Lee Jeong-hyo will not be Disciplined at the K-League Level
‘War of words at press conference’ Coach Lee Jeong-hyo will not be disciplined at the K-League level
Professional Football League decides not to refer the case to the Rewards and Punishments Committee… Warn by official letter.
Professional soccer K League 1 Gwangju FC coach Lee Jeong-hyo, who sparked controversy by engaging in a verbal altercation with a reporter at an official press conference, will not be disciplined at the league level.
An official from the Korea Professional Football League said, “We have decided not to refer coach Lee Jeong-hyo to the rewards and punishment committee. 카지노사이트위키
“We have taken measures to warn through an official document,” he said on the 31st.
The official document urged Coach Lee to prevent recurrence and included instructions to comply with the regulations when holding an official press conference after the end of the game.
This decision was made six days after the investigation began.
The federation, which received Gwangju’s report on the 29th, came to this conclusion after completing an additional investigation with the club on the 30th.
Coach Lee visited the press conference with a determined expression after finishing the away game (1-1 draw) against Incheon United in the 14th round of Hana Bank K League 1 2024 held at Incheon Soccer Stadium on the 25th.
Coach Lee, who lost a close victory by conceding a goal just before the end of the game, praised the players who played hard in the beginning and the Gwangju fans who came to the away game and cheered passionately.
However, as if he was unable to alleviate his disappointment, he consistently gave short answers to reporters’ questions afterward.
When asked, ‘How do you evaluate the game when you came close to winning and then lost it?’
Coach Lee responded, “I have nothing to say about that.”
When the players were called together after the game and asked what they discussed, he said, “I can’t say,” and when asked to evaluate the performance of striker Heo Yul, who played full-time as a defender, he responded, “Didn’t you see it?”
There was also a war of words.
When a reporter raised his voice saying that the attitude towards this was insincere in an official press conference, Director Lee responded by saying, “What are you going to do with me now?”
As the argument continued, Director Lee lashed out at this reporter who was especially questioning his ‘attitude’, saying, “Are we going to fight now? Please politely take some time to ask.”
At the same time, Coach Lee said, “I was just talking about my feelings,” and “When I watched the game, I thought we gave up no goals.”
When asked why the game was considered a no-goal despite actually conceding a goal, coach Lee said, “I won’t answer that question.”
According to the federation, there are no provisions for punishment for giving insincere answers at the press conference in the reward and punishment regulations, media guidelines, and competition guidelines.
However, in a game that ended in a 1-1 draw, if the emphasis on ‘no goals’ was judged to have shown dissatisfaction with the referee’s decision leading to the final penalty kick, disciplinary action could have been taken, but in the end, it was not recognized.
Since Coach Lee drew the line at saying that the analysis was based on ‘mood’ and there was a great possibility that it could be interpreted as a high evaluation of the fact that the defense was stable until an unexpected goal was conceded, it is interpreted that the federation did not accept that the decision was tampered with.
