Prince William rejected racist insults against footballers
After the defeat, racism was unleashed in networks against the three players who missed the penalties.
Prince William's voice was loud and clear. And this time to address a hot topic. After Italy won Euro 2020 against England, in definition by penalties, the Duke of Cambridge, through his Twitter account, spoke out to condemn the 'racist abuse' to which some of the England players were being subjected .
While in Italy they will reward their players with € 250 thousand euros for winning the Euro. In England, racism was unleashed on social media against the three players who failed in the penalty shootout.
Following the loss, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, three of the team's black players who participated in the penalty shootout, received a barrage of hateful comments.
"I am disgusted by the racist abuse directed at England players after the game. It is totally unacceptable that the players have to put up with this abominable behavior," the father of three said in a statement via Twitter. "It must stop now and everyone involved must be held accountable," added the president of the Football Association of England.
You can all hold your head up and be so proud of yourself, I know there is more to come.
Despite the team's defeat, William made known his support for the team. "England, everyone has come this far, but sadly this time it was not our day," he tweeted shortly after he finished the tournament. "You can all hold your head up and be so proud of yourself, I know there is more to come."
London police said they were investigating the posts. "They will not be tolerated and will be investigated," he said on Twitter.
On his part, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also denounced the "racist insults" against three footballers on Monday.
Despite the team's defeat, William made known his support for the team. "England, everyone has come this far, but sadly this time it was not our day," he tweeted shortly after the tournament ended. "You can all hold your head up and be so proud of yourself, I know there is more to come."
London police said they were investigating the posts. "They will not be tolerated and will be investigated," he said on Twitter.
On his part, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also denounced the "racist insults" against three footballers on Monday.
"This England team deserves to be treated as a hero and not racially assaulted on social media," Johnson said on Twitter. "Those responsible for those horrible attacks should be ashamed of themselves," he added.
And the Football Association said it was "shocked" and "disgusted" by the racist comments spread on social media against players Rashford, Sancho and Saka, who failed on penalties after the final ended 1-1 after extra time.
"We are disgusted that some of the members of our team, who gave everything for the jersey this summer, have been the target of discriminatory attacks on the networks after tonight's game," said the Football Association this Sunday.
To those comments was added that of Adele, the Grammy winner, who showed her support for the team with a photo of her wearing a red England soccer jersey. "They made us so proud!" She captioned her Instagram post. "They brought our game home and brought us all together."
