England is in danger of racism, with a Boycott in Bulgaria

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The football player of English national team want to leave in the EM-qualification game in Bulgaria the field, if it comes to racist incidents. The authorities in Bulgaria are outraged.

The EM-qualification game, the Englishman in Bulgaria next Monday, is from a sporting perspective, not really a big issue. The team of Gareth Southgate is the undisputed table leaders of group A, while Bulgaria groups-is the Last. But away from the Sporting, this game now for a great many headlines. Not only in England but around the world.

The meeting in Sofia on Monday evening in the point of view, because Bulgarian followers in the Games against the Czech Republic and Kosovo had become in June by racist gaffes striking. On the instructions of the UEFA 5000 of the total 46.340 places in the Vasil Levski national stadium, Sofia will remain empty. The UEFA fined the Bulgarian football Association for the racist behavior of the Fans. The match against the Czech Republic in November is horse riding Bulgaria partially empty stands best.

“Then we go as a Team into the cabin”

In addition, the English player announced to leave closed the court, should it come to racist insults. England striker Tammy Abraham on his debut for the Three Lions, said in an interview with British media: “Nobody wants something like that in football. It not only affects one Person, it affects the whole Team. If we decide that we don’t want to stay out of these reasons, then, we go as a Team in the cabin.” Team captain Harry Kane have launched the Boycott issue in the context of a team meeting on last Monday of. National coach Gareth Southgate to the Plan, therefore, open.

England striker Abraham: “It affects the whole Team”

In Bulgaria, it reacts with incomprehension on these announcements. The President of the Bulgarian football Union, Borislav Mikhailov, said the Statements were “offensive” and “derogatory”. In an open letter to the UEFA, he reminded that such a course of action against UEFA was contrary to the regulations. This in racist incidents is a three-stage Plan: First, the referee should make a announcement over the stadium loudspeaker Vera. Next, an interruption in the game would be provided, in a third step, a possible game crash should occur.

The Team wants to take in case of an emergency but is not a consideration, said England player Abraham: “We would then be left to the FA or whoever, what happens after that, how the game is scored. At the Moment it would just be a question of, to show the world that we are a team and that we will not stand for stupid insults.”

“It will only exacerbate the Situation”

Metodi Shumanov is a football Journalist based in Bulgaria. In an Interview with Deutsche Welle, he said that in Bulgaria, all were agreed that the comments of the English players are helpful. “It will only exacerbate the Situation and represents Bulgaria as a racist country.” The decision to close the stadium for the matches of the Bulgarians against England and the Czech Republic, partly, he said this was counterproductive, since “empty seats are damaging the atmosphere”.

In these circumstances, the work focuses on those in the focus for the documentation of discriminatory incidents to responsible. The Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) is a network that operates with UEFA to combat racism in European football. Their reports are often used as evidence in the disciplinary proceedings of UEFA, and their representatives will be on site, when England encounters Bulgaria.

The FARE-Responsible for Eastern Europe, says Pavel Klymenko. He said the DW, he hope that the game will run without incident. Nevertheless, he was prepared for all the scenarios: “We hope that the attention leads to the fact that this game is free of racist incidents, but we fear that the problems can not be solved in the foreseeable future.”