England missed three spot-kicks in the Euro 2020 final against Italy (Picture: Getty Images)Borussia Dortmund duo Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland have hit out at the racist abuse suffered by Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka after the England trio missed their penalties in the Euro 2020 final shootout. Bellingham, an unused substitute in Sunday’s final, has now defended his teammates, praising them for stepping up to take the spot-kicks, and has called on social media companies to do more to prevent racist abuse online. Haaland, Bellingham and Sancho are all good friends (Picture: Getty)‘I don’t understand why there is still room for racism and discrimination,’ the Norwegian striker wrote. Instead of being applauded for having the courage to take the penalties, these young men are attacked with racist insults. I am speechless.’The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into the racist abuse, calling it ‘unacceptable’, while The Football Association said any fan who partook in the ‘disgusting behaviour’ was ‘not welcome in following the team’.

Source: Metro July 12, 2021 15:33 UTC