Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela continues to deny making a racist slur to Rangers ace Glen Kamara, despite being found guilty by Uefa.
The Czech Republic international was hit with 10-game fine yesterday and will miss the European Championships this summer as a result.
Kamara and his Gers team-mates reacted with fury to the incident last month, with the Finland star later alleging he was called a “ f****** monkey”.
In a statement via law firm Urban & Hejduk, Kudela still strongly denies those claims.
He said: "I am surprised that the UEFA Disciplinary Committee has reached a different conclusion than its inspector before.
"According to him, there was no convincing evidence for the accusation of racism against me, which I continue to reject.
"In retrospect, I realise that it was a mistake to go to Glen Kamara at all and say anything to him. There were emotions in the match and unfortunately I can't take it back now. I'm so sorry."
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