Daniel Podence sent off for punching Como player after Hwang Hee-Chan suffers alleged racial abuse

Daniel Podence was despatched off for punching a participant after Hwang Hee-chan was a sufferer of alleged racist abuse.

Wolves have been going through Italian aspect Como and held a 1-0 lead halfway by the second half when gamers from each groups got here collectively in unsavory scenes.

Podence then tried to punch the Como participant with Wolves’ gamers livid after Hwang accused a Como participant of racist abuse.

After a prolonged stoppage, play resumed with Wolves boss Gary O’Neil saying that the choice to proceed the match was made by the South Korean star.

Talking to Wolves’ web site, Gary O’Neil stated: “Channy heard a racist comment which is absolutely disappointing. I spoke to Channy about it, checked whether or not he needed to take the group off or come off himself, however he was eager the group carried on and received the work they wanted.

“It’s actually disappointing that it occurred, that we’ve got to speak about it and that it impacted the sport – not splendid and issues like that shouldn’t be round.

“He’s actually dissatisfied, after all, and understandably. I’m happy with the truth that he needed to hold on and put his group first in a tough second for him.

“He knew it was a pre-season journey and he needed the lads to work and get their minutes, despite the fact that he’d suffered one thing vastly offensive. Channy will likely be OK, he’ll get our full assist and we’ll choose him up within the morning and ensure he’s OK.

“It’s a collectively group. In fact, there’s methods to deal with that and we don’t wish to depart ourselves quick on the pitch, however it’s a collectively group. We’ve labored actually laborious this week, had week, had some nice moments within the recreation, however it’s an unlucky incident we’ve got to cope with and have to debate when, ideally, we’d be speaking concerning the recreation. In fact, when an incident like that occurs in a recreation, it’s the very first thing we focus on.”

It isn’t the primary time that the ahead has suffered racial abuse in his profession, with the same incident occurring in the summertime of 2022 in a pleasant with Portuguese aspect Farense.

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Hwang first joined Wolves in the summertime of 2021 and has gone on to make 94 appearances for the membership, scoring 22 targets.