AIDOMO Emakhu scored on his Ireland under-21 debut – before their friendly against Kuwait was abandoned after alleged racist abuse.
Emakhu came on at half-time in the game in Austria and added to goals from Ollie O’Neill and Conor Carty to make it 3-0.
Shortly after that, one of the Ireland substitutes was allegedly racially abused by a Kuwaiti player, leading to Jim Crawford’s side walking off the pitch.
The Football Association of Ireland posted on Twitter: “The FAI regrets to announce that today’s U21 international against Kuwait has been abandoned after a racist remark was made by a Kuwaiti player towards one of our substitutes.
“The FAI does not tolerate any racism towards any of our players or staff and will be reporting this serious matter to FIFA and UEFA.”
There was another incident in a game between New Zealand and Qatar, also played in Austria.
New Zealand Football said: “Michael Boxall was racially abused during the first half of the game by a Qatari player.
“No official action was taken so the team have agreed not to come out for the second half of the match.”
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