Neil Humphreys: Modern hero deserves a Sterling treble

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From scoring goals to speaking up for racial equality, Raheem Sterling deserves a medal, writes NeilHumphreys FACupfinal ManCity Watford

Ask Callum Hudson-Odoi at Chelsea. Ask Tosin Adarabioyo at Manchester City. Ask Danny Rose after he played for England in Montenegro. Ask Juventus' Moise Kean after he was idiotically criticised for suffering racist abuse, by his own team-mate Leonardo Bonucci.He should have been falling out of a nightclub, or stumbling into a Ferrari showroom, to conform to the archaic stereotypes that one or two media elements had forced upon him.

In using the term so liberally, genuine acts of courage can be lumped in with the more mundane, as if Sterling's decision to take on international racism is the same as a player's decision to limp on with a slightly sore leg.The Football Writers' Association acknowledged this point with its Player of the Year honour, citing his decision to go public on racist abuse as being of equal importance to his success on the pitch.

He cupped his ears to the crowd and was met with a wall of silence. From monstrous to the meek, the racists had nothing to say. He had won.It was perfect. Just like his season.Until this campaign, his temperament was supposedly his blind spot. He missed too many sitters when it really mattered.

 

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