England defeated: racist frenzy and Italian fans attacked in some areas of London.
Anger explodes among English fans after the defeat of the Three Lions against Italy in the final of Euro 2020. Outside Wembley and in other areas of London, groups of rioters attacked some Italian fans – as can be seen from the images of several videos on social media – prompting the intervention of the police.
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The post-match toll is tragic: 49 arrests “for a variety of crimes” and 19 injured police officers, these are the data provided by the London police force regarding what happened during the final of the European Football Championship between England and Italy and last night. At the same time, the police thanked “the tens of thousands of fans who behaved responsibly”.
Anger also exploded on social media with racist insults towards Rashford, Sancho and Saka, the three English players who missed the decisive penalties. The Football Association condemned it in a statement.
England manager Gareth Southgate took full responsibility for the penalty failure against Italy as they won Euro 4 3-2020 at Wembley. After a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes – Leonardo Bonucci cancelled out Luke Shaw’s opener in the second minute – it was a dismal result from the spot for the Three Lions, with Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missing, with Jordan Pickford saving two Italian penalties. “We prepared as best we could and that’s my responsibility, I picked the lads to take the penalties,” Southgate told ITV.
Article published on 12 July 2021 - 08:09
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