Racist chanting will see matches halted
Friday, 3 July 2009
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Referees have been given the power to halt and even abandon matches in European competitions if there is racist chanting by fans under new guidelines announced by UEFA yesterday.
Match officials will use a three-step system to deal with racist behaviour in stadiums in all European competitions.
The first step will be to stop the match and issue a demand over the public address system for the behaviour to stop, and secondly to take the teams off for five to 10 minutes. Thirdly, if it continues the match will be abandoned.
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What about other types of chanting, for example, a players mother died and the opposing crowd started chanting about his mothers death. I honestly think the whole 'Rascist' frenzy is politically motivated.
Posted by kev | 24.07.09, 11:29 GMT
I think any abandoned match would be awarded to the opposing team. Let's just hope that football doesn't suffer as a result of such idiotic behaviour.
Posted by Football's coming Home | 06.07.09, 11:42 GMT
Why all all authorities so dogmatic and short-sighted
Do they not realise that 3-0 down a team's supporters may think it better to thorw the match and have it replayed than suffer such a loss, what about crowd infiltration so that the other side gets blamed
In any case why should we be denied our football because a few mindless thugs who now have the power to have a direct effect on the outcome of games
Posted by Ged | 03.07.09, 09:25 GMT
I see. So Team A are losing 3-0 at home in the CL semi-final. Are they bothered - no. Simply start chanting in a racist manner and hey presto, the game gets abandoned.
Posted by Vlad The Imposter | 03.07.09, 03:26 GMT