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Sparta Prague players sent to train with women's team after making sexist remarks

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:36 p.m. ET

Aaron West

Sparta Prague players Tomas Koubek and Lukas Vacha have been told to train with the club’s women’s team after insulting a female assistant referee during a match against Zbrojovka Brno.

According to a report in AS, their match last Sunday ended in a 3-3 draw with Brno, and Sparta players were incensed with referee’s assistant Lucie Ratajova after she failed to call an offside in stoppage time, leading to a Brno equalizer.

After the match, Czech international keeper Koubek and midfielder Vacha went on a tirade, with Koubek making the deplorable comment that: “Women should be in the kitchen, not officiating a game played by men.”

In response, Sparta's director general Adam Kotalik told Czech newspaper Lidove noviny that “The players will spend several days with the club’s female side so that they can be made aware that women have plenty of worth outside the kitchen."

The president of the Czech Football Federation, Miroslav Pelta, also moved to distance themselves from the players' actions, calling the comments “unacceptable.”

Both players have since apologized, putting their comments down to the heat of the moment. Koubek took to social media, posting a picture of his wife and daughter with the caption: “Immediately after the game I said something that saddens me and I would like to ask forgiveness from all women. I love my girls and want them to achieve in life something we will be proud."

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