The England football team were booed again today for taking the knee in a game, as they struggled for a 1-0 win over Romania in their final warm-up match for Euro 2020.
After a minority booed the position ahead of Wednesday’s triumphant friendly against Austria, England manager Gareth Southgate on Saturday urged fans to show their support for his team’s decision to show solidarity against racism and inequality.
But the taunts returned to Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough on Sunday, where an early England side made their way to victory with a penalty kick from captain Marcus Rashford in the second half.
Many athletes have started to kneel down to highlight police brutality and discrimination in response to the Black Lives Matter movement
“I think I was sadly expecting what happened,” Southgate said of the behavior of a few of the crowd.
He said: “We have accepted that, as a group. It won’t stop what we do and what we believe. It certainly won’t stop my support for our players and our staff.
“That’s it, we’re going to have to live with this. We’ve said what we’re going to say now.”
The derogatory chants came from a small number of people in the crowd of 6,952 supporters. The number of authorized fans is slowly increasing as restrictions on coronaviruses are lifted.
The sight of players kneeling before kick-off has become more common in English football since last summer, designed to highlight police brutality and discrimination as a Black lives matter movement took off around the world after the murder of George floyd.
England’s Marcus Rashford (center) and Romanian Vlad Chiriches fight for the ball
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Source: news.sky.com
This notice was published: 2021-06-06 20:35:00
