Three days after the lost European Championship final, Jadon Sancho looks back on the various events of Sunday evening. The wing attacker, one of the players at England who missed a penalty, was racially treated by angry supporters especially via social media. Sancho has certainly received the flood of hate messages and the Englishman emphasizes that he will not be put down by this.
“I’m not going to pretend I didn’t get the racist insults I received with my brothers Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka after the game,” Sancho wrote in an extensive Instagram post on Wednesday. “But unfortunately it is nothing new. As a society we can really do a lot better. The people who do something like that should be held accountable.” Despite the ongoing racism, Sancho, who appears to be trading Borussia Dortmund for Manchester United, is looking to the future with optimism.
“Hate will never win. I would say to all young people who have also faced similar insults: Keep your head up and keep chasing your dreams. I am proud of this England team and how we have managed to unite the country while it has been very difficult for many people in the last 18 months. We would have loved to win the European Championship, but we continue to build and certainly learn from this experience. Thank you very much for all the messages and the love shown, that is way above all the negativity.”
“As always, it was a great honor to represent England and to wear the shirt of the Three Lions to wear. I have no doubt that we will come back stronger. Take care and see you all soon”, Sancho concludes his story on Instagram. The attacker receives support in the comments under his post from, among others, Alphonso Davies, Jesse Lingard, Tammy Abraham, Axel Witsel and Achraf Hakimi, who all gave him a thumbs up. heart after the loss in the final battle of the European Championship against Italy.
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