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‘I expected racism to happen’

Two young black footballers have described how it felt to see the England penalty-takers subjected to racist abuse.
Ryan Rogers, who plays for Macclesfield FC, said he “expected” the racism to happen.
“I knew straightaway when they missed the pen, it was going to happen - these racial comments. I wasn’t surprised about it,” he said.
Ryan said it was worse to see someone like Rashford, who has campaigned to help hungry schoolchildren, abused in this way.
Dean Makunike is an aspiring footballer from Leeds and said he was worried for his personal safety after the match:
“We were watching it with a group of our friends and straightaway, we thought we need to get home safe,” he said.
This clip is originally from 5 Live Breakfast on 13 July 2021.

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