England soccer star Marcus Rashford was on the receiving end of a flurry of racist taunts online after he missed a penalty kick in the …
England soccer star Marcus Rashford was on the receiving end of a flurry of racist taunts online after he missed a penalty kick in the final stages of the national team’s loss to Italy on Sunday night in the European Championship. The online racism earned condemnation from Prince William and Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday. Rashford released a statement on his missed penalty kick on Monday, and through all the criticism and hate he received online, the 23-year-old vowed to be back better than ever. “I don’t even know where to start and I don’t even know how to put into words how I’m feeling at this exact time. I’ve had a difficult season, I think that’s been clear for everyone to see and I probably went into that final with a lack of confidence. I’ve always backed myself for a penalty but something didn’t feel quite right,” he wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “During the long run up I was saving myself a bit of time and unfortunately the result was not what I wanted.
