Rae may be disciplined for kicking opponent

ALEX RAE could face punishment after the UEFA confirmed yesterday they would look at video evidence of an incident which left a CSKA Moscow player concussed.

Television pictures showed the midfielder kick grounded opponent Serghei Dadu in the head during his side’s Champions League qualifying defeat in Russia on Tuesday night.

Rangers manager Alex McLeish immediately pleaded his player’s innocence after Dutch referee Jan Wegereef missed the incident. But European football’s governing body will review the evidence and a report from a UEFA delegate before deciding his fate.

CSKA coach Valeri Gazzayev called for the UEFA to take swift action and ban the former Wolves man from the return leg at Ibrox in a fortnight.

Rae claimed: “The ball was there and he put his head down between my foot and the ball. It looked worse than it was.”