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Milner hopes for Uefa action
By Mark Buckingham - Created on 18 Jun 2007
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James Milner hopes Uefa will take action following allegations of racism in England Under 21s' victory over Serbia.

England advanced to the semi-finals of the European Under 21 Championship with a 2-0 win over Serbia, but the success was overshadowed by a racism row.

Nedum Onuoha and Justin Hoyte were booed by fans in Nijmegen, while there have been accusations of a tunnel bust-up between the two teams after the final whistle.

Milner feels it is not his place to suggest a punishment for Serbia, but he feels Uefa does need to look into the incidents.

"That's not for me to say," Milner told Sky Sports News when asked if Serbia should be kicked out of the tournament.

"That's for the people at Uefa, or whoever sorts these things out, to sit down and talk about it, listen to the tapes, look at what happened, listen to the players and get information from everyone before making a decision.

"It's not my place to come out and say that.

"It's not right and it shouldn't be in the game. Hopefully some action will be taken."

The winger's Under 21 team-mate Mark Noble feels this type of incident can happen in international football.

Noble said: "Things were said which obviously Justin wasn't quite happy with.

"That's what happens in international football, you've just got to take it on the chin and rise above it.

"If we see them in the final we hope to put that behind us."

bice malo finale,isto je..

Young Lions rise above chaos
By Tom Adams - Created on 17 Jun 07

England ensured their progression to the European Under 21 Championship semi-finals with a stormy 2-0 win over Serbia in Nijmegen.

Reading striker Leroy Lita put Stuart Pearce's side ahead inside five minutes, but the real action occurred in the second half when Matt Derbyshire came on to score a controversial second.

With a Serbian defender lying injured on the floor, the striker played on to fire home, provoke a prolonged row between both sets of players, and take England through to the last four at Italy's expense.

In the dying seconds of a bad natured encounter, Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone was shown a red card to rule him out of the semi-final, apparently for foul and abusive language.

The Group B encounter also witnessed unsavoury scenes in the stands as the announcer in Nijmegen was forced to appeal to Serbia fans to stop targeting England defender Nedum Onuoha with racist abuse.

After just five minutes, Lita's action-packed tournament continued when Steven Taylor headed a James Milner free-kick back across goal.

Luckily for the Reading man, he did not add to his catalogue of misses and bundled home a header from two yards out for his second strike of the tournament.

England were inches away from doubling their lead on 12 minutes when Kieran Richardson - in for the suspended Ashley Young - swung in a free-kick, but after the ball flicked off Nigel Reo-Coker's back it skimmed over the bar.

Serbia were largely limited to long range efforts in the early stages and Nikola Petkovic saw an ambitious free-kick easily claimed by Scott Carson - making a record 28th appearance for the England Under 21 side.

The Liverpool keeper was also equal to a deflected shot from Predrag Pavlovic after 37 minutes in what was becoming a somewhat uncomfortable end to the first-half for England in Nijmegen.

Serbian defender Gojko Kacar also rose above Lita from a corner with a minute to go, but could not steer his header on target and England retained their slender advantage at the break.

On 55 minutes, Milner forced Serbian keeper Aleksander Kesic into a flying save from a free-kick and, as play quickly transferred to the other end of the pitch, only an excellent stop from Carson prevented Djordje Ivelja from equalising.

As the pressure mounted on the England goal, Carson continued to impress when clasping Slobodan Rajkovic's half-volley as Pearce's men pushed their luck.

Lita almost produced a moment of genius to give his side a two-goal cushion though, as the Reading striker saw his acrobatic bicycle kick tipped wide by the alert Kesic.

Despite his inventive effort, Lita was sacrificed for Derbyshire as the game began to turn Serbia's way, and the Blackburn forward made an immediate, and controversial, impact on the game.

With a Serbian defender on the floor and signalling for treatment, Derbyshire invoked the fury of England's opponents when he took advantage of the prone Rajkovic to collect Richardson's through-ball and fire past the keeper.

Serbia felt incensed by Derbyshire's ruthlessness and hounded the striker and his team-mates as a lengthy shoving match ensued. Milner was booked for his part in the ruckus, and Kacar followed the winger into the referee's notebook.

When both sides calmed down Petkovic rattled the post with a cross-cum-shot, and with seconds to go there was still time for Huddlestone to see red before Serbia threatened late on with a number of chances.

However, England held on amidst the chaos to book their place in the semi-finals.

Lita: Hoyte 'racially abused'
By Tom Adams - Created on 17 Jun 2007

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Leroy Lita alleged Justin Hoyte was the victim of racist abuse following England Under 21s' tumultuous 2-0 win over Serbia.

Stuart Pearce's side reached the semi-finals of the European Under 21 Championship with the victory in Nijmegen, but the headlines are likely to be dominated by events off the field.

