The disciplinary Commission of European football Union is investigating the incidents during the European championship qualifying game in Podgorica: dark-Skinned English players are abusive to the audience call to listen to.
Monkey sounds were heard, as England’s black national team player Danny Rose just before the end of the EM-qualification game against Montenegro, a Yellow card saw gave as well as Callum Hudson-Odoi after the final whistle for an Interview. The 18-year-old also dark-skinned striker had not played in Podgorica, his first international game. “This evening is supposed to be the joy of his debut,” said national coach Gareth Southgate, as he reported on the racist invective against Hudson-Odoi and other players. “That’s not acceptable.”
UEFA chief Ceferin: “A Disaster”
The UEFA looks so. The European football Association, initiated against Montenegro in a preliminary investigation. One of the accusations: “Racist behaviour”. The UEFA disciplinary Commission will meet on September 16. May deal with the case. As a possible penalty for at least a spectator-part of the exclusion according to the UEFA disciplinary Code “” in question, in the case of repetition also play games in empty stadiums would be possible, point deductions or even disqualification of the EM-qualification.
“UEFA condemns such deplorable behavior, and it has always shown zero tolerance towards any Form of racism and discrimination,” said UEFA on request of the DW. “I can’t believe there are such things still,” said UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the European Club Association (ECA) in Amsterdam. “A case in point is a Disaster. We need to take racism seriously and fight.”
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Questions after the incident abgebügelt
England had won the game in Podgorica with a 5:1 (2:1). According to UEFA rules, the referee can cancel the game because of the racist failures. Shameful is the reaction of the Montenegrins in the press conference. The first question to coach Ljubisa Tumbakovic sub-band, an Official of the discussion, and proclaimed under the Protest of the British journalists: “no one has heard racist Comments. No one! There was no.” Tumbakovic said evasively that he was focused on the game.
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Meanwhile, the football Association of Montenegro said that it would take “all necessary measures, in order to identify the irresponsible individuals”, should hold true the racism allegations. But: “We have never had incidents of religious, gender or racial discrimination in international Play and are sure that you will not happen in the future.”
Ashley Cole was spat on in 2013
However, it is not the first Time that Montenegro due to misconduct of spectators to the attention of UEFA. So a country ran six years ago, ever game against England, in Podgorica, at the time, in the context of the world Cup qualifiers, out of control: The dark-skinned Ashley Cole was at that time on several occasions from the ranks of spit, viewers of toilet paper rolls dropped on the game field. Sanctions there was not at that time.
In 2015, the EM-qualification game with Montenegro, against Russia, was cancelled after spectator violence. The Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew was hit by a flare at the head. UEFA ruled that the game in Podgorica with 3:0 for Russia and sentenced Montenegro is also a mind game and a fine in the amount of 50,000 euros.
Hudson-Odoi: “don’t be deterred”
“A couple of idiots have ruined a great night,” said the England striker Raheem Sterling on Monday night to the BBC and called for tough sanctions: “There should be a real punishment, not only for the two or three people who have done this – it has to be a collective thing.” Countries game-debutant Hudson-Odoi, who’s being courted for a long time by the German record champion FC Bayern München, and let the racist invective is not deterred: “We need to keep our heads up and stay mentally strong.”
Also during the test match of the German national football team in Wolfsburg on Wednesday of last week, there had been in the stands isolated racist failures of spectators. The police determined, the DFB announced a possible stadium bans.