England manager Sarina Wiegman says that her players decided to stop kneel before the matches as the effect of the anti -racism gesture is “not quite good”.
The lioness will not kneel before its Euro 2025 semi -finals against Italy on Tuesday, when Defender Jess Carter revealed that she was targeted with racist misconduct on social media throughout the tournament.
On Sunday, England players said they would stop taking knee as it was “clear that we and football need to find another way to deal with racism”.
“Taking the knee is not enough. We have done this for some time. The effect is not quite good, it is not as big as we think,” Vijman told Dan Roan of BBC Sport on Monday.
“When this form of racism is the form of racism, we felt that we have to do something else, something different, so we are not kneeling.”
England midfielder Georgia Stanway told BBC Sport that the squad would stand on a kick-off instead of kneeling.
“We think it has gone into the past [taking the knee] Now, “Stanway said.
“We think this is happening still when we are taking knees. We have decided that we will stand and we will not do it.
“We think this is a way to change ourselves because we want to talk to people – we want to tell people that what is being done is not enough.”
Police are investigating the victim abuse by Carter.
The head of the International Anti-discrimination body of football, the fare, questioned the decision of England that he considers the “powerful racist Act”.
Stanway praised Carter’s decision to be public about misconduct and promised to support the squad for the team partner.
“It’s frightening,” Stanway said. “This is really difficult because we will never understand, but we want to create an environment where Jess feels safe and we want her to be able to tell us in moments where she is experiencing something because as a collective we can be so powerful to make changes and changes.
“This is what we have done now. It is not only thinking about herself, she is thinking about other players, she is thinking about the next generation and it is a person who is able to be able to talk about you and to make changes at the end.”
