Sergey PogrebnyakSports correspondentAll materialsLeave to the authorWhile there is a lull in men's football from major tournaments, girls are fighting at the European Championship. The tournament, which takes place in England, will pass the group stage in a couple of days, moving on to the playoff stage. The main favorites of the Euro look like the hosts, who have already won all three matches in the group stage. For three meetings, the English players threw 14 unanswered goals to their rivals, not noticing any resistance on the way to the playoffs. An ideal start to the tournament, a total advantage over rivals, support from the home stands. It would seem that what could go wrong? But their own journalists managed to destroy the idyll around the team. In England, a lot of attention is riveted to the home tournament. Games are sorted out in the studios, and full-fledged broadcasts are arranged before the matches. During one broadcast, BBC journalist Eilid Barbour was outraged by the choice of her squad for the second round group stage game against Norway. , — Barbour blurted out. Despite the obvious tilt towards protecting the interests of minorities in the West, the journalist was ridiculed and accused of racism herself. Many felt that Eilid was suggesting that the squad be chosen based on skin color rather than football qualities. In fact, this is exactly what Barbour was talking about. Thus, former British Labor MP Kate Howey saw the absurdity in the words of Barbour: “When our athletics team consisted of only black athletes, did the BBC pay attention to this? Of course not. Eilid was simply pathetic.»
