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Rovers to make racism allegation Rovers get FA help over 'racism'
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Blackburn are set to make a formal complaint to Uefa after alleging striker Benni McCarthy was the victim of racist abuse in Poland on Thursday. The Football Association has vowed to help Blackburn pursue any allegations of racism against striker Benni McCarthy in a Uefa Cup tie on Thursday.
Boss Mark Hughes said McCarthy had been on the receiving end of abuse during the 2-1 Uefa Cup win at Wisla Krakow. Rovers have alleged McCarthy was the victim of racist abuse during Rovers' 2-1 victory against Wisla Krakow.
"Benni was upset at the end because a number of comments were made to him during the game," said Hughes. FA spokesman Adrian Bevington said: "If that is the case it is very disturbing. We treat these allegations seriously and we'll work with the club and Uefa."
"The comments were of a racist nature. We will speak to Uefa and make it clear to them who we think was involved." Rovers boss Mark Hughes said: "Comments of a racist nature were made to Benni."
It's unfortunate that this will overshadow a great performance Mark Hughes He added: "Benni was upset at the end because of these comments that were made to him during the game.
Blackburn got their Group E campaign off to a perfect start when David Bentley's last-minute goal earned them a hard-fought three points. "We will speak to Uefa and make it clear to them who we think was involved.
But Hughes admitted the result is not as important as the taunts allegedly suffered by his South African international striker. "I will speak to the Uefa delegate at some stage to make our point.
He added: "I will speak to the Uefa delegate at some stage to make our point.
"It's unfortunate that something like this will tend to overshadow a great performance.""It's unfortunate that something like this will tend to overshadow a great performance."
The Rovers manager was pleased to see his side come from a goal down to win but refused to get carried away. Bevington said the FA was keen to help Uefa stamp out racism across Europe after a spate of incidents over the past couple of years.
"It is too early to start saying we will go through to the next stage," he said. "Unfortunately we have seen the recent trend where when our clubs have gone away in Europe or the national side has gone away, we've seen them encounter situations of racism," he said.
"Wisla are a decent side and will make it difficult for other teams, but we felt we had the quality to create chances and that's how it turned out. "We'll wait and see what Blackburn have to say, I'm sure they will be in contact with us if that was the case."
"We were a bit slow with our passing in the first half but we created more chances later in the game.
"I am delighted to have won and now we need to take this form into our home games."