The latest incident involved Danny Rose in an Under21 match in Serbia.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/euro-u21-serbian-fa-denies-racism-slams-englands-131132434.html
I don't know what happened but it seems that no week goes by without such racism accusations. Given that racism is now a form of heresy in the West (especially England) these accusations of racist abuse increasingly remind me of the Soviet culture of denunciations.
So far the Serbian FA is fighting back:
Unfortunately, a lot of the people in positions of power in the former communist countries have repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to bow and scrape to Western Europeans and Americans. So we'll see if the Serbian FA holds its position. I doubt it.
Rose had earlier called for Serbia to be banned after complaining of racial abuse and being hit by missiles during his side's 1-0 win on Tuesday.
The England defender said he had been subjected to monkey taunts long before the violent and chaotic scenes which marred the end of the Euro 2013 play-off.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/euro-u21-serbian-fa-denies-racism-slams-englands-131132434.html
I don't know what happened but it seems that no week goes by without such racism accusations. Given that racism is now a form of heresy in the West (especially England) these accusations of racist abuse increasingly remind me of the Soviet culture of denunciations.
So far the Serbian FA is fighting back:
"Making connection between the seen incident - a fight between members of the two teams - and racism has absolutely no ground and we consider it to be a total malevolence.
... And while most of the English team players celebrated the score, their player number three, Danny Rose, behaved in inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar manner towards the supporters"...
Unfortunately, a lot of the people in positions of power in the former communist countries have repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to bow and scrape to Western Europeans and Americans. So we'll see if the Serbian FA holds its position. I doubt it.
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