BORIS Johnson has slammed the “completely unacceptable” racist abuse hurled at England players during last night’s win over Hungary. The PM urged FIFA to “take strong action…
said: "It is completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in Hungary last night.to take strong action against those responsible to ensure that this kind of disgraceful behaviour is eradicated from the game for good."'Appalling' abuse
"They represent what is good in our society. We should be celebrating these young people not denigrating them.""But once again, our England team are subjected to disgusting racist abuse. Completely unacceptable behaviour. Eyewitnesses in the stadium said the first abuse was directed at Sterling after he opened the scoring for the Three Lions.Video footage also appeared to show a fan making racist gestures.England ran out comfortable 4-0 winners on the nightHungary has previously been censured by footballing authorities for racist and homophobic chanting by its fans.
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