Threat of racist abuse ‘another layer’ in deciding penalties

Sky News says Gareth Southgate has said racist abuse aimed at England players during the Euro 2020 penalty shoot-out is “another layer” of complexity when thinking about who to select for crucial spot-kicks.

Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka received abuse online after missing their spot kicks against Italy last summer.

Asked if black players could now fear a racist backlash when they step up for penalties, the England manager said: “We’re goosed then. We’ve got 55 years of talking about penalties and everything else.

https://news.sky.com/story/gareth-southgate-says-threat-of-racist-abuse-another-layer-in-deciding-who-to-pick-for-england-penalties-12629146

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