Post by cenydd on Oct 24, 2013 10:59:07 GMT
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is "furious" and wants Uefa to act on racist chanting after claiming he was targeted by home fans during his side's 2-1 victory at CSKA Moscow.
The Ivory Coast international said he told referee Ovidiu Hategan about the chants as City came from behind to win the Champions League Group D tie.
City, for whom Sergio Aguero scored twice, will make a complaint to Uefa.
Toure said: "I'm not just disappointed, I'm furious."
The 30-year-old captained City in the absence of injured defender Vincent Kompany.
He added: "I'm very, very disappointed about what those fans have done. I think Uefa has to take action because players with the same colour of skin will always be in the same position.
"For me, as captain, I was wearing an armband which said 'no to racism' and I was totally disappointed.
"I told the referee. It was unbelievable and very sad."
Asked what action he would like the European governing body to take, Toure said: "Maybe they could ban the stadium, I don't know, for a couple of years or a couple of months.
"We have to be as strong as possible otherwise they will continue like that. Too much is too much. We have to stop it now."
In May, Uefa announced that for racist incidents involving spectators, a partial stadium closure for the first offence and a full stadium closure for a second, coupled with a fine of 50,000 euros (£42,800), would be applied.
The Ivory Coast international said he told referee Ovidiu Hategan about the chants as City came from behind to win the Champions League Group D tie.
City, for whom Sergio Aguero scored twice, will make a complaint to Uefa.
Toure said: "I'm not just disappointed, I'm furious."
The 30-year-old captained City in the absence of injured defender Vincent Kompany.
He added: "I'm very, very disappointed about what those fans have done. I think Uefa has to take action because players with the same colour of skin will always be in the same position.
"For me, as captain, I was wearing an armband which said 'no to racism' and I was totally disappointed.
"I told the referee. It was unbelievable and very sad."
Asked what action he would like the European governing body to take, Toure said: "Maybe they could ban the stadium, I don't know, for a couple of years or a couple of months.
"We have to be as strong as possible otherwise they will continue like that. Too much is too much. We have to stop it now."
In May, Uefa announced that for racist incidents involving spectators, a partial stadium closure for the first offence and a full stadium closure for a second, coupled with a fine of 50,000 euros (£42,800), would be applied.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24647259
It is appalling and sickening in the modern world that this sort of thing is still happening, and UEFA seem to be unable to deal with it effectively. Those punishments aren't anywhere near enough, in my opinion. This has been going on for too long, especially (but not exclusively) in Eastern Europe, and perhaps it's time to consider measures like throwing teams, or even whole countries, out of international competitions altogether. That was what happened to English clubs over the hooliganism problem - they were banned from European competition for 5 years. How about doing the same now for Russian clubs? Perhaps then the authorities in Russia would try to do something serious about it.