Bukayo Saka Subject To Sickening Racial Abuse After England’s Euro 2020 Defeat

Bukayo Saka has been subjected to racist abuse after he missed the last penalty in England’s heartbreaking Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy.

The 19-year-old Arsenal star came off the bench and took the fifth penalty during their shoot-out defeat to Italy.

Gianluigi Donnarumma saved Saka’s penalty which proved to be the crucial moment as Italy were crowned European Champions.

Sadly, in the immediate aftermath to the game, Saka has suffered sickening racial abuse with several disgusting posts on his Instagram account.

Saka was targeted with racist language and emojis on the social media website, on his most recent post from the day before the final.

The youngster has been one of the stars of the tournament for England, making four appearances and putting in some fantastic displays.

Saka was visibly distraught on the Wembley pitch following his miss, with his team-mates going up to console him and later on after the trophy presentation, his family too.

Southgate took full responsibility for the penalty defeat and told Saka he would not be left to suffer alone.

He told the BBC: ‘It’s down to me, I decided on the penalty takers based on what we did in training. Nobody is on their own, we’ve won together as a team.’

Saka took the fifth penalty over more experienced players including Raheem Sterling and Jack Grealish.