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International press on racism in England against Bulgaria

2019-10-15T13:17:30.225Z


In the European Championship qualifier between England and Bulgaria in Sofia there were racist calls and gestures on the part of some Bulgarian fans. The international press comments on the incident.



ENGLAND

"The Guardian": "Welcome to the new world, we were expecting a football match, what we got was a miserable event on a miserable night in a miserable stadium, which in the end did not feel like a sporting event like an open wound, an attack on the basic idea of ​​nations coming together. "

"BBC Sport": "One can only expect the Bulgarian Federation (BFU) to face the most serious sanctions after another serious incident of racism has overshadowed a Euro 2020 match (...) It is now up to Uefa to act as soon as the report of the referee and the observers is available. "

"The Sun": "An environment like this, a poisonous mixture of shameful and shameful insults and chants, is not what footballers should remember - this is the future of sports in many venues - with interruptions, Delays and observers in the audience informing the fourth officials. "

"Daily Mirror": "The sad thing is that no-one will remember the football, nobody will remember the clear victory, Ross Barkley's appearance as the game's best man, Marcus Rashford's fantastic goal or Raheem Sterling's ingenious double hit Remember a night that was a shame for football. "

BULGARIA

"Mediapool.bg": "Blatant defeat and racist chants"

"Duma": "In Europe, they condemned us as racists"

TV Evropa: "Shameful defeat for Bulgaria against England"

ITALY

"Gazzetta dello Sport": "Bulgaria versus England was much more than a football game in which the technical aspect is inevitably secondary (...) The pessimism of the previous evening proved to be well-founded, fearing the worst in the Lewski Stadium, where In the past few days, following a meeting between Southgate and the players, England announced that it would take any display of intolerance very seriously, and the first xenophobic choruses came in time for the 2-0 win. "

SPAIN

"El Mundo": "For some reason, the Uefa felt that the closure of parts of the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia for two games due to racist slogans of the Bulgarian fans against the Czech Republic is enough punishment and that placing some posters with The slogan "Respect" would prevent it from repeating itself "Surprisingly" it did not work and England defeated Bulgaria under racist chants 0: 6. "

"Marca": "The best thing for England was the win that corrected their defeat to the Czech Republic on Friday, and (Gareth) Southgate's team can smile despite the vain racist attempts by a section of the audience."

Source: spiegel

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