Piers Morgan slams Slavia Prague in Rangers defence
Piers Morgan led a long list of high profile figures who were thrilled after Rangers foes Slavia Prague got taken to task by Arsenal on Thursday night.
The Czech Republic side powered past the Light Blues in the last 16 of the Europa League to set up a quarter-final with the Premier League side, but the racial abuse of Glen Kamara by their defender Ondrej Kudela marred the overall result.
Kudela was handed a 10-match ban while former Arsenal midfielder Kamara is set to miss three games following an alleged attack in the tunnel afterwards.
The way Slavia handled the aftermath of the incident has made them deeply unpopular with large swathes of the footballing world, as they continued to deny the allegations and attempted to switch the conversation onto Kamara and paint him as a volatile figure.
They snatched a late equaliser against Arsenal last week which put them into the driving seat as they headed into the second-leg in Prague, but the Gunners obliterated them in a ruthless first-half performance that put paid to their hopes of progressing to the final four.
Arsenal fan and major news personality Morgan led the chorus of cheers as his side dumped out Slavia.
He said on his personal Twitter profile: “Kicking racism out of Europe… very proud of @Arsenal tonight, before and during the game.”
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The one good thing to come from this horrendous ordeal that Kamara and the team have had to endure is the solidarity shown from other football clubs and fans far and wide.
The majority of the footballing world has come together to form a united front and condemn the sickening actions of Kudela and Slavia.
That’s exactly what was needed and that must be a great source of comfort for Kamara who has undoubtedly struggled to come to terms with what happened.
Morgan has one of the largest followings online of any Arsenal fan with his 7.9million followers on Twitter and it was great to see that despite the importance of the actual football, that their supporters put Rangers and Kamara at the forefront of their thoughts and were delighted to see Slavia exit the competition.
The Czech side’s stock has dropped considerably since the racist incident and the hope is that will show other clubs how to handle it in the future.
Of course, we would rather another such incident not happen at all, but sadly the reality of society is that it will, and lessons must be learned.
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