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Angry England Fans Racially Abuse Black Players
for Losing Euro 2020: 'Cost Us the Game'
BY SCOTT
MCDONALD ON 7/11/21 AT 9:20 PM EDT
Bukayo Saka
is one of the youngest footballers to ever play in the European Championships.
On Sunday, he carried the weight of England on his shoulders as the world
watched him try to tie the championship match and extend it.
His shot
was blocked on England's final attempt, and Italy won the 2020 Euro, 1-1, after
shootout kicks with a 3-2 advantage.
Saka now
faces backlash because of his skin color, as do other teammates who are either
black or brown and missed shootout kicks.
The game
was 1-1 through 90 minutes of regulation and 30 minutes of extra play. Despite
two hours of stalemate, it went to a shootout from the penalty kicks area.
After the
game ended, English players gave comfort to Saka, who was born in the London
area from Nigerian parents who moved to England as economic migrants. Fans on
social media, and particularly in England, sounded off.
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