Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, on Monday called on Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy to take steps to bar hundreds of potential troublemakers from attending this week's UEFA Cup tie between Paris Saint Germain and Panathinaikos. Delanoe was speaking amid fears of a repeat of ugly scenes that followed PSG's 4-2 UEFA Cup loss to Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv on November 23.

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