UEFA has said it is "aware of an incident" involving players of both sides from last night's Europa League game between Rangers and Slavia Prague.
Slavia Prague scored a 2-0 win over Steven Gerrard’s nine-man Rangers to progress to the last eight of the Europa League.
However, the game was overshadowed by a race storm in the 87th minute, with Kamara and his Ibrox team-mates reacting furiously after Kudela whispered an alleged offensive slur in the Finland midfielder’s ear.
The incident then spilled into a bitter post-match dispute, with Slavia chiefs claiming Kudela was “hit with fists” by Kamara during a bust-up in the tunnel.
A statement released by UEFA reads: "UEFA is aware of an incident which occurred in the tunnel after the end of the match and which involved some players of both teams.
"We are waiting to receive detailed reports of the match officials who were present at the game before commenting further."
It comes after Steven Gerrard insisted he would stand shoulder to shoulder with Light Blues midfielder Glen Kamara as he warned Uefa they could not afford to sweep an alleged racist comment “under the carpet”.
The Ibrox boss – who saw Kemar Roofe and Leon Balogun both sent off as goals from Nicolae Stanciu and Peter Olayinka sent the Czechs through – said: “I have a very, very strong relationship with Glen Kamara.
“Glen Kamara to me is one of my own, like the majority, all in that dressing room. I 100 per cent believe what he is saying in terms of the accusation.
“Other players around him heard it so I will stand toe to toe with Glen Kamara and I’ll deal with this however Glen wants to deal with it.
“I am proud of all my players, tonight showing solidarity and from the top of this club to the bottom we stand with the players. This situation is over to Uefa now. I just hope it doesn’t get brushed under the carpet.
“I feel angry. It’s extremely disappointing. There is too much of it happening around football. The Slavia player has caused this and he has also caused a situation like this to escalate even further because straight away you get the fans joining in and the racism grows and grows.
“Something needs to happen quickly. That is above me. But 100 per cent I stand beside Glen Kamara, whatever happens going forward.
“Uefa will take this upon them I’m sure they will speak to both players and we will let other people deal with it. All I can confirm is that my player tells me he was racially abused.”
However, Slavia Prague have rejected Rangers’ allegations of racism levelled against their defender Ondrej Kudela – and claim he was assaulted by Kamara following their explosive Ibrox showdown.
As Gerrard called for Uefa to take action on the racism allegations, Slavia officials hit back at Rangers’ claims, accusing the Ibrox club of “unprecedented malicious play”.
Gers had Kemar Roofe sent off for a shocking studs-first challenge to Slavia keeper Ondrej Kolar’s face – leaving the stopper with a huge head wound – while Leon Balogun also walked after collecting two bookings.
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In a statement, Prague bosses said: “The club denies the allegations of racism of one of the team captains Ondrej Kudela.
“Slavia resolutely denies the disgusting accusation of one of the team captains Ondrej Kudela of racist behaviour.”
The statement said that after one of “the brutal fouls”, Kudela spoke to one of the Rangers players. Kudela was quoted in the statement as saying: “I told him ‘You f***ing guy’. It was said in emotions, but I absolutely deny there was anything racist in those words.”
The statement continued: “Slavia players faced an unprecedentedly malicious play from their opponents. They have never experienced such play in any game they participated in the modern history of the European competitions.
“Many brutal tackles resulted in injuries of our players. Goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar travelled to a hospital with ten stitches on his head.
“After the end of the game, the team was not allowed to enter the dressing room.
“Ondrej Kudela was assaulted by player Kamara and hit with fists in the head with manager Steven Gerrard witnessing the incident.
“Even the UEFA representatives who were also present on the site of the incident were shocked by this behaviour.
“The team is now safe accompanied by the Scottish police.”
Police Scotland have been contacted for comment
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