Hackett reveals what UEFA did after Rangers v Slavia allegations
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Keith Hackett insists that an empty Ibrox will aid UEFA in their investigation into allegations of racism in last week’s match between Rangers and Slavia Prague.
Ondrej Kudela is alleged to have racially abused Glen Kamara during the late stages of the game and UEFA will investigate the matter.
Hackett has provided us with some insight into what will have happened behind the scenes at the end of the game and what UEFA will have done to start their investigation.
“The difficulty for UEFA is proof and they will interrogate the video cameras very closely,” Hackett exclusively told Ibrox News.
“One of the things that might help them is that that game took place in a stadium without fans. So it is likely that one of the numerous cameras and microphones may well have picked up what was said.
“They will have immediately called for all of the evidence and it’s likely that if the UEFA match delegate was around he would have taken at least the DVD of the game.”
We can only hope that something was picked up by the many cameras and microphones though Kudela went out of his way to cover his mouth so whatever he said couldn’t be seen.
Unfortunately, you’d think that Rangers would have announced if they had audio proof of the offence taking place by now and the pitch microphones are not designed to pick up dialogue from the players.
Whatever happens, if the allegations are correct then Kudela and Slavia must be punished though how likely that is we don’t know.
We don’t know what evidence there is and the details of UEFA’s investigation are sure to stay private.
We continue to stand with Rangers and Kamara and reiterate the anti-racism message that is being sent out.
In other Rangers news, our site editor has answered your questions about what happens now with UEFA and Slavia.