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		</div><p>Racist abuse should result in instant action being taken and not allow any more opportunities of further discrimination, according to Watford captain Troy Deeney.</p>
<p>Bulgaria were fined €75,000 and ordered to play their next competitive home game behind closed doors, with a further match suspended for two years, following the racist behaviour of their fans during the Euro 2020 qualifier against England on October 14.</p>
<p>Under the current UEFA guidelines for abuse during matches, the anti-racism protocol has three steps, which include the game being stopped and a public address announcement being made.</p>
<p>On Sunday, Brescia striker Mario Balotelli was set to walk off at Verona following racist chants from a section of the home support, before eventually being persuaded to play on.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Watford confirmed the club had reported racist abuse directed at defender Christian Kabasele to Hertfordshire Constabulary.</p>
<p>The Belgian had earlier flagged up the abusive post as part of Watford’s ‘#BuzzOff’ campaign, which calls out discrimination on social media.</p>
<p>In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Deeney revealed he had been subjected to a “barrage of abuse” online and it was time to make a stand.</p>
<p>Reflecting on UEFA’s anti-racism protocol, the Watford striker said: <em>“Is that a good way of tackling the problem? Are we going to say now that it’s OK to do it three times?</em></p>
<p><em>“We are teaching kids now that you are getting three strikes and you are out.”</em></p>
<p>Deeney reflected on the “non-stop” abuse he received.</p>
<p><em>“I’ve had it in the past at certain grounds where you get racial abuse and you get targeted,”</em> the striker said.</p>
<p><em>“Naturally I’m the pantomime villain with how I play, and I do like to engage with the fans and have a bit of banter, but sometimes it can overstep the boundaries.”</em></p>
<p>Deeney added: <em>“There will be at least six to 10 comments I have to take down. It’s more on pictures of your kids, pictures of your partner.</em></p>
<p><em>“People are putting ‘you black such and such’, ‘you monkey emoji’, this, that and the other, or bananas and stuff like that.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s very difficult to ignore it as the man of the house, your aim is to protect them (your family), and you feel like you can’t.”</em></p>
<p>Deeney, who is working his way back to fitness after a knee injury, feels taking stern action is the only way to change mindsets.</p>
<p><em>“It’s at that point when you go: ‘What am I going to do? Am I going to stand and argue or am I going to make a stand?”</em> he said.</p>
<p><em>“I’m very aware there are a lot of kids who watch what we do, and if we don’t change that they’re going to expect it to be normal.”</em></p>
<p>Deeney insists what he does for a living should have no reflection on the issues of racism and how to resolve them.</p>
<p><em>“There is a wider problem because naturally people say footballers earn such a large amount of money, you should be able to deal with the abuse that comes with it,”</em> the Watford forward said.</p>
<p><em>“It is nonsense, because we are all humans at the end of the day.</em></p>
<p><em>“With the campaigning that we have started at Watford, we feel as though we are trying to show that players are human as well. We are people.”</em></p>
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