Sarina Wiegman says England want to ‘send message to the world’ at Euro 2025 after ‘disgusting’ Jess Carter abuse | Football News
Sarina Wiegman said that England wanted to “send a message to the world” after online racial abuses suffered by defender Jess Carter during Euro 2025.
Carter, who started all four defending champions games so far in Switzerland before Tuesday evening’s semi-final against Italy, went to social networks on Sunday to reveal that she planned to step back from online platforms to focus on the rest of the tournament.
Wiegman spoke of his sadness that the team had to be occupied by “ridiculous and disgusting discrimination” and gave Carter its full support.
In a statement on Sunday, the England team confirmed that instead of taking a knee, he would stand up before the match against Italy in Geneva, adding: “It is clear that we and football must find another way to fight against racism.”
Speaking in a press conference on Monday, Wiegman said: “It is really sad that we must be occupied by this. It is ridiculous and disgusting. It goes beyond football, so we have to pay attention to this and support Jess.
“Of course, she is not the only one to obtain abuses and [experience] Racism and that is why it addressed itself. It is fully supported by us, the team and by myself.
“We have conversations. This is a difficult situation, but Jess is a very strong person, she also wants to move on. But she also felt that she had to go to this, she could not just let go, so she did it – we did it.
“Then we know there is a match, we want to play, she is ready to play and compete. This says a lot about her and the team. The team wants to perform tomorrow [against Italy] But also estimated that it was important to send a message to the world. “”
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The defender of England Lucy Bronze passionately supported his teammate Jess Carter who spoke of receiving racist abuses during the euros of 2025.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino offered the support of the Managing Organization to England, while the CEO of the football association Mark Bullingham condemned the abuses and said that the FA was in contact with the British police.
The teammate of England Lotte Wubben-Moyi said in an Instagram publication that she also planned to get out of social media.
Georgia Stanway, who also speaks at a press conference before the match in Italy, hopes that the position of England will arouse greater anti-racism driving through sport.
“If anything, it gathered us as a team,” said Stanway. “There are things that we can never understand and that is one of them.
“We have to cut it from society and football. Right now, all we can do is show our support and our conviviality and be united in what we think is fair.
“It may seem like a person who fights this battle, but we are all behind her and we are holding with her. It is the beauty of football, we make change as a collective, then we are more powerful.
“We felt [taking] The knee was a bit repetitive. That doesn’t do what we want to do. Our decision is to stand up and, hopefully, it will stimulate more conversation and change, and hope that the subject speaks. “”
