Kind family of trolled German girl are giving the £36,000 raised after England’s Euro match win to charity

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5 Jul 2021, 11:43

The little German girl who was mercilessly mocked for crying over England’s Euro 2020 match against Germany last week has been found. England supporters raised over £36,000 to show that 'not everyone from the UK is horrible and that we care' - but the family have decided to give the money to charity Unicef.

Fans proceeded to troll the youngster after she was left devastated following Germany's defeat.

Welshman, Joel Hughes, set up a crowdfunder on the donation site, JustGiving, and explained on the fundraiser’s webpage: “England beat Germany in a major competition at last (well done). However, an unsavoury element of social media piled in on this photo of an upset little girl. Pretty horrible, to put it mildly.

“Yes, there are more people affected by this than just this little girl but hey, this is just meant to be a token of goodwill. Yes there are other potential good causes, but I’ve picked this.

Credit: BBC

“I’d like to think that the parents of the little girl will spend this on a nice treat for her so that she knows that not everyone from the UK is horrible and that we care."

One person wrote: “Don’t listen to one idiot on Twitter. We’re not all bad in the UK. Germany is a great country, lots in common with England (more than we all probably admit) and football only matters for 90 minutes!”

Another added: “What a great idea. Hope this little girl and her family realises that not all Brits are cruel."

A third commented: “Amazing idea. Absolutely disgusted by the comments made about a child.”

The full statement from the girl's family reads: "In the interests of our daughter and our family we would like to remain private however we wish to thank everyone for your amazing support.

"Our daughter would like to request your generous donations go to Unicef, knowing that your kindness will do good."

Sportsman Stan Collymore recently tweeted his contempt for trolling and xenophobia and called it a 'deep sickness'.