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Disgraceful scenes

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19944974

Stuart Pearce's England U21 side qualified for Euro 2013 with victory in Serbia but the tie was marred by ugly scenes at the final whistle.
Connor Wickham's 90th minute-winner sparked a series of scuffles between players and staff on both sides as missles were thrown onto the field.
England's Danny Rose was sent off as the players clashed but appeared to indicate he had been racially abused.
The 1-0 victory takes England through to a fourth straight major tournament.
 
BBC Sport commentator Alistair Bruce-Ball in Serbia:"After England scored their second goal their players went off to celebrate. They have no supporters in the ground so clearly they were going to be celebrating in front of some Serbia fans. Those fans took exception.

"Danny Rose got separated from the group and then he clearly got involved in a slanging match with some spectators. He felt he was being racially abused and there was stuff being thrown at him. Then some of the Serbian players and staff piled in - they didn't like Rose having a go at their fans. Then it turned into a mass brawl.

"England very sensibly tried to get off the pitch as quickly as they could. Danny Rose was actually sent off and as he left the pitch he was mimicking a monkey by sticking his arms underneath his armpits. He was very clearly making the point that it was very clever, this racial abuse.

"We are going to see quite how hard, or not, Uefa come down on this. I have never seen anything quite like that."
 

They should rescind that second yellow for Rose immediately and Serbia should be banned from international competition for four years.

An absolute disgrace.
 
Serbian FA should be severely reprimanded. Under 21's were disgraceful.

Serbian U-17s, however, are AWESOME.
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