Written by Andrew Coppens at Bloguin
Racism in Eastern Europe has been a huge problem in the land of soccer and in the general public. Claims of racist abuse, attacks and threats are common place — and a sad commentary on those countries’ footballing culture.
UEFA has tried to combat the racism seen across stadiums throughout the continent with a “No to Racism” campaign across all of its platforms. It also has handed down numerous stadium bans and even forced games to be played behind closed doors due to racism by certain groups of fans.
Last week in the Champions League saw Chelsea take on Dynamo Kiev in the Ukrainian city of Kiev, and there was a sad incident of four black Dynamo fans being attacked by their fellow fans. According to a report in The Mirror, the video of the attack has sparked a major controversy and UEFA is looking in to what disciplinary actions it could or will take.
Often teams try to self-police when these incidents happen, including Chelsea, who banned for life those who were caught on video in an ugly racist incident in Paris last year. So, it should be no surprised that Dynamo Kiev and the stadium are looking to find ways to mitigate any further racist action by fans.
Except, they have a very unique and completely insane idea for handling the issue — segregation.
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