Harry Kane, England’s captain, missed a key penalty in the FIFA World Cup 2022 quarterfinals vs France at the Al Bayt Stadium on Saturday. Didier Deschamps and co. won the game 2-1 and will play Morocco in the semifinal.
English substitute Mason Mount was fouled in his first minutes on the pitch. Chasing a ball, he was brought down by Hernandez. France led the game 2-1 and VAR awarded England a penalty. Kane had a golden chance to equalise and send the game to extra-time. However, his strike went way above the bar.
Kylian Mbappe, watching the missed penalty, giggled in delight. The French managed to hold England in the final minutes of the game.
Several social media users trolled Harry Kane for the miss.
“Harry Kane’s penalty just flying over America as we speak,” a Twitter user said.
Some seemed happy that it was Kane and not Marcus Rashford or Bukayo Saka who missed the penalty.
“I’m sorry but I’m glad it was Kane and not Saka or Rashford missing the penalty. Ain’t gone be able to blame the Black folks this time bruv. Lol,” a social media user tweeted.
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“I hope Harry Kane receives the same treatment that Rashford , Sancho and Saka got for missing their penalties in the Euro 2020,” another one said on Twitter.
“Kane letting the country down instead of Rashford, Saka and Sancho kinda hits Im not gonna lie,” a third one added.
Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, Black England players, were subject to racist trolls after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final vs Italy. Gianluigi Donnarumma and co won the game 3-2 after a shootout.
At the time, English manager Gareth Southgate had said that the trolls were unforgivable.
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“For some of them to be abused is unforgivable. Some of it has come from abroad, we have been told this, but some of it is from this country. We have been a beacon of light to bring people together and the national team stands for everybody. We felt the energy and positivity from the fans and I’m incredibly proud of that,” Southgate said.
