Rangers condemns ‘racist abuse’ targeted at Glen Kamara during Sparta Prague match
Rangers fans have been sharing their disgust at last night’s Europa League defeat against Sparta Prague after midfielder Glen Kamara was seen to be racially abused for the second time in six months.
The Finn was booed repeatedly during the game, which was his first appearance in the Czech Republic after Slavia Prague’s Ondrej Kudela was banned for ten games last season for racial abuse.
Sparta were meant to be serving a stadium ban after their fans racially abused Monaco striker Aurelien Tchouameni in August, though UEFA allowed a crowd of around 10,000 school children inside to watch the match.
The school children could be heard booing and jeering at the midfielder on every touch of the ball before his sending off in the second half, and a poster held up by one fan expressed support for Kudela.
Boss Steven Gerrard has since come out and said he is “not surprised” that his player has been targeted again, calling on UEFA to do more and stick to their punishments.
“Okay there are kids at the game and children, I understand, that but it’s near enough a full house so they are not getting punished playing a game behind closed doors.
“If you’re going to fine someone and punish them, go with the full punishment. Empty stadium, and a fine”
Sparta Prague has since released their own statement, blasting the “cowardly” attacks on their fans.
Part of the statement reads:
“It is absolutely unbelievable that after a match we have to watch innocent children being attacked and face unfounded accusations of racism. Insulting children on the internet and in the media is unacceptable, desperate and ridiculous.
“Stop attacking our children! Our club will proudly defend our children – our future and our pride. Slandering children on the internet is extremely cowardly.”
Rangers fans are now calling for more to be done by UEFA to stop incidents like this from occurring so regularly – listen to what some have to say below.
