On Thursday night, racist accusations from a portion of the home audience undermined England’s victory over Hungary in Budapest.
According to reports, in the second half of the World Cup qualifiers at Puskas Arena in 2022, the monkey’s singing was directed at Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham.
In the first set of clashes, the English player injured his knee before kick-off. At the same time, on an ugly night in the Hungarian capital, fans threw cups and other debris on the court to celebrate the English star.
This summer, due to the discriminatory behavior of fans in the 2020 European Cup, Hungary has been banned by UEFA for three games and the third game has been suspended. FIFA will now definitely conduct further investigations.
The England team performed well after having an advantage in the first 45 minutes but it was frustrating. The goals in the second half came from the great Sterling, Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Declan Rice. They have played since 2020. In the first match after the heartbreak of the European Cup penalty shootout in 2016, he maintained an unbeaten start against Qatar at Wembley against Italy.
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Manchester City’s message of support for their player Sterling and his England teammates.
They tweeted: “No one should accept what the English football players have endured tonight.”
“This is totally unacceptable. Discrimination has no place in football. We are with you.”
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“I have to say that there is a balance in the crowd,” he said. “As we know at home, not everyone in the family causes problems. Tonight our national anthem was very well respected. It is unfair to criticize all Hungarian fans.
“A lot of Hungarian fans are very generous and behaved very well. This is very similar to what we found at home. Responsible people, they need to deal with.
“Although some people are stubborn about their way of thinking and prejudices, they will eventually become dinosaurs because the world is modernizing. Hungary is far less diverse than our country’s population.
“It still takes a long time for us to get to where we need to be, and inevitably, if other countries don’t have the same level of diversity as ours, their ideas may be different from ours. Countries.”
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“Everyone knows our position as a team, which is totally unacceptable. Everything is in the report and we have to see what happens there.
“That’s for others to deal with. This group of players and all the staff are powerless in the fight against racism. We are trying to hold on to our part. Others must take the right actions to make progress.
“I think our players have done nothing more than they have done in the past two or three years in trying to convey the right information, take the right position and other people to protect them. It is mainly me to protect them, but the authorities also They should be protected. They should not be subjected to any form of racism.”
Kicked out
“We are shocked by the behavior of some Hungarian fans tonight,” Kick It Out said in a statement.
“Racist abuse is not welcome in our game, and we proudly support the England team.
“We urge FIFA to investigate this matter urgently.
“Measures must be taken to ensure that such scenes do not repeat themselves.”
The leader of the Labor Party, Sir Kil Starmer, just posted the following tweet:
“Another dominance performance in England and a great result.
“However, our England team has once again suffered disgustingly racist abuse.
“Completely unacceptable behavior. Strong action must be taken against Hungary to protect the players and show that racism has no place in football.”
Gareth Southgate reaction
“I’ve heard reports of racism, but we didn’t realize it during the game. I’m not sure if we celebrate with flares in front of their fans are particularly wise, but racism is the key part. We try to take the right From the standpoint, we know that the knee can cause adverse reactions, and anything of this nature is unacceptable.”
Jack Greeley said in a post-match tweet that the atmosphere in the Puskas Arena tonight was “unacceptable.”
After tonight’s report on racist abuse in Budapest, the Football Association issued the following statement:
BBC Radio 5 Live asked Harry Maguire about the so-called racist slogans…
“I talked to a few lads and I didn’t hear it myself. If it really happened, I would be disappointed. The three of us, four of us did not hear their voices, but you can hear them more clearly on TV. “
Regarding the Hungarian fans booing the kneeling England players, he said: “It’s disappointing to hear the boo, but it happened in previous games. We know what will happen, but I’m very happy that all the boys support it. “
This is John Stones’ reaction to the so-called racist slogans of a part of the Hungarian population…
“I personally didn’t hear it, and someone told me later. It was so sad that it happened to our game, I hope UEFA and whatever it is needed, I’m sure they will take care of it,” he said.
“We stand together as a team, and we will continue to fight for our beliefs as a team and what we think is the right thing. I think we definitely have the mentality of’let football do the talking’ and we did it tonight.”
“We celebrated our goal as if it was the last goal we were going to score, whether as a team or as a player, this is an incredible thing.
“We live in the game and are passionate about the jersey and our performance on the pitch. This is our passion. Let our football speak for itself, and it will show up tonight.”
