Harry Kane has leapt to the defence of his England team-mates in the wake of vile racist abuse online.
The Three Lions fell just short in their attempts to win Euro 2020 after Italy won a penalty shootout at Wembley.
Bukayo Saka saw his all important fifth penalty saved by Azzurri goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Before that Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho also missed their efforts and the trio were subjected to racist abuse after the final.
English football has made efforts to combat racism during the season and the Three Lions made a point of taking the knee throughout the Euros as a show of defiance.
Now Kane, who dons the captain's armband, has come out and praised his compatriots for stepping up in a pressure situation.
The Tottenham striker also made it clear that those who targeted them are not the type of fans they want supporting them.
He said: "Three lads who were brilliant all summer had the courage to step up & take a pen when the stakes were high. They deserve support & backing not the vile racist abuse they’ve had since last night.
"If you abuse anyone on social media you’re not an @England fan and we don’t want you."
Gareth Southgate also challenged the racists and called on the country to remain united following the Euros.
"It's just not what we stand for," said Southgate.
"We have been a beacon of light in bringing people together, in people being able to relate to the national team, and the national team stands for everybody and so that togetherness has to continue.
"We have shown the power our country has when it does come together and has that energy and positivity together.
"It's my decision who takes the penalties, it's not a case of players not volunteering or more experienced players backing out."
The Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said "it will not be tolerated".
Twitter were forced to deleted over 1000 tweets that were directed at England stars.
They have made it clear, amid calls for them to take a stronger stance, that such behaviour will not be tolerated.
A spokesperson told Sky Sports: “The abhorrent racist abuse directed at England players last night has absolutely no place on Twitter.
"In the past 24 hours through a combination of machine learning-based automation and human review we have swiftly removed over 1000 tweets and permanently suspended a number of accounts for violating our rules, the vast majority of which we detected ourselves proactively using technology.
"We will continue to take action when we identify any tweets or accounts that violate our policies.
"We are proactively engaged and continue to collaborate with our partners across the football community to identify ways to tackle this issue collectively and will continue to play our part in curbing this unacceptable behaviour both online and offline."
