The Bermudian
On July 11, 2021, England’s national football team faced off against Italy during the Euro Cup 2020 final in their first appearance at a major international tournament final since the 1966 World Cup. The match ended in a draw and went to penalties, with England eventually losing 3–2. And though I hadn’t watched a second of the match live, everyone had a front row seat for what came next as the three Black English players who missed their penalty shots, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, were flooded on social media with racist slurs and threats of violence.
