{"id":1264804,"date":"2022-06-04T20:40:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1264804"},"modified":"2022-06-04T20:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T19:40:31","slug":"hungary-1-0-england-southgate-taking-the-knee-boo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/hungary-1-0-england-southgate-taking-the-knee-boo\/","title":{"rendered":"“Everybody knows what we stand for” – Southgate on Hungary boos as England take the knee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gareth Southgate has commented on Hungary fans booing the England players taking the knee before their Nations League clash in a mostly empty stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

“The first thing is, that’s why we do it; To try to educate people around the world,” said Southgate of his squad all taking the knee. “I have no idea why people would choose to boo that gesture. I think very often the young people especially they can’t know why they’re doing it so they’re being influenced by older adults.”<\/p>\n

Despite Hungary serving a stadium ban for their fans racial abuse of England players at Euro 2020, tens of thousands of under 14’s are allowed to attend for free and will do so, with their guardians. And when England took the knee prior to kick-off, boos rang out around the Puskas Arena.<\/p>\n

“The UEFA decision that’s for other people to decide. We’ve made our stand as a team, everybody knows what we believe and what we stand for,” Southgate added. Making his stance clear. “I think tonight’s a night where I’ve got to focus on the football. When you lose you can’t be talking too much about other areas because I think that would be a lack of responsibility for the result.”<\/p>\n

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