Swearing Dailly avoids rap

Christian Dailly refused to apologise to his German opponents

Christian Dailly looks certain to avoid disciplinary action for his four-letter tirade against the Germans live on BBC television.

The Scotland defender could be heard berating his Euro 2004 rivals as "cheats" and "divers" while manager Berti Vogts was being interviewed on BBC Scotland after Scotland's 2-1 defeat in Dortmund.

But Swedish referee Anders Frisk's report does not mention the comments and, so far, there has been no complaint from Germany's football association.

A Uefa spokesman told BBC Sport that action was unlikely as the comments had been made "in the heat of the moment".

Dailly had been angered by what he viewed as play-acting by his side's Group 5 opponents.

The West Ham United defender calmed down sufficiently to be interviewed himself and called for a clampdown on the cheating that he claims is infesting international football.

The Scotland players are honest and we take pride in that Scotland defender Christian Dailly

"Something has to be done, whether it is by the referee or by Fifa," he said, before apologising to television viewers but not his German opponents.

"Until something is done, nothing is going to change.

"We will play our type of football, which is the best type of football.

"Of course you get agitated and frustrated. But, if you book someone once for it, they will stop it.

"Until someone clamps down on it, it will keep happening. The Scotland players are honest and we take pride in that.

"We have grown up playing football in Scotland and you just don't see that sort of thing happening."

Beaten Scots take heart

Dailly was convinced that German players acted unsportingly during a match in which substitute Maurice Ross was sent off for two bookable offences.

Tempers flared throughout the second half at the Westfalen Stadium and Swedish referee Anders Frisk twice found himself trying to break up a mob of feuding players.

Dailly accused Germany left-back Tobias Rau of making a meal of the challenge that earned Ross his second yellow card.

But Scotland manager Berti Vogts suggested that Ross had been rash.

"It has become obvious that international football is very physical and this has been an important experience for my players," he said.

There were several heated exchanges between the players

"As for Maurice Ross and the red card he was given, you should not go into that kind of tackle when you have only been on the field a few minutes, but it will only add to his experience.

"Christian Dailly's comments should not be taken too seriously as they were said in the heat of the moment.

"And I have always told my players not to be angry with the referee. The referee has a very hard job. Maybe it was not his best day, but not every player or coach has a good day."

Germany coach Rudi Voller had some sympathy for Ross and said: "I agree it was a rather tough decision.

"Maybe a tackle like that would go unpunished in Scotland, but it does on the continent.

"It did deserve yellow cards so the red was the logical consequence."

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