England’s Saka ready for penalty duties on big stage

BUKAYO Saka’s (pic) world came crashing down when he missed the last penalty in the shootout of the European Championship final last year, but the England forward said he had matured since that miss to become a more confident player.

Saka took England’s fifth spot-kick against Italy after Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho had failed to score, with his miss giving Italy the trophy at Wembley – a miss that resulted in a torrent of social media abuse that was often racist.