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We are beyond that now though. We just have to hope that racism doesn't haunt this tournament but that, if it does, the response is strong. The players need the support of Uefa and the football authorities need the support of the police.

— Ruud Gullit

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If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.

A year?” I ask, when such sums are paid often on a weekly basis in football.

Players shouldn't just keep quiet and play on like in my day.

The people are getting really angry, and they have the right to be angry. But we don't want the looting or fighting, people have to stand up together.

We are all human, we have to think like that. There has to be universal love for all people, that is the only thing that needs to be changed in people's mentality.

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