• Entire team agreed with decision to play on in Bulgaria
• Midfielder also praises Tyrone Mings for debut display
Jordan Henderson has admitted England’s players decided to play on in the face of racist abuse from Bulgarian supporters during the Euro 2020 qualifier in Sofia on Monday because they wanted their opponents and their fans to “suffer”.
With the match having already been halted twice before half-time following repeated monkey chants and Nazi salutes from more than one section of the Vasil Levski Stadium, the manager, Gareth Southgate, left it up to his team to discuss whether or not to come out for the second half in Sofia. But despite discussing before the match what action they would take should there be a repeat of the racist abuse which marred England’s qualifier in the Bulgarian capital in 2011, Henderson insisted that the entire team was in accordance about continuing because they felt to do otherwise would have sent the wrong message.
Written by Ed Aarons
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/15/jordan-henderson-racist-fans-suffer-england-bulgaria under the title “Jordan Henderson says England wanted to make racist fans ‘suffer’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
