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Beasley scores first goal for Rangers and is taunted with racist chants
AP at Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
August 7, 2007

American midfielder DaMarcus Beasley scored his first goal for Glasgow Rangers and was taunted by racist fans during a 1-0 victory over FK Zeta on Tuesday night in European Champions League qualifying.

A small section of fans made "monkey chants" aimed at Beasley and teammate Jean-Claude Darcheville, according to Rangers' Web site.

"It happened to me a few years ago when PSV played Red Star in Belgrade, and I can't believe racist abuse is still in football," Beasley was quoted as saying on Rangers' Web site. "People can come to a match and jeer, but the racist thing just has to get out of football."

The 25-year-old Beasley, who was loaned from PSV Eindhoven to Manchester City last season, joined Rangers in June.

"It sickens to hear these chants, but when you are on the pitch, you have to try to blank it out," Beasley was quoted as saying. "It degrades the game for everyone. I will discuss the situation with Rangers because I feel strongly about it, and we will decide if we should file a complaint."

Beasley, who made his competitive debut for Rangers in a Scottish Premier League game last weekend, scored on a 20-yard shot in the 81st minute. Rangers advanced 3-0 in the home-and-home, total-goals series and plays Red Star Belgrade or Estonia's Levadia Tallinn for a berth in the Champions League.

The Union of European Football Associations could take action against FK Zeta.

"If it did happen, I wasn't aware of it, but the players coped well with the atmosphere," Rangers manager Walter Smith said. "DaMarcus is starting to look a bit brighter, and I am pleased with this progress."
 
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Trabzonspor 1 - Sivasspor 0 (Super Lig, August 12, 2007) In the last minute of added time, with Trabzon leading, the game was suspended after a home fan ran on the pitch, directly over to Mehmet Yildiz, and hit him in the face. A brawl between fans, players and police ensued. The trigger was a horrible tackle by Egyptian midfielder Abdelaziz Aiman on Israeli striker Pini Balili.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqsmpnRxHWU
 
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Lazio count cost of draw on and off the pitch
Reuters in Rome
15.08.2007

Lazio are trying to stay positive despite their Champions League hopes being hit by a 1-1 home draw with Dinamo Bucharest on Tuesday which was marred by violence before kickoff.

The Rome club, who made little progress in the close season transfer market due to financial constraints, also had two players sent off in the third qualifying round tie and lost four to injury.

Brazilian defender Emilson Cribari was the worst affected and was due to undergo surgery on his broken jaw on Wednesday, making him doubtful for the second leg on Aug. 28.

"It is all still open. Now we play the match in Romania and I think we have a 50 percent chance of going through," Lazio coach Delio Rossi told reporters.

"We must pick up the dead and injured and we will try just the same."

Rossi's words were unfortunate given the scenes outside the Stadio Olimpico. Five Romanians were injured in clashes with Lazio fans and one remains in hospital after being stabbed in the side.

Italy has beefed up stadium security following revulsion at the death of a policeman in riots outside a match at Catania in February. The championship was briefly suspended as a warning but violence outside stadiums is still a problem.

Inside the ground, Lazio's well-known right wing element chanted racist slogans but they were quickly drowned out by whistles from the rest of the crowd.
 
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Every time Lazio or Roma play any team with any sizeable following at home there are stabbings. Why are not harsher measures laid down to these clubs? Like bannings which happened to the English clubs. It is now so predictable that this will happen in Rome.
 
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Serbian football campaigns against racism
by Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Writer in Belgrade
August 20, 2007

Fearing expulsion from the European Championship, the Serbian football federation is trying to combat racist displays by its fans.

The federation said it will organise a campaign against "unsporting conduct" during a qualifying game in Belgium on Wednesday. The country's ruling football body will distribute leaflets, and players will wear shirts with the message "Stop Racism."

European football's governing organisation warned that any racist conduct by Serbian fans could result in the national team's expulsion from European competitions.

Serbian football authorities said they would not organise fans' travel plans for the game in Belgium. But thousands of Serbs, most of them living in the European Union, are still expected to attend.

Fifteen minutes before the game, Serbian fans will hear an appeal warning them to behave in a sportsmanlike manner, the Serbian football federation said.

Serbian fans have become notorious for racist insults and violence at stadiums. Last month, UEFA fined the Serbian soccer federation $33,000 for the racist language its players and fans used against England in June in an under-21 European Championship game.

UEFA has investigated allegations of racist abuse against U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley by pro-Serbian fans in Montenegro during Rangers' 1-0 victory over FK Zeta in Champions League qualifying.

"It is evident that most of those incidents were triggered by our fans who don't live in Serbia," said Zvezdan Terzic, president of the Serbian federation. "Most of those fans have previously lived in war-ravaged areas of ex-Yugoslavia, and what we are trying to explain to them is that the wars are over and that we are now living in a peaceful Europe."

Poland leads Group A with 19 points from nine games. Serbia and Portugal have 14 points from seven games and Finland has 14 points from eight.
 
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Filipe Reis said:
The Rome club, who made little progress in the close season transfer market due to financial constraints, also had two players sent off in the third qualifying round tie and lost four to injury.

Brazilian defender Emilson Cribari was the worst affected and was due to undergo surgery on his broken jaw on Wednesday, making him doubtful for the second leg on Aug. 28.
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Dinamo lost Zicu for 6 months in the same game. That doesn´t count? The kicks of the Italians cause damage too.
 
#931 ·
its what the lino deserved at the arsenal game yesterday, what was this poor chaps crime?
 
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GICA said:
Have you seen a player attacking a linesman?

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This happen in Romania with Ganea:

http://www.gsptv.ro/index/id/6287
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:howler: :dielaugh: ........dis da same ganea who was at stuttgart?:confused: ........

i tell u if his teammates hadnt caught him he'd probably had inserted da linesmans flag sum place da linesman wud never want it 2 b inserted.

da linesman musta said sumthng bout ganea's sister or maybe dats jst a french fetish :smileani:
 
#936 ·
If you want to see the ugly side of football, you should've seen Sporting Lisbon play tonight in their loss to Porto. :howler:
 
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fats said:
:howler: :dielaugh: ........dis da same ganea who was at stuttgart?:confused: ........

i tell u if his teammates hadnt caught him he'd probably had inserted da linesmans flag sum place da linesman wud never want it 2 b inserted.
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Yes, it´s the same Ganea.

Yeah the teammates saved the linesman ass. But watch the strange ref reaction; he´s totally pasive.
 
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GICA said:
Yes, it´s the same Ganea.

Yeah the teammates saved the linesman ass. But watch the strange ref reaction; he´s totally pasive.
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ya da refs reaction waz strange ................ but maybe dis was nothing 2 da beating his wife gives him at home or else surely he wud hav reacted in a more manly way .....
 
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