Euro 2020: British Police to investigate case of racial abuse against England players

The England’s Football Association (FA) on Monday condemned the racial abuse against its footballers, who missed out on penalties during the Euro 2020 final against Italy late on Sunday night.

England and Italy were 1-1 after extra time however, the latter won the shootout 3-2, with England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who are all Black, missing spot-kicks.

“The FA strongly condemns all forms of discrimination and is appalled by the online racism that has been aimed at some of our England players on social media,” the FA statement said.

“We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team. We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.”

Meanwhile, the England team also condemned the abuse directed at its players on social media stating: “We’re disgusted that some of our squad — who have given everything for the shirt this summer — have been subjected to discriminatory abuse online after tonight’s game.”

On the other hand, the British police said they would investigate the posts.

“We are aware of a number of offensive and racist social media comments being directed towards footballers following the #Euro2020 final,” the Metropolitan Police tweeted.

“This abuse is totally unacceptable, it will not be tolerated and it will be investigated,” it added.

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