Como says alleged ‘Jackie Chan’ comment in game versus Wolves was not intended to be derogatory
![FILE - Wolverhampton Wanderers' Hwang Hee-chan attends the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal in Wolverhampton, England, on April 20, 2024. Italian soccer team Como has defended a player who allegedly said Wolves’ South Korean forward Hee Chan Hwang “thinks he’s Jackie Chan” during a pre-season game on Monday. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)](https://kstp.com/wp-content/uploads/apimg/2024/07/Wolves_Como_Racism_32702.jpg)
FILE - Wolverhampton Wanderers' Hwang Hee-chan attends the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal in Wolverhampton, England, on April 20, 2024. Italian soccer team Como has defended a player who allegedly said Wolves’ South Korean forward Hee Chan Hwang “thinks he’s Jackie Chan” during a pre-season game on Monday. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Rui Vieira]
MARBELLA, Spain (AP) — Italian soccer team Como has defended a player who allegedly said Wolves’ South Korean forward Hee Chan Hwang “thinks he’s Jackie Chan” during a preseason game on Monday. Premier League team Wolves said it would submit a formal complaint to European soccer’s governing body UEFA following the alleged incident in Marbella. Como responded by saying the unnamed player did not say “anything in a derogatory manner.” Wolves player Daniel Podence was sent off after some of Hwang teammates reacted angrily to the alleged comment.
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