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European football's governing body UEFA admit they need hard evidence from the English Football Association (FA) to follow up accusations that Germany players made racist remarks during Tuesday's under-21 European championship qualifying match against England.
England under-21 pair Micah Richards and Anton Ferdinand claim they were called 'monkeys' by Germany players during the match and the FA immediately lodged a complaint to UEFA.
Match referee Jaroslav Jara of the Czech Republic has filed his match report and UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said the evidence was inconclusive.
"We are now waiting on the complaint from the FA but we need hard evidence such as sound or video clips or a quote from a neutral witness," Gaillard said in Friday's edition of Tagesspiegel.
"Otherwise it is just one person's word against another. If that is the case we can not take action."
Werder Bremen striker Aaron Hunt, whose mother is English, was said to have been one of the German players involved but the player protested his innocence.
"I did not make any racist remarks," Hunt said. "Of course there were a lot of verbal attacks from both sides in the match but things like that happen in every game."
Germany also had a black player on the pitch in Hertha Berlin midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, whose father is from Ghana, and he rooms with Hunt.
England under-21 pair Micah Richards and Anton Ferdinand claim they were called 'monkeys' by Germany players during the match and the FA immediately lodged a complaint to UEFA.
Match referee Jaroslav Jara of the Czech Republic has filed his match report and UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said the evidence was inconclusive.
"We are now waiting on the complaint from the FA but we need hard evidence such as sound or video clips or a quote from a neutral witness," Gaillard said in Friday's edition of Tagesspiegel.
"Otherwise it is just one person's word against another. If that is the case we can not take action."
Werder Bremen striker Aaron Hunt, whose mother is English, was said to have been one of the German players involved but the player protested his innocence.
"I did not make any racist remarks," Hunt said. "Of course there were a lot of verbal attacks from both sides in the match but things like that happen in every game."
Germany also had a black player on the pitch in Hertha Berlin midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, whose father is from Ghana, and he rooms with Hunt.