I think he was trying to say if they were going to rig it they wouldn't stop at just selecting referees, but would out and out decide matches.
I know where he's coming from - he's claiming innocence precisely because the cheating they are accused of isn't a guarantee of success: if he was to cheat, he would ensure they had this guarantee... By this logic, they didn't win, therefore they didn't cheat.
I don't necessarily believe him, but that is the explanation. It's not overly deep.
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