The FAI stated that 'a racist remark was made by a Kuwaiti player towards one of our substitutes'.
IRELAND U21s’ match in Austria this afternoon was abandoned after one of the Irish substitutes was allegedly racially abused.
Ireland had been leading the friendly game 3-0 thanks to goals from Conor Carty, Ollie O’Neill Aidomo Emakhu before the encounter came to a halt unexpectedly in the second half. Last March, the FAI condemned “vile and horrific racist abuse aimed at players from our Men’s U15 international squad on multiple social media outlets”.No official action was taken so the team have agreed not to come out for the second half of the match.Meanwhile, a second such incident took place this evening when an international friendly between New Zealand and Qatar was abandoned in Austria on Monday after the former claimed one of their players was racially abused by an opponent.
“The facts are the following. Apparently two players on the pitch exchanged words,” Queiroz told Qatari sports channel Alkass.
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