He was the tragic figure of the English national team in the lost European Championship final against Italy (3-4 after penalties): Bukayo Saka (19). The young Arsenal star missed the decisive penalty and was then insulted in the worst racist manner on social media.
Now Saka breaks his silence!
The 19-year-old son of Nigerian parents writes on Twitter: “I knew immediately what kind of hatred I was going to receive. There is no place for racism or any kind of hatred in football or any other area of society. “
At the same time, he called on the platforms Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to do more against racism hatred: “I don’t want children or adults to receive such hateful and painful messages as I, Jadon or Marcus. It is the sad reality that these powerful platforms do too little against such news. “
His national team colleagues Jadon Sancho (22) and Marcus Rashford (23) were also racially insulted after their missed penalties in the European Championship final.
The Sturm-Juwel ends its statement with words of encouragement to all those who have spoken out against the racist news and closes with the words “Love will always win”.
And sporty, he followed up with a declaration of war: “I’m sorry that we didn’t make it home this year. But I promise that we will do everything we can so that this generation knows what it feels like to win. “
Next chance with England: at the end of next year at the World Cup in Qatar …
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