10,000 children had been admitted to the stands in Prague and the shout echoed as soon as Rangers’ dark-skinned Finn Glen Kamara touched the ball, according to the BBC and the news agency AFP.
The match ended 1-0 to Sparta Prague, after Kamara received her second yellow card and was sent off with just over a quarter left.
This spring, Glen Kamara was subjected to racism when the Rangers met another Prague team, Slavia. Czech national team star Ondrej Kúdela was suspended for ten matches by the European Football Association Uefa after keeping his mouth shut and whispering something in Kamara’s ear. According to the Finn, these were “heinous racist violations”.
Grandstand brawl in Marseille
It was not only in Prague that the Europa League night was blacked out. In Marseille, the match between Olympique and Galatasaray was interrupted at the end of the first half when the fans threw things at each other, including pyrotechnics.
In London, Rapid Wien fans received a can of water thrown at them by West Ham fans and in Antwerp, a shot was fired near Eintracht Frankfurt’s goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, who was forced to receive treatment.
Sporty then?
Merino saved points
Real Sociedad will have to wait for the first victory after 1-1 at home against Monaco. Mikel Merino saved the point for the San Sebastián team, where the injured Alexander Isak was missing.
After two matches in the group stage, Real Sociedad is on two points, behind both PSV Eindhoven and Monaco on four.
In Naples, the home team went on the attack immediately at kick-off. It took eleven seconds before Eljif Elmas had given Napoli the lead against Spartak Moscow, but in the end there were still no points for the blue-clad. Spartak turned around and won 3-2 in a group that is unexpectedly topped by Legia Warsaw. Legia took the second straight victory when Leicester were defeated 1-0 at home, after a goal by Mahir Emreli after half an hour
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