England Women defender Jess Carter hits out at racist abuse on social media during Euro 2025 | Football News
The defender of English women Jess Carter revealed that she had been abused racial by fans on social networks during Euro 2025 – with her lionesses teammates who struck the “viles”.
So far, the 27 -year -old defender has started the four games of England in Switzerland, but has revealed that she had been submitted to racist insults on his social media accounts since the start of the tournament.
In addition to a statement published on his Instagram, an article separated from his Lioness teammates said that it was “not fair that some of us were treated differently due to our skin color” and said they would not take the knee before Tuesday’s semi-final with Italy.
Carter wrote: “A message to fans …
“From the start of the tournament, I suffered a lot of racial violence. Although I think each fan is entitled to their opinion on performance and the result, I do not agree or that I think it is normal to target the appearance or breed of someone.
“Following this, I take a step back from social media and I leave it to a team to manage.
“As always, I am grateful for all the support of authentic fans, but I take this measure to protect myself in order to keep the accent on the team help anyway. I hope I will make people who write this abuse reflect twice so that others will not have to face it.
“We have made historical changes with this team of lionesses of which I am so proud to be part and I hope that by talking about this, it will make another positive change for all. I am now impatient and that I focus on all my energy to help my team.”
Lionesses condemn the “vile” abuses of fans
In their own message published by the complete and timed team to support Carter’s Declaration, the lionesses demanded that those responsible should be held responsible for their actions and said they should find “another way” to oppose racism as a team.
Their declaration on X said: “We hold on with Jess and all the players of past and present lionesses who suffered from racism. No one should have to bear such abuses, whether in football or any other life procedure.
“Representing our country is the greatest honor. It is not fair that, even if we do it, some of us are treated differently simply because of the color of our skin.
“Until now, we have chosen to take the knee before the games. It is clear that we and football must find another way to fight against racism. We agreed as a team to stand before kick -off on Tuesday.
“We hope that the game will be able to meet to see what more can be done. For the moment, we will return our total goal to an important semi-final.
“In the meantime, we know that the FA is working with the British police and appropriate organizations. People behind this online poison must be responsible.”
