Racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka adds 'another layer' to shootouts, says Gareth Southgate

Gareth Southgate says racist abuse aimed at Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after their penalty misses in the Euro 2020 final adds «another layer of complexity» to future shootouts. Rashford, Sancho and Saka were all subjected to racist online abuse after missing from the spot against Italy. Ad/> England midfielder Jude Bellingham said recently he was disturbed by the way his team-mates were treated as “not English, just black” after they missed.

Premier LeagueRangnick considers turning to youth with Maguire, Sancho out against Chelsea27/04/2022 AT 13:50 Southgate was asked whether fear of being abused may now run through a player’s mind ahead of taking penalties in the future. “I have to say it never crossed my mind before,” said the England manager. “It will [now].

We’ve got 55 years of talking about penalties and everything else. So now we’ve got another layer that’s going to make it extremely difficult for us to win anything. The Warm-Up: The many dilemmas for Southgate Southgate praises Germany as 'benchmark' “We went through a process of preparing for penalties.

We’ve definitely reviewed that. Some of the boys have taken more with their clubs. Bukayo has taken a couple for his club, which were massively important moments that epitomised what he’s about.

“But indirectly we have created another layer of difficulty in overcoming a penalty shootout. I have got to take all these things into consideration and it is incredibly complex.” Southgate also revealed that after the final he questioned his selection for the shootout. “When I left The Grove [hotel] that day I couldn’t help but feel, ‘Have I created this situation here for the boys?’” said the England manager.