There are even cases wherein a player would be tasked to hurt the 'star player' of the other team just to get the win; and this exists on every sports related tournaments not only in soccer.
Does this game of deliberately sending a player to hurt a star player still exist? I thought it was an old trend. It is a game of hatred and shouldn't be tolerated. Anyways I don't see that type of trend any more or if they do it such a way that people will not understand.
In those days it used to be obvious. The coach will introduce one irregular player to do the deal and get a red card.