The England manager tells journalists that"indirectly, we have created another layer of difficulty in overcoming a penalty shoot-out... it is incredibly complex".Saka was one of three black players to get racist abuse last year after missing penalties for EnglandGareth Southgate has said racist abuse aimed at England players during the Euro 2020 penalty shoot-out is"another layer" of complexity when thinking about who to select for crucial spot-kicks.
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka received abuse online after missing their spot kicks against Italy last summer. Asked if black players could now fear a racist backlash when they step up for penalties, the England manager said:"We're goosed then. We've got 55 years of talking about penalties and everything else.Southgate, who famously missed his own penalty in Euro 96, was speaking ahead of England's Nations League match on Tuesday with Germany.He praised"massively courageous" Saka for having taken penalties for his club despite the abuse he got last year.
"But indirectly, we have created another layer of difficulty in overcoming a penalty shoot-out," added Southgate.
Do these people who abuse penalty takers for any reason understand the bravery needed to do it in front of millions of people. score or not, they have my respect. We are English, black or white it doesn't matter, all English players have my support.
Getting his excuses in early
Stop taking the knee
i know its a radical theory, but why not just pick the players most likely to score a penalty. PS late subs who haven't had a kick are not a good choice.
Code for he'll now limit the number of black players selected at the latter stages of tournaments 🤦🏾♂️
You deserved the flag you got GS bringing 3 young black players in to take penalties when other experienced players asked but no you had to prove a BLM point of view but it back fired and only back fired on your watch Southgate your chances are running out
If he stopped racist kneeling maybe they would stop racist comments
Rubbish
Making excuses for failure already
Pick players who can score goals.
Can we bring back real football, when the games were so insanely good compare to the stamping, kneeling, blabbing on, weeping footballers that we have today ?
If only you had fans like the Welsh
Gonna be a quick tournament
Its the player’s responsibility to manage pressure in a penalty shootout, I don’t think there is much coaches/managers can do. Practice is hugely important, but it comes down to how those players are feeling in the 1 minute of walk-up, placing the ball down, run up & strike
Mans a fool
Wrong headed.
There should never be any racist abuse given to any player on the pitch or off the pitch, we are British & shouldn’t tolerate these verbal attacks or physical attacks on anyone in our amazing country, we ain’t Americans.
I am a victim if I don't get chosen.....waaahhhhhhh
Still going to Qatar though.
The Drip keeps on Dripping
The stats speak for themselves with Gareth Southgate. Statistically only Fabio Capello has a better record. He's the first England manager to get England to a semi final since 1996. He's right there's is a problem with racism and it's rife.
This is getting silly now...
be quiet southgate your boring us with this talk,,,concentrate on getting your side to play and win a football match
Is Southgate full of excuses?
Stop it.
They should have at least one in a wheel chair to make sure every box is ticked
stop deflecting from your team's shit performances
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