RUSSIAN CLUB CSKA Moscow were handed a partial stadium ban by UEFA due to racist abuse of Manchester City’s Yaya Toure in a Champions League match.
In a statement, UEFA said that their disciplinary body had ordered the closure of Sector D of CSKA’s Arena Khimki for the club’s next Champions League game against Germany’s Bayern Munich on November 27.
“The fight against racism is a high priority for UEFA. The European governing body has a zero tolerance policy towards racism and discrimination on the pitch and in the stands,” UEFA said.
Silly red card for Murphy. Real obvious cheap shot.
@Kevin: aye, total brain fart. Right in front of the ref and nowhere near the ball carrier. Dafty.
@Kevin: don’t think they was his intention, think he was looking for a shoulder to shoulder with McCormick and bump him away from the ruck, instead McCormick got square to him, and it ended up being a shoulder to the mush. But an unnecessary risk for a lad who’d already had a yellow…
Early days and don’t want to the the42 guy but I’m not sure on Iaone. He impressed in the first game but since then …
@Reggordon: yeah he’s in and out of games , prefer Carty or Forde ahead of him
@Reggordon: From a forwards perspective there’s nothing worse than your 10 finding 5 yards from the boot.
Iaone is a spoofer I hate to say. He’s not at thus level. Von need to go looking again and maybe coax a Byrne over west?? Mac was so, So, poor especially in D, I would’ve subbed him. Full back not impressing either.
Murphy is electric and Boyle is the real deal. Others get a C grade.
Josh Murphy is some player. Leinster look foolish to have let him go, McGrath and Foley (who was poor in SA with EI) look like slim cover for JGP
@Andrew Slazenger: presume you meant Ben Murphy, not Josh.
@Andrew Slazenger: how Cormac Foley got the start in the last EI game ahead of Devine I’ll never understand, not a patch on Devine as a player. But he wears Blue, so ya know, the Connacht lad has to be more than twice as good…
@Barry Ward: Ah my mistake! Josh was in my head due to the red card
Iaone has now put 2 kicks into the dead ball zone in the dying minutes of winnable games. Totally unacceptable. His dead ball and place kicking isn’t good enough at this level. Forde, who is an excellent kicker, was on the pitch. This Connacht back line looks amazing on paper but, strangely, of the starters, only Ben Murphy looked like a match winner.