The host England team lost to Italy in the final of Europe’s most prestigious football competition Euro Cup. His dream of winning the Euro Cup once again remained unfulfilled.
For the first time after winning the World Cup in 1966, the England team reached the final of a major competition.
England’s players looked disheartened, disappointed and desperate after the defeat in front of some 60,000 spectators at London’s famous Wembley Stadium. Many players were so emotional that they could not control their tears. Especially in that situation when England’s team scored a goal within two minutes and took the lead over Italy.
The final match was decided in a penalty shootout, as the score was tied at 1–1 after extra time. England’s team could score only two goals out of five in the penalty shoot-out, while Italy won the title by scoring three goals.
Apart from England’s defeat and Italy’s victory, this final match was in discussion due to the hubbub and then racist comments of football fans. Before the start of the match, hundreds of people gathered outside Wembley Stadium created a ruckus, beat up and many entered without tickets.
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The scene outside Wembley Stadium was so chaotic that people had no idea what was happening there. At the same time, after the match, the players of England who missed the penalty came on target.
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed the penalty and people started targeting these three players on social media.
Rashford’s statement
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Marcus Rashford has issued a statement saying that he apologizes for missing the penalty, but will never apologize for what they are.
In his statement, 23-year-old Rashford said, “I can hear criticism for my performance all day. My penalty shot was not right. I should have scored. But I will never apologize for who and where I am.” I have come from. I feel proud to wear the England jersey. I feel very happy when my family members encourage me in a crowd of thousands of people.”
Rashford continued, “I’m Marcus Rashford, a 23-year-old black man from Withington, South Manchester. If I don’t have anything, this is it. Thank you for all the messages. I’ll be back stronger.”
A racist comment was written on a picture of him on the wall in Rashford’s hometown of Withington. However, it was later covered.
On Monday, England’s football team coach Gareth Southgate said that the racist comments made after losing the match were not pardonable. While Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association have also criticized it.
The Metropolitan Police has said that this will not be tolerated, the matter is being investigated. The UK Football Policing Unit is also investigating the matter.
Players, politicians and the royal family came out in support
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England captain Harry Kane has also said that those who made racist remarks against Rashford, Sancho and Saka are not fans of England and we do not need such people.
Harry Kane wrote on Twitter, “These players need cooperation and support, not the racist remarks that have been made since final night. If you are abusing someone on social media, you are an England fan. No, and we don’t need you.”
Defender Tyrone Mings also wrote on Twitter: “Wake up in the morning to see my brother being racially abused because he bravely led his country into this situation. It’s sick mentality, but it doesn’t surprise me either. “
He also criticized Home Minister Priti Patel. Last month, Priti Patel criticized the players who were kneeling on the field against racism and called it “politics of expression”.
England midfielder Kevin Phillips has said that he is deeply disappointed by the racist remarks made to his fellow players.
Europe’s football association UEFA has also criticized the racist comments made to the players and said that the organization is with the players.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also expressed support for the players and criticized the racist comments. He said, “He has brought happiness to this country, for those who are making racist remarks on him, I would say – shame on you.”
Before the start of the Euro Cup, the players of England were kneeling in the fight against racism. When the players of England did this during the practice matches, they were also hooted in the stadium. PM Boris Johnson is accused that he did not criticize it at that time.
At that time, Boris Johnson had said that he wanted the fans to support his team and encourage them. Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer criticized Johnson by saying that he did not have the courage to criticize it.
Prince William and Kate Middleton have also criticized the racist comments, saying it cannot be accepted. Formula One player Lewis Hamilton also expressed support for the players and said that more work remains to be done in this direction.
Statistics reveal the truth of racist abuse
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The Professional Footballers Association (PFA) has shared some statistics with Channel 4 in the UK. According to them, during the Euro Cup, about 850,000 tweets have been analyzed, which revealed…….
1. Of these, 1913 tweets were considered potentially abusive. Sancho, Saka, Rashford and Sterling were specifically targeted in these.
2. 167 posts deemed too risky for abuse
The PFA says that although many of these tweets were deleted, Twitter did not permanently close the accounts of people who made such tweets.
The association says that they found in their analysis that the way these four players were racially targeted during the Euro Finals, it was not even combined throughout the competition.
Twitter says that over a thousand posts have been deleted in the past 24 hours and many people’s accounts have been closed for violating the rules.
Facebook also recently said that it has announced tough measures for Instagram. He says that the accounts of those who send the wrong message can be permanently closed.
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