They played themselves further in the Europa League, while the joy of the success on the european scene is overshadowed at Chelsea by the fans who sang anti-semitic songs on the tribune during the team’s battle.
After the debacle around Raheem Sterling in this weekend’s game against Manchester City, there was again a small group of fans on Thursday evening at stamford bridge against Hungarian Vidi resorted to the highly unsavoury songs.
This time directed against the rivals from Tottenham, who have a jewish background.
– Anti-semitism and any form of racial or religious hatred is abhorrent for this club and the vast majority of our fans, an unnamed spokesman was quoted as saying according to the BBC.
– It has no place in Chelsea or some of our branches, said the person.
The union of european football associations, UEFA, is awaiting the judge’s report from the match before making a decision as to whether, there should be action in a disciplinary sense.
According to journalist Matt McGeehan, who covered the fight for the news agency Press Association, it was clear to hear the songs in the stadium.
– It was very clear that the song. It is a song that Chelsea fans have sung in the past, and it refers to tottenham’s fans and use the Y-word (yid, ed.), the anti-semitic and derogatory word for a jew, he tells the BBC.
That the management at Chelsea are not only highly upset but also stikstjernetosset do with the fact that owner Roman Abramovic is jewish himself.
– They are furious. Not only because it now has happened again in their club, but because it falls so close to the episode on Saturday with Sterling, says Matt McGeehan.
In this connection, it managed Chelsea to identify the four fans, who were behind the song to the City-the star. They are now thrown out, while the authorities continue to investigate the case.
– All individuals, who can’t gather the brain power enough to understand this simple message which has brought shame on the club by using anti-semitic or racist words or acts, will receive the strongest possible action from the club, the unnamed spokesman was quoted as saying.
They are qualified for the 1/16 finals in Europa League
the 32 teams are qualified to the 1/16 finals in the Europa League. 24 comes from the group stage, while the last eight are qualified via their third-place finishers in the Champions League group stage.
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