Wolves to submit complaint to UEFA after claims of racism in clash with Como

Wolves will taxable an charismatic title to UEFA aft South Korea striker Hee Chan Hwang said he was racially abused during Monday’s friends pinch Italian broadside Como.

The incident occurred midway done nan 2nd half of nan crippled staged astatine Wolves’ pre-season training guidelines successful Marbella pinch team-mate Daniel Podence sent-off successful nan ensuing melee.

Head coach Gary O’Neil said to Hwang and offered him nan chance to person nan crippled abandoned but nan subordinate opted to transportation on.

O’Neil told nan club’s charismatic website: “Channy heard a racist remark which is really disappointing. I said to Channy astir it, checked whether he wanted to return nan squad disconnected aliases travel disconnected himself, but he was keen nan squad carried connected and sewage nan activity they needed. It’s really disappointing that it happened, that we person to talk astir it and that it impacted nan crippled – not perfect and things for illustration that shouldn’t beryllium around.

“He’s really disappointed, of course, and understandably. I’m proud of nan truth that he wanted to transportation connected and put his squad first successful a difficult infinitesimal for him. He knew it was a pre-season travel and he wanted nan lads to activity and get their minutes, moreover though he’d suffered thing hugely offensive. Channy will beryllium OK, he’ll get our afloat support and we’ll prime him up successful nan greeting and make judge he’s OK.

Gary O’Neil addresses nan incident that overshadowed our first pre-season training game.

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“It’s a together group. Of course, there’s ways to grip that and we don’t want to time off ourselves short connected nan pitch, but it’s a together group. We’ve worked really difficult this week, had a bully week, had immoderate awesome moments successful nan game, but it’s an unfortunate incident we person to woody pinch and person to talk when, ideally, we’d beryllium talking astir nan game. Of course, erstwhile an incident for illustration that happens successful a game, it’s nan first point we discuss.”

Wolves won nan crippled 1-0 complete nan Serie A new-boys, full-back Matt Doherty scoring nan only extremity soon aft nan hr mark, heading location Rayat Ait-Nouri’s free-kick.