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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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Hwang Hee-chan's racism shocked Wolverhampton. Wolverhampton teammates and the club immediately responded to Hwang Hee-chan's racist incident.
Wolverhampton played a preseason game against Como 1907 in Marveya, Spain on the 16th (Korea Standard Time). Como is a team that has been promoted to Serie A in Italy in the 2023-2024 season. Wolverhampton won 1-0 against Como.
Aside from winning or losing, a shocking thing happened in the game. Daniel Podense suddenly punched Como in the 23rd minute of the second half when Wolverhampton was leading by Matt Doherty's score. Podense was immediately sent off, and a war of nerves between the players of both teams broke out.
Violence was unacceptable in any case, but it was clear why Podence wielded his fist. This was because the player who was punched by Podense made racist remarks to Hwang Hee-chan. After Podence shook his fist, the players of both teams reportedly did not easily calm down. At that time, Wolverhampton coach Gary O'Neill asked Hwang Hee-chan if he could continue to play, and Hwang Hee-chan replied that he would continue to play.
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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Liam Keane, who works for Express and Star UK, reported from the scene that Hwang Hee-chan, who was also a victim of racist abuse in his previous career, said he wanted to continue playing preseason games," he said. Hwang Hee-chan, who played as a starter on the day, finished the game after playing well in the 90 minutes despite the unfortunate racist incident.
After the game, Wolverhampton said on its official website 'Hwang Hee-chan talked about the racist incident midway through the second half, which angered the team members. Eventually, Podence was sent off. Immediately after the incident, O'Neill gave Hwang Hee-chan a chance to give up the game, but the Korean player decided to continue for 90 minutes.
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. Photo =Express and Star |
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Coach O'Neill took great care of Hwang Hee-chan after the game. He said "Hwang Hee-chan heard a really disappointing racist remark. I talked to Hwang Hee-chan about the racist incident and checked if he wanted to leave the stadium or himself. Hwang Hee-chan praised Hwang Hee-chan's professional posture, saying, "The team was committed to continuing to perform the necessary tasks."
At the same time "It's really disappointing that such racism has happened, that we have to talk about racism, that racist incidents have affected the game. It's not ideal and it shouldn't happen"I was very angry at the racist remarks.
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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The reason O'Neill told Hwang Hee-chan that he could take a break from the game was because he felt disappointed in Hwang Hee-chan. He said "Hwang Hee-chan is really disappointed. Of course I can understand. Nevertheless, I'm proud of the fact that Hwang Hee-chan put his team first and wanted to keep playing in difficult moments."
Hwang Hee-chan also knew it was a pre-season game and wanted to play and play with the players, even though he had been going through a lot of aggression. Hwang Hee-chan will be fine. He will receive our full support and will meet him in the morning to make sure he is okay"I will take care of Hwang Hee-chan myself."
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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Fodense's punching was certainly not a legitimate response, but O'Neill also gave indirect praise to his teammates who came forward when Hwang Hee-chan suffered from racism. "We are a team together. Of course, there was a way to deal with such a situation, and even though we didn't want a situation where there were no players on the field, we are a team together," he said, praising the players' unity.
Finally, he said "We worked really hard this week, had a good week, had a great moment in the game. But this is an unfortunate event that we ideally have to deal with and discuss when we talk about the game`.
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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Wolverhampton says that `any form of racism or discrimination is absolutely unacceptable and should never be ignored. 'We will file a formal complaint with UEFA in connection with the case'
The UK is also carefully reporting that Hwang Hee-chan has been racist. There was also a report from the BBC. Another British outlet, the Guardian, wrote: 'This friendly is another pre-season incident, two years after Wolverhampton plunged into chaos against Levante. In the game, a total of four exits were given in the first half, two for each team. Later that summer, Hwang Hee-chan was the target of racist abuse against Faurense, according to reports that Hwang Hee-chan had been racist on several occasions.
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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Even then, Wolverhampton immediately reported the incident to UEFA and actively protected Hwang Hee-chan.
There are especially many cases of racism against Korean players this summer. Son Heung-min has become a very serious controversy after he heard racist comments from teammate Rodrigo Bentancur. Bentancourt's insincere apology was highly criticized. Fans wanted Tottenham to respond quickly at the club level, but public opinion worsened as the club's official response was handled too late.
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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Meanwhile, Hwang Hee-chan is currently strongly connected to the prestigious French city of Marseille. While Wolverhampton rejected Marseille's offer of 25 million euros (about 38.3 billion won), it was reported that Hwang Hee-chan had reached a personal agreement with Marseille.
France's Foot Mercato reported on the 15th (Korea time) 'Hwang Hee-chan, who is receiving attention from Olain Peak Marseille, which is still negotiating with Wolverhampton, announced his desire to join Marseille through his agent'
Then, Hwang Hee-chan, who played for RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg and Hamburg for several seasons, made it clear to the management that he wanted to join Marseille. Hwang Hee-chan agreed to a contract with Marseille. He wants to play in Ligue 1 in France, he added.
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| Korean national striker Hwang Hee-chan was racist in a preseason game. The Wolverhampton colleague was sent off using his fist to punish him. The club reported the incident to UEFA. |
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