UEFA await racism report

Vasil Levski Stadium
12 April 2012

European football's governing body UEFA will study the match reports on Monday before deciding whether to launch proceedings against the Bulgarian Football Federation over the racist abuse during Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier with England.

Bulgaria coach Lothar Matthaus apologised for the abuse after the game and now UEFA will assess the evidence before deciding what to do.

A UEFA spokesman said: "UEFA are aware of the situation. We will study the reports, including the delegate's report, on Monday."

Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott said they could hear the abuse clearly, although some of his team-mates did not notice.

"As players we could hear it on the pitch," Rooney said. "It has been going on for years and it is not right. It needs to stop and hopefully something can be done about it."

"I was aware. It was very clear," said Walcott immediately after the 3-0 win. "I ignored it. But that is me. I think the FA will deal with that and I don't want to comment. The result was the important thing."

The Football Association have already made their feelings known to their Bulgarian counterparts, in addition to the UEFA match delegate.

"I can't say anything about this as I am not really aware of it," added Matthaus.

"In my capacity as the manager, I cannot comment on such things, but it's pitiful for things like that to happen.

"And, as a result of that, I'd like to apologise on behalf of the Bulgarian Football Federation."

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in