pc4th
17 Aug 2007, 12:35 AM
Does it happen on another continent? Or just Europe?
FIFA/UEFA isn't doing much anything to stop it. A real shame.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200708/story/0,,2149609,00.html
Uefa has said it will review the Champions League third qualifying round match between Lazio and Dinamo Bucharest on Tuesday, a game which ended 1-1 but was overshadowed by violence and racist chanting.
Five Romanians were injured in clashes with Lazio fans and one remains in hospital after being stabbed in the side. Inside the ground Lazio's notorious right-wing element chanted racist slogans before and during the game. The rest of the home fans tried to drown out the chanting by whistling and booing their own fans but Uefa has launched its inquiry and could, in the worst-case scenario, throw the Serie A side out of the tournament.
The ugly scenes in Rome came less than two weeks after Michel Platini, the president of the European governing body, said Uefa would employ zero tolerance on racism this season. "We will be strong," he said. "We will not say 'please don't do that'. We will not leave space for racism in football just like we will not tolerate fighting or violence. In the past clubs have been fined and we have appealed because we thought that the fines were not enough." Asked if clubs could be expelled from competitions, he said: "Why not?"
Before Tuesday's game Lazio's coach, Delio Rossi, pleaded with the fans to avoid the club getting into trouble, saying that anyone who made racist remarks was "an idiot", but he was badly let down by the supporters on the night and now faces an anxious wait for Uefa's verdict to find out whether he will be allowed to take his team to Romania for the second leg next week.
Yesterday the Uefa spokesman said: "We have to await the referee and observer reports before deciding whether to launch any disciplinary action but we are looking into what went on at Lazio. We had concerns about racism before the game."
Quick question: Has there been a club who was banned from European competition because of racist chants? A fine of $10,000 will never do the job.
FIFA/UEFA isn't doing much anything to stop it. A real shame.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200708/story/0,,2149609,00.html
Uefa has said it will review the Champions League third qualifying round match between Lazio and Dinamo Bucharest on Tuesday, a game which ended 1-1 but was overshadowed by violence and racist chanting.
Five Romanians were injured in clashes with Lazio fans and one remains in hospital after being stabbed in the side. Inside the ground Lazio's notorious right-wing element chanted racist slogans before and during the game. The rest of the home fans tried to drown out the chanting by whistling and booing their own fans but Uefa has launched its inquiry and could, in the worst-case scenario, throw the Serie A side out of the tournament.
The ugly scenes in Rome came less than two weeks after Michel Platini, the president of the European governing body, said Uefa would employ zero tolerance on racism this season. "We will be strong," he said. "We will not say 'please don't do that'. We will not leave space for racism in football just like we will not tolerate fighting or violence. In the past clubs have been fined and we have appealed because we thought that the fines were not enough." Asked if clubs could be expelled from competitions, he said: "Why not?"
Before Tuesday's game Lazio's coach, Delio Rossi, pleaded with the fans to avoid the club getting into trouble, saying that anyone who made racist remarks was "an idiot", but he was badly let down by the supporters on the night and now faces an anxious wait for Uefa's verdict to find out whether he will be allowed to take his team to Romania for the second leg next week.
Yesterday the Uefa spokesman said: "We have to await the referee and observer reports before deciding whether to launch any disciplinary action but we are looking into what went on at Lazio. We had concerns about racism before the game."
Quick question: Has there been a club who was banned from European competition because of racist chants? A fine of $10,000 will never do the job.