Rashford, Sancho, Saka Became Racial Victims After England Lost In The Euro 2020 Final, FA: Such Disgusting Behavior Is Not Accepted

Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho (Twitter @marcusrashford)

JAKARTA - The English Football Association (FA) has condemned the racial abuse of England's Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after they were beaten by Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Monday morning.

All three players failed to execute a penalty in a high-fived shootout which resulted in England losing 2-3. They were targeted on social media after the game.

The FA said they were "shocked" by the abuse.

Before the game started, England players took a kneeling action to highlight the fight against racial inequality.

"We cannot explain that whoever is behind such disgusting behavior is not welcome to follow the team," the FA said in a statement.

"We will do everything we can to support the players affected while pressing for the harshest possible punishment for whoever is responsible."

"We will continue to do everything we can to remove discrimination from football, but we ask the government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate laws so that this abuse has real-life consequences."

"Social media companies need to get better and take accountability and action to ban (racial) perpetrators from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support to make their platforms free from this type of abuse."