Hwang Hee-chan scored his first goal in a pre-season friendly
For Hwang Hee-chan 28, Wolverhampton, the racist incident was not an obstacle.
Wolverhampton beat championship Bristol City 3-0 in a friendly match at Compton Park in the U.K. on Monday. Hwang Hee-chan scored his second goal and scored his first goal of the Premiership.
Hwang Hee-chan did not miss the opponent’s goalkeeper’s mistake in the 7th minute of the second half and scored a goal. Hwang Hee-chan also played with the captain’s armband in the second half.
The goal is more meaningful because it was scored after the shocking racist incident. Hwang Hee-chan suffered a racist incident in which his opponent called him “Jackie Chan” during a practice game with Italian club Como on the 15th. An angry Wolverhampton teammate Daniel Podense was sent off with a fist swing at the opponent instead of Hwang Hee-chan.
The apparent perpetrator, Como, raised his ire by saying, “We don’t think this is racist. I was just calling Wolverhampton by his name.”
In response, the Wolverhampton club and Hwang Hee-chan delivered a letter of protest to the English Football Association, UEFA, and the Italian Football Association, claiming that it was clearly racist.
To make matters worse, UEFA is stepping back, saying it has no obligation to investigate racist incidents, not official games organized by them.
The Korea Football Association responded belatedly on the 18th, three days after. The Korea Football Association said, “We delivered an official letter of protest to FIFA on the 18th. We deeply regret Hwang Hee-chan’s racist incident. We sent a letter to prevent this from happening again on the field.”
However, the move is in stark contrast to the French Football Association, which even issued a strong legal response to Argentine players’ racial discrimination on the day of the incident. The French Football Association announced strong response by its president.
Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, has remained silent on the alleged racial discrimination of Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan. He has not explained to the public about the appointment of Hong Myung-bo, the coach whose appointment was made through the administration of his office.
Son Heung-min, who recently suffered racism from teammate Rodrigo Bentancur in the team, also supported his national team teammate Hwang Hee-chan and posted a message saying, “I’m always next to you.” 토토사이트 모음
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