Ondrej Kudela breaks two-year Rangers racism silence to brand ban 'ridiculous' and STILL refuses to admit guilt

Czech defender Ondrej Kudela has finally broken a two-year silence on his infamous clash with Rangers star Glen Kamara and claimed his eventual punishment was 'ridiculous’.

Kudela, 36, is now playing in Indonesia after the aftermath of the 2021 Europa League last-16 clash at Ibrox when the then-Slavia Prague player was eventually banned for racist abuse of Kamara which caused the Czech international to miss Euro 2020. He finally dropped his long-running appeal last year against his ten-match ban imposed on him by UEFA and apologised for approaching Kamara, but refused to give interviews.

He also discovered he would not face criminal charges in Scotland relating to the incident. Slavia Prague president Jaroslav Tvrdik revealed the case cost his club upwards of £500,000 in lawyers fees before he eventually dropped the appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland and was quietly transferred to Persija Jakarta. However, in a Czech TV interview, Kudela has finally given his side of events and again refused to confirm he made racist remarks or apologise for the incident.

He said: "I got a punishment I didn't expect to get. Compared to the punishments they got, it was ridiculous. I don't know if I would have done anything any other way. Their player passed by me and it didn't feel like I was doing something terrible, but it turned out that way. I missed a lot of games, nice games, including the Euros.

"It changed me mentally. There was a lot of pressure, as soon as you opened any website it was jumping all over the place and everyone was asking questions about it. I was counting on it and preparing my loved ones for it because as soon as they turned on the TV, it was the main topic everywhere. For a while, I