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Euro 2020 qualifiers – England players ready to walk off pitch over racist abuse

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Euro 2020 qualifiers – England players ready to walk off pitch over racist abuse

England's players are ready to walk off the pitch if they are subjected to racist abuse in Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria, striker Tammy Abraham. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase England Euro Cup Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.

England face the Czechs away in Group A on Friday before visiting Bulgaria on Monday for a match in a partially-closed stadium due to the home supporters' racist behavior in June.

"If it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us," Abraham was quoted as saying by the BBC. "(England captain) Harry Kane even said that if we're not happy, if a player is not happy, we all come off the pitch together."

England manager Gareth Southgate called a team meeting on Monday to discuss what action the players would take if they were the target of repeated racist abuse in the future.

European governing body UEFA's three-step protocol for racism can lead to the referee abandoning a match if warnings to the crowd do not stop the fans racially abusing the players.

"(The meeting) was just about, if it does happen, which unfortunately it does sometimes, what we need to do and what the protocol is," Abraham's Chelsea teammate and new squad member Fikayo Tomori was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.

"He just briefed us about what was going to happen. We should be prepared for that because we know that sometimes you can go to countries and stuff like that can happen unfortunately.

"We are just there to play the game and whatever happens in the stands, we'll just let the authorities deal with that."

UEFA ordered the partial closure of Bulgaria's national stadium after racist behavior by their fans in Euro 2020 qualifiers with the Czechs and Kosovo in June.

England top the group with 12 points and will qualify for next year's finals if they beat the second-placed Czech.

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