England's black players lost in the Euro 2020 finals racist



The UEFA EURO 2020 final match between Italy and England, which had been postponed due to the pandemic of the new corona virus infection, was held at Wembley Stadium in London, England on July 11, 2021. .. The Italian national team won the victory after the extended penalty shootout, although the expectations of the people were higher than ever because the final was held at the stadium called ' Sacred place of soccer ' in England, the home country of soccer. I put it in. In England, which was expected to win the major tournament for the first time in 55 years, several black players who acted as kickers for the penalty shootout and were unintentionally blamed for the defeat due to a miss kick are soccer fans. Has suffered from racial discrimination and has become a major problem.

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The Euro 2020 final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium, the home stadium of the England national football team and known as the 'sacred place for football,' was won by the Italian national team after a penalty shootout (3 to 2). finished.

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Marcus Rashford (3rd), Jadon Sancho (4th) and Bukayo Saka (5th), who acted as kickers for the England national team, failed in PK for the third consecutive time, so Twitter and Facebook after the final match. There were a lot of racially discriminatory comments on the three players on SNS.

In response, the FA , which oversees football in England, said, 'The FA strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, so the racially discriminatory comments made to England players on social media should not hide the surprise. Hmm. Anyone who commits such an aversion should not be welcomed as a member of the team. We will do our best to support the victims and to the people involved. We will seek the strictest punishment as much as possible. '



Harry Kane, England's game captain in the final, said, 'The three young men who performed great in this tournament stood up bravely even in difficult situations and acted as PK kickers. They are eligible for support and support rather than the vulgar racist taunts that have been exposed since last night. If you taunt someone on social media, you are not an 'Englander'. England I'm not a fan of the national team and we don't need it, 'he tweeted, proclaiming support for the three players who were the targets of racism.



In addition, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, 'The British national team deserves praise as a hero rather than being racist on social media. People who post racism should be ashamed of themselves. ', Criticizing the posting of racist comments.



In April 2021, professional sports players such as soccer, rugby, and cricket in England protested by boycotting various services, saying that 'the measures against racial discrimination and sex discrimination of SNS are insufficient'. It was. As a result, CNBC said, 'Racism on social media has again raised questions about the response of technology companies.'

With the proliferation of harmful content on the Internet in the UK, an ' online safety bill ' is being considered to crack down on companies that aren't censoring content correctly. Violations of this law will result in fines of up to £ 18 million or 10% of annual revenue, whichever is higher.

'I'm angry at the racist abuse of heroic players in my home country. Social media companies are stepping up their platforms to deal with racism,' said British Parliamentarian Oliver Dowden. If you fail, you will be fined by the new online safety bill, 'he tweeted to highlight the efforts of the British government.



In addition, Conservative Parliamentarian Damian Collins said, 'Facebook mentions in its service policy that it does not allow malicious expressions. How many of your accounts have been deleted, and how well did the tools Facebook has introduced to prevent racial discrimination work? ' We are asking how effective the measures against discrimination have been.



When CNBC contacted Facebook and Twitter, a Facebook spokeswoman said, 'No one needs to experience racist abuse. We want racism to occur on Instagram. Last night, I immediately deleted the racist comments directed at English soccer players and the account that posted them. We will continue to take action against users who violate the rules. ' It seems that a reply was obtained.

Similarly, a Twitter spokeswoman said, 'Racist comments directed at England players are absolutely unacceptable on Twitter. In the last 24 hours, machine learning-based automated censorship tools and Combined with human censorship, we have successfully discovered and deleted over 1000 racist tweets, and have permanently frozen a number of accounts that violated Twitter rules. ' However, it has succeeded in removing many offensive tweets with its own technology.

It is not only on the Internet that England players are racist. Rushford's mural in Manchester, England, reveals an insulting message.



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Rushford, who was the third kicker in the pressured penalty shootout, was 23 years old, Sancho, who was fourth, was 21 years old, and Saka, who was fifth, was 19 years old. that I should bear the responsibility ' opinion there is also.

Former Irish national team player Roy Keane, known for his undressable words, said, 'If I were Sterling or Grealish, I wouldn't have been able to sit there and leave the PK kicker to a young child (Saka). ', Criticizing some players. In response, Jack Grealish said on his Twitter account, 'I said I wanted to kick !!!! Gaffer (nicknamed England coach) has made so many right decisions through Euro 2020. And I came to the final night decision! There is no reason to say that I didn't want to be a PK kicker ... '



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