Sparta stood hard for the children in the stands. She sent a clear link to the islands – PRAVDA.sk

After the European League match against Glasgow Rangers (1: 0), the management of football Sparta Prague strongly rejects the accusations of British fans and the media about the racism of its fans.

Photo: TASR / AP, Petr David Josek

Sparta Prague footballers in the archive picture.

There were almost 11,000 people in the view of Thursday’s duel in Letná, but the vast majority of them were children aged 6-14, as adult fans of the traditional Czech club were not allowed to go to the stadium due to punishment from the European Football Union.

“Offending children in the online space and in the media is unacceptable, desperate and ridiculous,” Sparta Prague said in a statement, citing the iDnes.cz portal. Sparta was also supported in this opinion by the head of Slavia Prague, Jaroslav Tvrdík. “I agree and fully supports the statement of Sparta Prague,” Tvrdík wrote on the social network.

“It is unbelievable that after the match we are watching the attacks on innocent children and facing unfounded accusations of racism. Unfortunately, we have to read the desperate attacks of lawyer Aamer Anwar, who is moving beyond the holiday limits.

His online bullying should be brought to light by the relevant institution in Scotland. Inducing xenophobic tendencies and verbal attacks on defenseless children are beyond the bounds of morality and a decent upbringing, “add the representatives of the Prague team.

At the same time, they turned to representatives of the Glasgow Rangers team. “We ask you to stop creating a xenophobic atmosphere for our children, our beautiful country and its people,” the Spartans wrote.

A Czech source adds that Rangers coach Steven Gerrard did not notice any racism in the stands because he focused on the game. However, the once great player and captain of FC Liverpool added that if it did happen, he was disappointed and surprised. “If the insults were aimed at Glen Kamara, I’m extremely disappointed,” Gerrard said.

It was the Finnish dark-skinned midfielder Kamara (against Sparta he had to get off the field prematurely in the 74th minute after the second yellow card) last year he was the actor in a rift between him and Slavia Prague defender Ondřej Kúdel in the sharp end of the eight-final revenge of the European League in Glasgow.

Kamara claimed that Kúdela had offended him racistly. He admitted that vulgarism came from his mouth at the opponent’s address, but nothing racist. Later, after the match, Kamar Kúdela was physically attacked with his fists in the face and received a penalty from DK UEFA for three matches. However, the court was given a stop for ten matches for racism, which was not really proven.

Thursday’s match of the 2nd round of the group phase EL Sparta – Rangers was decided by the goal of the Slovak national team defender Dávid Hancko. Sparty played a good opportunity to score the home side’s lead after 75 minutes, but the home side’s defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. The Czech representative is in the second place in the table of the A-group EL with four points behind the 6-point French Lyon. Glasgow Rangers is the last without a point.

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