The announcer in Nijmegen had to appeal to Serbia fans to stop levelling racist abuse at Nedum Onuoha in the first half, and both teams clashed in the tunnel after a controversial second goal from Matt Derbyshire.

Uefa could well act after receiving their delegate's report of the game, and Lita has given them further food for thought by claiming that Arsenal defender Hoyte was the subject of racist abuse in the tunnel.

"Yeah there was [something racial said in the tunnel], to Justin, so he wasn't very happy and Justin is a quiet lad," Lita told Sky Sports after the final whistle.

"There is no need for that, we are here playing in the tournament, everyone just wants to enjoy themselves and there is no need for that.

"But we will forget about it, we are through and we will think about Wednesday.

"We can't worry about things like that. We knew they were going to do something in the end, so it was a bit unfortunate that we got into that but the lads reacted well.

"Justin took a lot of stick and he is not very happy but as I said to him we can't worry about things like that, you just move on."

Manchester City defender Onuoha also stated that he was aware of racist abuse spilling from the stands in Nijmegen.

"I was [aware of it] but it didn't stop me playing the game, I think Uefa will deal with it and I will just carry on," said Onuoha.

"I've had it before in the past, I suppose the world is a changing place, maybe it will eventually stop, but until then we just have to deal with it."

A Uefa spokesman added: "We will be waiting to receive the delegate's report before instigating any disciplinary proceedings.

"Uefa condemn all types of discrimination and have a series of disciplinary measures which can be imposed to help combat such unacceptable behaviour."

Pearce: We are above abuse
By Tom Adams - Created on 17 Jun 2007

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Stuart Pearce spoke of his disappointment at racist abuse directed towards Nedum Onuoha, but insisted his side would rise above the controversy to focus on their semi-final with Holland.

Onuoha - Pearce's former charge at Manchester City - was subjected to racist abuse from Serbian fans in Nijmegen, and goalscorer Leroy Lita alleged after the game that Justin Hoyte had also been targeted in the tunnel.

Whilst registering his unhappiness at the incidents, Pearce called on his side to put the row behind them and make it a summer to remember in the European Under 21 Championship.

"I didn't hear it myself but obviously the people on the bench heard it [abuse towards Onuoha]," Pearce told Sky Sports. "There is no doubt about that.

"It's very, very disappointing, The FA have to do whatever they deem necessary to do.

"I think one or two things were said, but as far as we are concerned, as a group of people, we feel we are above that to be quite honest with you.

"We have got out of the group, we have kept a clean sheet and we have won 2-0 in a game that lacked a bit of 'oomph'. We like to feel as though the incident is put to bed.

"The score is 2-0, we have reached the semi-final and that is all we are concentrating on.

"We have two matches left this summer hopefully, and we have to win both of them, I'm delighted with the players' input today."

Both sets of players also clashed on the field after Matt Derbyshire infuriated the Serbian side by scoring the second goal whilst a defender lay injured on the turf.

However, Pearce defended his striker to the hilt at the end of a controversial night in Nijmegen.

"Serbia were disappointed, they felt we should have kicked the ball out of play but I don't think Matty's actually seen the lad down," Pearce added.

"If he has seen him down, then in the Premier League we are told to keep playing and the referee deals with that, if he had seen him he might have put it out."

Blackburn Rovers striker Derbyshire insisted he did not see the Serbian player lying injured, as he was so focused on claiming the second goal of the game.

"To be honest with I didn't see the player on the floor, all I was looking at was Kieran [Richardson] and bending my run into goal so I didn't see him there," said Derbyshire.

"At the end of the day I played on to the whistle and luckily we got through to the semi-final. At the end of the day as a professional footballer, even in training, you carry on playing until the whistle blows, definitely."

Derbyshire also admitted he knew nothing of allegations he had been spat at in the tunnel ruckus that erupted after the final whistle, adding: "No I didn't have a clue. It's just handbags, people don't like to lose, they are sore losers and that's about it really."

England U21	Team Statistics	Serbia U21
2	Goals	0
1	1st Half Goals	0
3	Shots on Target	7
5	Shots off Target	9
1	Blocked Shots	5
3	Corners	7
13	Fouls	16
2	Offsides	0
1	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
65.1	Passing Success	76.2
26	Tackles	20
76.9	Tackles Success	80
47.7	Possession	52.3
47.3	Territorial Advantage	52.7

E sad, ne bi me iznenadilo da nas izbace, kada god smo kalkulisali bili smo najebali, mogli smo ladno ove drljive kolonizatore da rasturimo sa vise od pet golova...

P.S. i ja nerazumem cemu tolika zaletanja ako nemas nameru da mu razbijes glavu?