STEVEN GERRARD has expressed his disappointment after UEFA ruled that Sparta Prague had no case to answer for the abuse directed towards Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara last month.
Kamara was repeatedly targeted with boos and jeers during Rangers' Europa League defeat in the Czech Republic and was harshly sent off as Gerrard's side lost 1-0 in the Group A fixture.
The Finnish internationalist will be suspended for the visit of Brondby on Thursday as Rangers attempt to get their continental campaign back on track at Ibrox.
But UEFA this week ruled that no further action will be taken against Sparta for the conduct of their home crowd, the majority of which was made up of 10,000 local schoolchildren following the racist abuse of Monaco star Aurelius Tchouameni earlier this season.
“Yeah, probably a bit of both,” Gerrard said when asked if he was surprised or disappointed at the decision from UEFA.
“I have said it before and I will say it again, I don’t think the punishments are big enough for this type of stuff, not just in this game and in terms of the Glen incident.
“As a whole, I don’t think the punishments for racism are enough and that is the reason why it won’t be totally eradicated out of the game any time soon.
“We will miss Glen, he is a good player and in an ideal situation we would have him available. We need to use this as a rest for Glen because he has played an awful lot of football with the international games and he always plays full games when he is away.
“We have used him a lot so we need to try and use it as a positive now that he is not available and try and get him a rest and have him fit and fresh for the weekend.”
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