Woman sacked from her job after being caught on TV at Euro 2020 England Vs Denmark game

It’s mixed emotions: we are through to the final, I’m still on that high, but I have also lost my job

Woman sacked from her job after being caught on TV at Euro 2020 England Vs Denmark game
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A Digital Content Producer by the name of Nina Farooqi was sacked after her bosses spotted her celebrating Harry Kane’s winning extra time Euro 2020 goal on TV. 

The 37-year-old woman found herself in hot water after cameras caught her and her friend jumping and screaming after the ball hit the back of the net.

Nina had wrapped an England flag around her and was seated right behind the goal at Wembley for the magical moment on Wednesday night as the Three Lions defeated Denmark. 

But she was brought back down to earth with a bump when her boss called her the morning after to fire her for going to the historic game. 

Nina, from Ilkley, Bradford, had pulled a sickie to go to the game with her pal who had won a last-minute ticket in a ballot. 

"It’s mixed emotions: we are through to the final, I’m still on that high, but I have also lost my job.

"My friend won the ticket in her work ballot, and knew I would do anything to get to the game and there was no way I was going to turn it down.

"This hasn’t come around since 1996, I vividly remember crying on my mum's sofa when Gareth Southgate missed his penalty and the football fan in me just couldn’t do it. Football is my life." Nina told The Telegraph.