Given the history and given the build-up, in which claim and counter-claim had flown, raising the temperature around this Euro 2020 qualifier, it was easy to fear the worst. But when it did happen, when the monkey chants towards Tyrone Mings did start from a section of the Bulgaria support, there could only be shock and revulsion.
Mings, who ought to have revelled in the thrill of wearing the senior England shirt for the first time, was not the only black player to be targeted. Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford also heard the disgusting noises, meaning that England’s victory was very quickly relegated to a footnote.
Written by David Hytner at Stadion Vasil Levski
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/14/bulgaria-england-euro-2020-qualifying-match-report under the title “England trounce Bulgaria 6-0 but forced into stoppages by racist chanting”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
