The English Football Association has moved to back three players who all missed penalties in the Euro 2020 football final against Italy sparking a wave of racist abuse online. British prime minister Boris Johnson joined them in condemning the behaviour, saying the team should be lauded as heroes. Aston University politics lecturer Danny Fitzpatrick tells The World while the story is a sad one, it's not surprising.
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