Jess Carter is available for England’s Women’s Euro 2025 semi-final against Italy after being targeted by what manager Sarina Wiegman called “ridiculous and digusting” abuse.
The defender, 27, said on Sunday she had received racist messages online throughout the competition and would be taking a break from social media as a result.
The 27-year-old Gotham FC player has started each of the Lionesses’ four games at the tournament.
England have decided not to take the knee before Tuesday’s game after saying “we and football need to find another way to tackle racism.”
Manager Wiegman said: “It goes beyond football. We have to support Jess [Carter]. She’s not the only one who gets this abuse that’s why she wanted to address it. She’s fully supported by the team and myself.
WE NEVER QUIT.
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“Of course we have had a conversation. It’s a hard situation but Jess is a very strong person. She wants to move on too, but she and we felt we had to address this, we can’t let it go. So we did.
“We want to perform in the match. She’s ready to perform and compete. That says a lot about her and the team.”
Georgia Stanway said she hoped the decision not to take the knee would spark debate in the women’s game and called out the abuse on social media.
“They are not fans,” the midfielder said, answering a question about people who have posted social media abuse.
What a journey! 👏🏴
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 21, 2025
“I believe people like that don’t deserve to be called fans. Some things we will never be able to understand and this is one of them. We need to cut it out of society.
“If we want to make a change, we can do it as a collective.
“It’s moments like this that we just don’t stand for. We’ve had a few people who want to come off social media because they are fed up of it.
“Hopefully this will bring up more conversation and change. We want more action to be taken. Our stance and our opinion stays the same.”
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2025-07-21 19:05:59
