LONDON: England’s Marcus Rashford said he would “never apologize for who I was” in an emotional statement after receiving racist abuse on the last defeat of Euro 2021.
Manchester United ahead was one of three players, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, which was attacked by racist trolls after the penalty was lost in a 3-2 week shot defeat by Italy.
“I Marcus Rashford, a 23-year-old black man from Withington and Wythenshawe, Manchester Selatan.
If I don’t have anything else I have,” Rashford wrote in a statement on Twitter.
Rashford, who arrived late in the second extra period, apologized for his sentence Miss and said, “Something didn’t feel right” when he came to take a kick.
“Already played in my head over and over since I hit the ball and maybe there was no word to quite describe how it felt.
Final.
55 years.
1 penalty.
History.
I can leave.
I hope it’s been gone.
Different,” he wrote.
“I can take criticism of my show all day, my punishment is not good enough, it should be in but I will never apologize for who I am and where I come from,” Rashford added.
The pictures on social media show that the murals respect Rashford in his home city withington had been damaged before the local residents covered a language full of hatred with support messages.
“Looking at the response at Withington made me on the threshold,” Rashford said.
He added that he was proud to have been wearing a British jersey during the main appearance of his team in 55 years, and was grateful for the “brotherhood” created in the English camp.
Racist attack was strongly cursed by the Indonesian Football Association whose President, Prince William, said he was “sick” by the abuse.
The British players made a strong attitude towards racism during the tournament, taking the knee before their matches including the final Sunday.