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Three strikes? It has to be zero tolerance

- Interviews by Kieran Gill, Claire Bloomfield, Nathan Salt and Tom Collomosse PAUL INCE 53 ENGLAND CAPS FROM 1992-2000

I KNOW UEFA had their protocol of one strike, two strikes, three strikes and you’re out, but racism should be zero tolerance. It felt to me like a boxer and you get two free hits in the face and, on the third one, you are allowed to respond. I wasn’t sure why we were waiting for the first one and the second one and even the third one in the second half. You could still hear the chants, it wasn’t as prevalent as in the first-half but it was still there. There has to be a stronger deterrent than minimal fines and temporary stadium closures. It can’t just be about fining them £50,000 or £100,000, that’s not a deterrent for me. The only way UEFA can do that with these teams is getting them banished from playing in European competitio­ns.

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