National soccer team captain and senior Son Heung-min (Tottenham) voiced support for Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), who suffered racism during a pre-season practice game.
Son Heung-min commented on Hwang Hee-chan’s SNS on the 17th (Korea time) with a hashtag saying, “I’m by your side” and “There is no place for racism.” It was a comment about Hwang Hee-chan’s recent SNS post, which expressed his discomfort, saying, “Racism cannot be tolerated anywhere as well as in sports.”
Son Heung-min has also suffered from racism several times in the UK, and even recently suffered from racism again due to comments made by his teammate Rodrigo Bentancur. This is why he publicly voiced his support for Hwang Hee-chan, his close junior.
Earlier on the 16th, Hwang Hee-chan heard racist remarks from his opponent during a pre-season friendly match against Italy’s Serie A promotion team, Cobo 1907. It was such a big incident that Hwang Hee-chan’s teammate Daniel Podense was sent off after punching a player who made racist remarks.
According to Hwang Hee-chan, after the controversy over racism, manager Gary O’Neill of Wolverhampton confirmed to Hwang Hee-chan that he could continue to play. Teammates were also going to send a message of protest by leaving the stadium if Hwang Hee-chan wanted to. However, Hwang Hee-chan wanted to play the game as it was, and the rest of the game was completed as it was.
Since then, Wolverhampton has reported the racist damage suffered by Hwang Hee-chan through the club’s official website. It has also decided to file a complaint with the UEFA, but UEFA reportedly replied that the match was not subject to investigation because it was a pre-season practice match, not a UEFA game. 업소알바
The bigger problem is that Como, the club of the assailant, is protecting the player who made racist remarks, and rather pointing out Wolverhampton players’ overreaction. Como said, “I heard the player in question. Ignore Hwang Hee-chan, he thinks he is Jackie Chan.” He said to his teammate, “I’m sure that he was referring to Channy consistently,” adding, “Our player did not intentionally disparage or disparage anything. We are disappointed that the incident was exaggerated due to the reaction of some Wolverhampton players.”
Meanwhile, Son, who delivered a message of support to Hwang Hee-chan, started in a pre-season friendly match against Hearts of Midlothian in the Scottish Premiership (Part 1) at Tynecastle Pack in Edinburgh, England, on Saturday, and played the entire game. He failed to score an offensive point, and Tottenham won a landslide 5-1 victory. Son plans to meet with national team coach Hong Myung-bo in London soon.