SLAVIA PRAGUE keeper Ondrej Kolar has lashed out at Rangers striker Kemar Roofe after he suffered a fractured skull in a challenge during the now-notorious Europa League clash and claimed he knew what he was doing.

And he's questioned why the Ibrox hitman didn't apologise to him personally after revealing he was inundated with messages of hate from Rangers fans on social media.
Kolar returned to action within three weeks of the Last 16 incident where he was felled after Roofe's challenge which saw him sent off, before later allegations of racism and physical attacks emerged during and after the second leg tie.

Roofe later insisted he felt guilty about what happened to Kolar and stressed: "The tackle looks bad, it is bad for the goalkeeper. It hurt him a lot.

"But it was not on purpose at all. I received a ball over the top from Connor Goldson and with the speed we play at, you can't move out the way or prevent things from happening. It was literally a bad accident.

"People that know me, they know I'm not that type of player or person. I never go on the pitch to fight or hurt somebody. All I want to do is play well and help the team win games. That's what I was trying to do."

But Roofe's remorse didn't impress Kolar, who will have to wear a head guard for the rest of his career.

Speaking for the first time about the incident, he said: "I read what he said. He said he was first to the ball, but he didn't add that he kicked it out of my hand, collided with my leg and hit me on the head.

"He saw me the whole time.

"Anyone who has ever kicked a ball knows that the foot can always be pulled down. It's a game of football, it shouldn't be about my health.

"If I ever met him again I'd say nothing. I'd wait for him to see if he apologised and asked about my health.

"I waited for Roofe to write me a message on Instagram for example. Instead, I read hate messages from Rangers fans, 'he should have kicked your head in'...'he should have broken your spine.'

"I know things aren't good between Slavia and Rangers right now, but that?

"I was disappointed that Roofe did not apologise through the media. I'm not vindictive, I don't need him to give me something back, but he should think more because maybe the next time, he could ruin someone's life."

And Kolar, in an interview in homeland publication, iDNES, admitted he wanted to play on after the incident despite the horrific injuries and revealed what happened after the powderkeg clash.

He said: "Unfortunately, I remember everything. I got the kick to my face and the physios came on. I told them to put a couple of stitches in me and I'll play on.

"They then told me my game was over. I didn't feel any pain although I saw there was a lot of blood flowing on my gloves and on the pitch. But I thought they would put some stitches in and I could carry on. It wasn't until they showed me the gaping wound in my head I knew my game was over.

"When I was on the bench, I started to feel really sick and I didn't notice much about what was going on.

"We had to persuade them to let me get off the pitch at the end, the UEFA delegate had to step in. I just wanted to get back to the hotel and lie down. The delegate had to argue with the security guards to let me go.

"My nose was bleeding at the hotel, I had blood in my mouth, I was afraid if I had internal bleeding, so an ambulance came for me, but the bleeding was only because I had broken my nose as well."

And the keeper admits he was touched by the way Arsenal treated him before the quarter-finals first leg last week where he made a surprise comeback.

He said: "Before the match, their captain Hector Bellerin and keeper Bernd Leno came to see me even though the ref didn't want to allow it for safety reasons.

"Leno shook my hand and asked me how I was and said, 'don't worry, you're safe from us.'

"When I went for a high ball, not one of their players tried to push me or hit me. They showed they are professionals.

"I'm not completely fine yet. The fracture of the nose won't heal for nine weeks and I have a scar over my eyebrows which will probably stay there forever. It's a mess, but it's turned out well.

"Obviously, I have to wear the head guard forever. I have the same agents as Petr Cech and he told me that if I needed anything or required any equipment, just to call him. That pleased me."