Footballer’s legal representative Glen Kamara considers the preliminary one-match penalty for Slavia’s defender Ondřej Kudel to be an alleged racist insult as a mere symbolic gesture. According to Aamer Anwar, UEFA is doing little to eradicate racism from football and should severely punish Kudel. He considers Slavia’s defense to be incredible and fantastic.
“Kudela is not allowed to play in the European League at Arsenal, which also means that the Scottish police will not be able to hear him on Thursday. I understand that the Scottish police have enough evidence to be able to press charges against Kudeel without having to talk to him, “Anwar said in a statement published by the British media.
“The initial ban on one match does little to boost confidence that UEFA is serious about eradicating racism in football. Strong action needs to be taken. The defense presented by Slavia Prague cannot be described as unbelievable or fantastic,” Anwar wrote.
According to him, the penalty for one match also does not change anything due to Kudel’s injury. “Suspending one match smells like a ‘symbolic gesture’ and gives little confidence to black players who face such heinous insults. The overwhelming evidence against Kudel means that UEFA must take immediate action to severely punish him for the crime he is accused of.” stands in the statement.
Glasgow Rangers midfielder Kamara accused Kudela of racist insulting at the hectic end of the March eight-final rematch of the European League. The Czech national team had previously whispered something to him with his mouth covered after one of a number of unsportsmanlike domestic interventions.
About an hour after the match, which Slavia won 2-0 and advanced, Kamara allegedly attacked in the tunnel to the cloakroom of Kúdel.
The 34-year-old defender admitted that he indiscriminately treated his opponent, but he strongly rejected racism. Kamara insists that Kúdela told him “You’re a crazy monkey, you know you are”, while the Czech national team member claims that he said “You’re a crazy guy”.
However, according to a report from the inspector, which Slavia received on Tuesday, Kudel’s racist insult has not yet been confirmed. The Vršovice team claims that the verbal incident remains at the level of assertion against assertion. Rangers’ Bongani Zungu, a substitute for Rangers, also spoke out against the Czech defender, claiming that he had heard the insult.
The UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Committee initiated proceedings against Kúdela on Tuesday and suspended its activities for one cup match as a precaution. However, the Slavic defender still did not travel to Thursday’s opening quarterfinals of the European League at the Arsenal Stadium in London due to injury.
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