Football’s governing body FIFA has pledged to take appropriate action in response to the racist abuse that appeared to target Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling and Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham in their 4-0 win for England against Hungary last night.
The evening when Gareth Southgate’s side took a big step towards next year’s World Cup in Qatar, English players Sterling and Bellingham were reportedly abused racially.
There were monkey chants from the crowd towards both players, cups were thrown at Sterling from the stands behind the goal after giving England the lead, ten minutes into the second half.
A statement released by FIFA read: “First and foremost, FIFA strongly rejects any form of racism and violence and has a very clear zero-tolerance stance for such behaviour in football.
“FIFA will take adequate actions as soon as it receives match reports concerning yesterday’s Hungary-England game.
“With regards to the previous UEFA sanction against Hungary, please note that as specified by UEFA at the time, this sanction is to be served in UEFA competitions.”
Before FIFA issued a statement condemning the actions of those responsible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson took to Twitter to urge FIFA to take action against those involved.
“It is completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in Hungary last night,” Johnson said.
