back), former manager of Olympique de Marseille (OM), leaves the Marseille High Court, on July 11, 1995 during the hearings in the OM-Valenciennes case. The VA (Club de Valenciennes)-OM (Olympique de Marseille) affair is a case of corruption in the world of French football involving Bernard Tapie, Chairman of OM, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, one of which was suspended, and three years' ineligibility for corruption and witness tampering, and Jean-Pierre Bernès, an OM manager, who was given a two-year suspended sentence for allegedly inciting Valenciennes players to 'take their foot off the gas' in exchange for a sum of money during a match on 20 May 1993. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)