The English Football Association is concerned about the exposure of several English players to racism on social networks following the loss of England’s national team on Sunday in the European Championship final against Italy.
It has already been reported that on Sunday, in the final of the European Championship at Wembley Stadium, England conceded to Italy 1: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 11 m – 2: 3) in post-match strokes.
Marcus Resford, Jadeon Sancho and Bucayo Saka did not realize their post-match strokes.
The troika’s social media pages were quickly flooded with racist comments, forcing the FA to issue a statement condemning “disgusting behavior”.
“The FA strongly condemns all forms of discrimination and is concerned about online racism, which targets some of England’s national team players on social media,” an FA spokesman said.
“No one who hides behind such disgusting behavior is expected in the ranks of the team’s supporters. “We will do our best to support the injured players, while demanding the strictest penalties, if possible, for everyone responsible,” he continued.
The FA spokesman promised that the FA would continue to do its utmost to eradicate discrimination, and would ask the government to act swiftly and implement appropriate legislation, as these abusive attacks have consequences.
He also pointed out that social networking companies must also take responsibility and act to exclude abusive social network users from their platforms and gather evidence that can lead to criminal liability.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also condemned racist jumps against players.
“This English team deserves to be praised as its heroes, not to be racially attacked on social networks. The culprits should be ashamed of it, “said Johnson.
Police have also condemned “unacceptable” behavior, promising to investigate records of “offensive and racist” social networks.
The official Twitter account for England’s men’s and women’s soccer teams offered support to the injured players: “It’s disgusting that some of our teams who donated everything to the national team this summer have been subjected to discriminatory insults online after the final. We are with our players. ”
Twitter also said it has deleted more than 1,000 messages in the last 24 hours that violated the site’s policies, and has taken steps to permanently suspend several accounts.
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