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Serbia Football Racism: Danny Rose live racist abuse in Serbia vs England U21 match / Video

Monkey chants, missiles thrown from the crowd and on-pitch violence tarnish a crucial England U21 play-off in Serbia.

Danny Rose was controversially sent off by the referee after responding angrily to the abuse and kicking a ball into the crowd.

The U21 side were allegedly subjected to racist chants and pelted with seats, coins and stones during their European Championship play-off in Krusevac.

In amateur footage of scuffles that broke out following England’s winning goal, monkey chants are clearly audible.

Rose called for spectators involved in the racist chanting to be banned from football.

He told Sky Sports News: “I just expressed my emotions as soon as we scored.

“Next thing I turned round and all the Serbian players have surrounded me, pushing me, and then a brawl broke out.

“I remember getting slapped twice and then I got ushered away. That’s when I kicked the ball and the referee’s sent me off.

“As I was walking off there was monkey chanting – but the monkey chanting started long before I got sent off.

“They have to be banned.”

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Downing Street said Prime Minister David Cameron was “appalled” by the scenes at the end of the match and wants UEFA to impose tough sanctions if racism is proved.

Sports minister Hugh Robertson has also written to UEFA president Michel Platini urging tough action following the “disgraceful scenes”.

Captain Jordan Henderson praised his players for their reaction to the alleged racist abuse and called on Uefa to take the appropriate action.

The Football Association reported “a number of incidents of racism” to Uefa after ugly scenes marred a 1-0 win for Stuart Pearce’s team in the second leg of their play-off.

Liverpool midfielder Henderson said on www.thefa.com: “There was a lot of racist abuse out there from the stands and a lot going on after the game, which is hard to take for the players.”

The brawl broke out when supporters invaded the field moments after Connor Wickham’s stoppage-time goal secured a 2-0 aggregate success and a place at next year’s finals in Israel.

Henderson added: “The players coped with the abuse really well. It’s not nice. They kept their heads and were professional.

“I thought our players were brilliant and conducted themselves very well. The players completely condemn what happened.

“There were also stones, coins and seats getting thrown at us. I didn’t understand why Danny Rose was sent off at the end – I didn’t see he did anything wrong, other than get abused.”

A statement from the FA read: “The FA condemns both the scenes of racism and the confrontation at the final whistle during which time our players and staff were under extreme provocation.

“The FA has reported a number of incidents of racism to Uefa following the fixture.

“These were seemingly aimed at a number of black England players by the crowd. The matter is now with Uefa.”

England manager Stuart Pearce said Serbia’s technical director Savo Milosevic had visited the England dressing room to apologise.

“I never like to see any football matches end like that,” Pearce told ESPN.

“I think there were one or two racist incidents that came on from the crowd. It’s in (Uefa’s) hands now.

“It’s very sad, to be fair, but we’re united as a team. I’m very proud of the reaction of our players.”

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  1. Disgraceful scenes and I now await the usual hand wringing by UEFA and FIFA, whereupon the result will be Englands fault. I don’t know why we bother playing such primitive countries like Serbia.

  2. ItDOESNT REALLY MATTER THAT THE PROOF SHOWS THAT THE ENGLAND TEAM WERE RACIALLY ABUSED.PLATINI & BLATTER WILL TURN IT AROUND SO THAT THE BLAME WILL FALL ON ENGLAND BE CAUSE OF THEIR GREAT DIALIKE FOR THE ENGLISH!!!!

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