The disorder and abuse that scarred England’s defeat by
Italy met a scathing reaction from media across the continent
The booing of visiting teams’ national anthems, footage of fans without tickets
BREAKING through barriers to get into Wembley and the online racist abuse of England’s unlucky penalty-takers has made many commentators in continental Europe question notions of English fair play.
“Where have the much-vaunted English qualities of fair play, respect and decency gone?” asked the French daily Libération.