In the summer of last year, during the pandemic, Marcus Rashford led a movement to prevent the government from withdrawing free school meal vouchers to the neediest children in the United Kingdom, after that and for his enormous social contribution, they made him a mural in Withington, the area where he grew up, to pay tribute to all that beautiful work.
This Sunday after the outcome of the final of the European Cup of Nations between the Italian team and the England team, after the Manchester United footballer missed his turn in the penalty shootout, the aforementioned mural was vandalized with insults and phrases Unfortunately, the people of the community where Rashford comes from repaired and covered up the damage with pure messages of support and expressions of affection for the England forward.
The footballer after seeing the signs of support from the community in Withington left him very moved and on the verge of tears, claiming that those communities where they always supported him since he was little felt that this support still continued to support him.
The misfits and fanatics who were carried away by the adrenaline of the game and the final result in one way or another are noisy, also accompanied by alcoholic beverages but they do not turn out to be the majority, violence and insults are not beaten with more violence and insults, but with these types of acts, with these responses full of elegance and values.
It should be noted that although it was a very important moment for the England team we have to remember that they, the players are human beings and also feel, and perhaps at the time of taking their turn in the penalty shootout, Rashford was frightened by the pressure of the moment and of the fans, and that does not give them the right to attack and insult them justifying their lack or demanding that they have paid for the show when this is simply a game where some have to win and others have to lose.
