Anti-racism body FARE have reported England to FIFA over the chants and the Football Association is awaiting official notification regarding the complaint. "You expect+accept banter from fans on the terraces as its part of what makes the game great,but racism is not banter,& from ya own fans. WOW," Ferdinand tweeted.FARE's executive director Piara Powar told the Press Association on Thursday: "Although we did not have observers at the match we have pulled together evidence sent to us including media comment and have passed that on to FIFA.Always a small minority who ruin it for others.I think that it's one of those things that is very subtle. We would say racism and other forms of discrimination is not always banana throwing and monkey chants. It can be very subtle and the people collating the reports believed it is strong enough to send on to FIFA.Let's not jump to conclusions + assume though as it might just have been banter. We'll see after the investigation.From the reports we have seen I personally think there was an undercurrent of race there, and other people have thought that it has been imbued with racist overtones.The Manchester United defender was vilified by fans after withdrawing from the England squad to play the game because it did not fit in with his "intricate" and "pre-planned" training programme, although he then travelled to Qatar to commentate on England's 8-0 victory.
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