UEFA to probe Bernabeu incidents

UEFA will consider television evidence and “other information” before deciding whether to take action against Real Madrid for the racist chanting which marred the Champions League tie against Bayer Leverkusen.

Sections of the Bernabeu crowd are alleged to have made monkey chants towards Leverkusen’s Brazilian defender Roque Junior while television cameras caught a small group of Madrid supporters making Nazi salutes.

Neither incident was included in the referee’s report but UEFA are still set to investigate.

European football’s governing body said in a statement today: “During the Group B game at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, fans were seen making Nazi salutes while racist chanting was heard, directed at Leverkusen’s black players.”

The incidents came just a week after England’s black players were racially abused at the Bernabeu during the international friendly against Spain.