Jeonnam “Kim Yong-hwan, who pushed a female referee, behaved inappropriately as a professional sorry"

Kim Yong-hwan of Jeonnam Dragons. 

Kim Yong-hwan's team, Jeonnam Dragons, who caused controversy by shoving a female referee during a recent K League 2 (second division) game, officially apologized and pledged to prevent a recurrence.

On the 19th, Jeonnam posted on the club's official social media (SNS), "In the home game against Ansan Greeners on the 14th, after Kim Yong-hwan committed a foul on the opposing team's Noh Gyeong-ho, he showed a rough and excited attitude towards referee Park Se-jin and the opposing player, causing trouble to the spectators. “It raised the eyebrows of viewers,” he said. “After confirming the facts and carefully reviewing the related video, the club came to the conclusion that it was inappropriate behavior that went against his duty as a professional player.”

“We would like to offer our deepest condolences and apologies to referee Park Se-jin and Ansan player Noh Gyeong-ho. “In addition, I am very sorry to the fans who love soccer and to everyone who felt disappointed.”

Kim Yong-hwan was flagged for a foul after pushing Ansan's Noh Gyeong-ho with his arm from behind during a ball competition. Afterwards, during an argument with Noh Kyung-ho, referee Park Se-jin, who tried to stop him, pushed him with both arms.

At that time, the situation was broadcast on the broadcast screen and Kim Yong-hwan received a lot of criticism. In particular, Kim Yong-hwan received stronger criticism because referee Park Se-jin was a female referee.

Jeonnam said, “We have already provided training to the players to prevent something like this from happening again. All members are deeply reflecting. “We will continue to provide regular training so that we do not lose our stance as professional players,” he said. “We will use this incident as an opportunity to work hard to ensure that all members of the team can mature to the next level as professional players.” “We will do our best to help develop professional soccer through responsibility and respect.”

The Korea Professional Football League said, “Kim Yong-hwan, who used physical force against the referee during the game, was suspended for 14 days from participating in official K-League games.” “It will be applied from the 8th round of the K League 2 against Chungnam Asan FC.” 'Suspension of activities' is a measure to temporarily suspend the subject's K-League-related activities when it is difficult to review the reward and punishment committee within a short period of time for misconduct that causes social controversy or damages the value of the K-League.  고스톱사이트