Racist can help England win
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England will be awarded a 3-0 win by UEFA if their players suffer racist abuse in Macedonia tomorrow night.
Ashley Cole and Emile Heskey were subjected to sickening monkey chants in England's 2-1 Euro 2004 qualifier win in Skopje three years ago.
Flags of St George were also burnt on the terraces while David Beckham was told by one of their players 'You're going to die tonight."
Macedonia were fined £11,000 but UEFA chief William Gaillard said: "Macedonia risk losing the game 3-0 if their supporters misbehave.
"There are fines, suspension, ground closure and the loss of points and the match itself for serious offences.
"There were serious breaches three years ago but a lot of good work has been done since then. We hope the mixture of education and threats will deter people from behaving badly.
"But the fact there have been incidents before will be a factor as recurrence will be punished severely."
There will be 400 police at the game with a dozen officers from Scotland Yard.
A Macedonia spokesman admitted: "We are not absolutely confident it won't happen again."
Ashley Cole and Emile Heskey were subjected to sickening monkey chants in England's 2-1 Euro 2004 qualifier win in Skopje three years ago.
Flags of St George were also burnt on the terraces while David Beckham was told by one of their players 'You're going to die tonight."
Macedonia were fined £11,000 but UEFA chief William Gaillard said: "Macedonia risk losing the game 3-0 if their supporters misbehave.
"There are fines, suspension, ground closure and the loss of points and the match itself for serious offences.
"There were serious breaches three years ago but a lot of good work has been done since then. We hope the mixture of education and threats will deter people from behaving badly.
"But the fact there have been incidents before will be a factor as recurrence will be punished severely."
There will be 400 police at the game with a dozen officers from Scotland Yard.
A Macedonia spokesman admitted: "We are not absolutely confident it won't happen again."
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