Park Yong-Woo, and Lee Kyu-Seung 2 players of the Ulsan Hyundai Football Team are controversial because they made racially discriminatory remarks.
The racist remarks raised in the community came from Lee Myung-jae’s Instagram. Which 2 players exchanged comments on Lee Myung-jae’s Instagram account about dark-skinned, and mentioning to Sasalak Haiprakhon, Defender Thailand national team player and ex-player of Jeonbuk Hyundai, the rivalry in the league.
The story begins with Lee Myung-jae posting pictures on his personal Instagram. And because he has dark skin, Lee Kyu-sung came in to comment and tease. “Asean quota players are really strong,” before the other party answered. “Not like that.”
Another teammate, Jung Seung-hyun, then commented, “It was great,” and this time, Lee Myung-jae posted in reply. “It’s because of you. ASEAN quota
But the comment that seems to be the most dramatic is from Park Young-woo, who says, “Sasalak’s performance is incredible,” in which he tries to tease Lee Myung-jae’s skin color as being the same as Sasalak Haiprakhon.
That’s not enough, Kang Dong-Hun, the translator for Ulsan Hyundai’s team, came to comment downstream to Lee Myung-Jae, saying, “Sasalak, the best player from Thailand.”
Of course, when such conversations were published, South Korean soccer fans were so intensely critical of this group of players that Lee Myung-jae had to quickly delete the controversial post. But still being cursed by comments in other posts instead.
Lastest update, Ulsan Hyundai has announced via Official Instagram of the club for apologize for the racist comments made by their players and promised to prevent a recurrence.
Park Yong-Woo, is a defensive midfielder of Ulsan Hyundai and made own goal on the last minute in match lose to Johor Darul Ta’Zim 1-2 in AFC Champions League 2022 Gorup Stage, Group I
In addition, Park Yong-Woo have name in the list called up to the Korea Republic national team during FIFA Day in June, and South Korean fans came out to condemn him and pressured the Korea Football Association (KFA) to remove him from the national team. because it was seen as ineligible to join the national team. Which has to wait and see the attitude from KFA on this matter.
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