Fifa has fined the Croatia Football Federation £14,920 after a section of their supporters racially abused Emile Heskey during the World Cup qualifier with England.
World football's ruling body launched the investigation following an official complaint by the FA after Heskey was taunted with monkey chants from a section of the Maksimir Stadium during England's 4-1 victory in Zagreb.
World football's ruling body launched the investigation following an official complaint by the FA after Heskey was taunted with monkey chants from a section of the Maksimir Stadium during England's 4-1 victory in Zagreb.
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I must say this is not really an appropriate penalty for Croatia. The Balkans inability to curb the problem is regretful. This is not the 1st time black players were taunted with monkey chants. In fact, as I can recalled, Heskey and Ashley Cole were the obvious target when they play for England a few years ago in eastern Europe. On the live telecast, I was astonished and baffled with the inhuman noise every time Heskey or Cole got the ball. I also remember Heskey got the same treatment when he was playing for Liverpool, also in the Eastern Europe. Shame. In fact, Samuel Eto was so annoyed, he almost refuse to play midway before being coaxed by his manager at the time. Terrible situation it was. But mind you, these stupidity existed all over Europe even in places like Italy and Spain, though majority of the complaints would be from Eastern Europe Caucasus.
I must say this is not really an appropriate penalty for Croatia. The Balkans inability to curb the problem is regretful. This is not the 1st time black players were taunted with monkey chants. In fact, as I can recalled, Heskey and Ashley Cole were the obvious target when they play for England a few years ago in eastern Europe. On the live telecast, I was astonished and baffled with the inhuman noise every time Heskey or Cole got the ball. I also remember Heskey got the same treatment when he was playing for Liverpool, also in the Eastern Europe. Shame. In fact, Samuel Eto was so annoyed, he almost refuse to play midway before being coaxed by his manager at the time. Terrible situation it was. But mind you, these stupidity existed all over Europe even in places like Italy and Spain, though majority of the complaints would be from Eastern Europe Caucasus.
How in the world does this kind of sentiment still persist? ohhh... I just remember. Croatia and her neighbours just had their civil wars in the 1990s... Because of what? Because of racist sentiment, neo-Nazi issues - not only perpetrated by their politician but embraced by their people. Those morons in the Balkans somehow still prescribed to the outdated ideas of white supremacist. In fact, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the neo-Nazi Serbs murdered and slaughtered their fellow whites, simply because they did not pray to the same God. They wanted to have the purest bloodline, white and Christian. Yeah what ever.
But £14,920 is peanut for a penalty of racism. Croatia should have been banned, not only in world Cup but also club levels within the European Union. Then only, those Balkans or who ever will realised the need and urgent undertaking to discipline, to educate their supporters to respect other human beings. In fact, its former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic, accused of masterminding "ethnic cleansing" deportations and killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, has been arrested after more than a decade in hiding, just last July.
So don't go preaching to the others that Europe is a place of civilization, a place where people respect each other. The most recent brutal war happened in the Europe. Just like in Africa. Europe is the same with Africa in terms of racism and ethnic cleansing.
Croatia Football Federation should have been banned. Not a mere monetary penalty (and that such silly small amount).
SAY NO TO RACISM. SAY NO TO MONKEY CHANTS.
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