Uefa: We condemn racist messages to English footballers, FA to punish perpetrators

The European Football Union (Uefa) strongly condemned the racist messages received on social networks by the English national team players, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka.

Sancho, Rashford and Saka missed penalties in the final against Italy last night, and the match was followed by numerous racist comments on social networks.

"Uefa strongly condemns the racist messages sent to England football players on social media. That has no place in football and society. We stand by the players and call on the English Football Association (FA) to punish the perpetrators in the most severe way," Uefa said.

Earlier in the statement, the FA pointed out that "appalled" by the abuse of three players.

"We will do everything in our power to support the affected players while demanding the strictest possible punishment for anyone responsible. We will continue to do everything in our power to remove discrimination from the game, but we ask the Government to act quickly and adopt the appropriate legislation, so that this abuse has real consequences", the FA statement reads.