- A Black
soccer player was booed by a crowd of 10,000 children after adults were banned from the game over racism. - Rangers' Glen Kamara was booed by the kids while he played against Sparta Prague of the Czech Republic.
- Six months ago, Kamara had been racially abused by Ondrej Kudela, who plays for rival club Slavia.
Glen Kamara was routinely booed by a stadium full of schoolchildren as Rangers was beaten in the Europa League by Sparta Prague - six months after he had been racially abused by a rival club's player.
Kamara was racially abused by Slavia Prague's Ondrej Kudela when the two side's met in March. The Czech defender was given a 10-game UEFA ban.
On Thursday night at the Letna Stadium, Kamara was booed when he touched the ball by a portion of the 10,000 fans in attendance - the majority of whom were schoolchildren.
The match was originally set to be played behind closed doors after Sparta was handed a fan attendance ban following racist abuse directed at French side Monaco's Aurelius Tchouameni during a Champions League qualifier in August.
But European soccer's governing body UEFA instead agreed for the game to be played in front of mainly schoolchildren and some accompanying adults.
The plan backfired, however, when many of the children started booing Kamara - who was one of several Black players in Rangers' side on the night - whenever he touched the ball.
"If they were targeting Glen, then it's extremely disappointing," said Rangers manager Steven Gerrard after the match. "If they're facts and that is the truth, I'm extremely disappointed - but not surprised.
"There needs to be more done. Not just myself, everyone across the world is asking for bigger and more extreme punishments in terms of racism. It needs to be eradicated.
"But until the powers that be do more and treat it more seriously, we're going to be dealing with these questions for a long time."
A statement from Kamara's lawyer Aamer Anwar read, per The Athletic: "I had hoped when I heard of the stadium closure of Sparta Prague that both Glen and other black players wouldn't have to put up with any abuse or racism and could just get on with playing football.
"But this evening should be an embarrassment for the Czech side that, despite their fans being banned, it still made little difference that the stadium was filled with 10,000 schoolchildren.
"A huge proportion of those children booed Glen's every touch of the ball along with every other black player for Rangers. Tonight shows yet again that Prague has a serious problem with racism & as usual UEFA is nowhere to be seen.
Kamara received a red card on the night as Rangers lost 1-0 courtesy of a first-half header from David Hancko.
The Finland international was booked in the first half for a foul on Michal Sacek before picking up a second yellow in the 74th minute for another foul on the same player.
"We feel a little bit hard done by that Glen's received a red for very little, really," said Gerrard.