An alleged racist insult on one side, a punch on the other. And then brawls, accusations, controversies, complaints. This is what happened during Como-Wolverhampton friendly in Marbella. The English club has even decided to file a formal complaint with UEFA regarding the incident. The match ended 1-0 for the English, but more than anything else the news has arrived in the news and concerns what happened midway through the second half. The Portuguese Daniel Podence (who two months ago had won the Conference League with Olympiacos against Fiorentina) he was expelled after a brawl involving several footballers. The reason? A punch to a Como player as a reaction following an alleged racist phrase uttered towards Korean Hwang from the same defender of the Lariani. The one to tell everything at the end of the match was the coach of Wolverhampton, O’Neill: “Channy heard a racist comment and it’s really bad. I talked to him right away, I asked if he wanted to take the team off the field or if he wanted to leave himself, but he was eager for the team to continue and do the work it needed. It’s really disappointing that this happened, that we have to talk about it, and that it had an impact on the game.: it’s not ideal and things like this shouldn’t happen.
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The statement from Wolves and the reply from Como
Several people have spoken about the incident English media and not only (BBC and The Guardian first and foremost but also the New York Times). After the “episode”, the Wolves stated that “Racism or discrimination in any form is completely unacceptable and should never be left unchallenged” and “will present a formal complaint to UEFA regarding the incident”. Today, Tuesday 16 July, a letter arrived Como’s response. “Our club does not tolerate racism and condemns any form of it in the most absolute way – explains Mirwan Suwarso – official representative of the ownership – . We spoke to the defender in question to understand what was said. He told us that the comment he made, addressing one of his defensive teammates, was: ‘Ignore him, he thinks he’s Jackie Chan’. As far as our club is concerned, our player did not say anything intentionally derogatory.. We are disappointed that the reaction of some Wolves players has seen the incident blown out of proportion.”
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