UEFA clear Sparta Prague of wrongdoing against Rangers
UEFA have cleared Sparta Prague of any wrongdoing against Rangers in the Europa League due to “insufficient evidence”.
They released a statement on Friday [via the Daily Record] revealing their findings, and it seems as if they couldn’t find any evidence to suggest that Sparta’s fans did anything wrong.
Glen Kamara was the subject of what appeared to be jeering from sections of the home crowd, but UEFA can’t find enough evidence, and the Czech club have been cleared.
They said: “In accordance with Article 31(4) of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations, a UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector was appointed to conduct a disciplinary investigation regarding potential discriminatory incidents which allegedly occurred during the 2021/22 UEFA Europa League group stage match between AC Sparta Praha and Rangers FC played on 30 September 2021.
“The investigation has now concluded that there was insufficient evidence of racism or discriminatory conduct at the match to warrant the opening of disciplinary proceedings against AC Sparta Praha.”
Sparta get away with it.
This is pretty grim to read, and it seems as if UEFA don’t believe there was enough evidence to suggest that Kamara was racially abused.
However, his lawyer thought differently, and it seemed pretty clear to those of us who were watching that sections of the home crowd targeted the Gers man [Aamer Anwar].
Sparta defended their actions after the game, and it seems as if UEFA can’t find anything wrong with what happened, which is a huge shame [Sparta Prague].
It will be interesting to see if and when the Gers respond, but we feel for Kamara in this type of situation, and we hope that he gets the support that he needs from those around him.
Sadly, the fight against racism in football continues, and you would hope that one day UEFA might actually hand out a suitable punishment for those found guilty of racism.
In other Rangers news, Michael Stewart has had a dig at David Edgar on Twitter.