Only seven England stars kept their medals on during the post-match presentation after the heartbreaking defeat to Italy in the final of Euro 2020.
The Three Lions were beaten on penalties after an extremely tense 1-1 draw at Wembley.
England took the upper hand by scoring both of their first spot kicks while Italy's second was saved by Jordan Pickford.
However, a Gianluigi Donnarumma masterclass saw the 22-year-old save all three of England's following penalties, and win the match for Italy.
The England players were understandably distraught in the aftermath of the defeat, having come so close to winning the nation their first trophy since the 1966 World Cup.
Gareth Southgate and his side were awarded runners-up medals for their troubles as part of the presentation after the match.
However, only seven players kept their medals on after they were placed around their necks by UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin.
Jordan Pickford, Harry Maguire, Tyrone Mings, Aaron Ramsdale, Sam Johnstone, Raheem Sterling and Jordan Henderson all kept them on, as did Southgate.
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The move divided those watching at home, with plenty taking to social media to condemn the move.
"Poor show by the @England players who removed their runners-up medals. Shameful," wrote one.
A second shared: "England taking off their silver medals? Nah this is just childish."
However, others made it clear that they were firmly behind those players who are not content with finishing second.
But one responded to critics of the move, tweeting: "Hardly childish... it's the mentality of the the fact they still lost, why wear a medal for second place."
Another wrote on Twitter : "I personally cheered those England players removing their silver medals."
England captain Harry Kane described his team-mates as "winners" after the match, insisting they would learn from the defeat ahead of the World Cup next year in Qatar.
"We should be extremely proud as a group of what we’ve achieved," Kane told the BBC.
"We’re all winners and we want to win so it’s going to hurt for a while and it’ll probably hurt for the rest of our careers but that’s football.
"We progressed well from Russia and now it’s about continuing that. We’ve got a great squad with loads of young players hungry for more football like this so that’s all we can do. Build and learn and hopefully go into next year in a better way."
