"Should Be Ashamed": British PM Boris Johnson On Racial Abuse Of England's Euro 2020 Team

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday slammed "appalling" racial abuse against England's Euro 2020 team after they lost the final to Italy.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said he was appalled at racial abuse targeting England's football stars, after they lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy on a penalty shoot-out. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, the three players who missed England's penalties on Sunday, were the victims of a stream of abuse on Twitter and Instagram. "This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media," Johnson wrote on Twitter. "Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves." While some people identifying as England fans used racial slurs in blaming the trio for the defeat, other offensive messages were accompanied with "forza italia" hashtags. England's players have made a strong stand against racism at the tournament, taking a knee before their games including Sunday's final. London's police force tweeted that they were aware of "a number of offensive and racist social media comments" being directed towards the footballers.