![]() ![]() “My message is you will be safe and you will feel safe in Poland. Mucha said football supporters should not be afraid to come to Poland for the tournament. It will not happen again – if it does we will react appropriately.” “You can be sure that it is very marginal in Poland, you’ve got hooliganism all over the world in sporting arenas. “As far as I know this is a very small hooliganism incident, not a racist one,” Joanna Mucha said Friday. Poland’s Sport and Tourism Minister told CNN that the incident was not racist, but involved a small hooligan element. Although KNVB will not make an official complaint to UEFA, they are more than willing to answer questions of UEFA in this respect.” However, the training staff on the pitch were not aware of this. ![]() “A few players have heard sounds, which could be described as possible monkey chants. “As at one moment there was a lot of noise coming from a specific stand, the team decided to train at the other side of the stadium, which was much quieter,” the Dutch ruling body said of the incident on Wednesday. The KNVB released a statement Friday confirming it would not be making a complaint to UEFA. “UEFA has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to discriminatory behavior and has given the power to referees to stop matches in case of any repeated racist behavior.” “Should such behavior happen at further training sessions, UEFA would evaluate the operational measures to be taken to protect the players.īlog: Racism overshadows buildup to Euro 2012 UEFA has not yet received any formal complaint from the KNVB (Dutch football association),” read a UEFA statement. “UEFA has now been made aware that there were some isolated incidents of racist chanting that occurred at the open training session of the Dutch team in Krakow. The Netherlands are due to hold a news conference at 1715 GMT Friday in Poland followed by another training session in front of fans, according to UEFA’s official website. If you did hear it, and don’t want to hear it, that is even worse,” according to ESPN. When questioned over the incident by Dutch journalists who claimed they did not hear the abuse, Van Bommel replied: “You need to open your ears.
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