wife of weapon the player Kai Howertz shared abusive messages on social media after the loss to Arsenal. Manchester United i The FA Cup On Sunday
Sofia Huertz shared two posts on her Instagram Story on Monday, including one in which someone threatened to “slaughter” her unborn child.
Arsenal crashed out of the cup after losing on penalties to holders United. Germany Striker Huertz missed the chance to win the match at the Emirates Stadium when a close-range shot was saved in the shootout.
Sofia Havartz expressed her disgust at the post-match abuse.
“For someone to think it’s okay to write something like this is so shocking to me… I hope you’re ashamed of yourself,” he posted.
In response to the threat to her child, she posted: “I’m not sure what to say but please people be more respectful. We’re better than this…”
Football officials and the police have tried to combat online abuse of players.
England’s Football Association said last year it was providing about 25,000 pounds ($32,000) in funding to help police deal with incidents. European Championship.
At the previous Euro in 2021, England the player Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford And Gideon template was racially abused on social media after missing a penalty following the shootout defeat. Italy In the final
World governing body FIFA has set up a social media protection service, which it says protects players, teams and officials from online abuse by keeping their social feeds free of hate.
SMPS said that at the Women’s World Cup in 2023, 20% of players received discriminatory, abusive or threatening messages, almost half of them were anti-homosexual, sexist or transsexual;