Ki Seong-yong (33), midfielder of K League 1 FC Seoul in professional soccer, has expressed his injustice over the accusations that have been made over the physical fight.
Ki Seong-yong wrote on his Instagram on the 3rd, “Even if my juniors insult me, I have to stay still.” “That’s right.”
“Yeah, it’s always my fault. It was my fault for not being patient,” he added.
The fight once morest which he was criticized took place in the 3rd round of Hana One Q once morest Seongnam FC on the 1st.
At the end of the second half, following the clash between Jong-gyu Yoon in Seoul and Seong-su Jeon in Seongnam, players from both teams, including Seong-yong Ki, had a tough nerve battle. At that time, the situation was so immediate that the Seoul managers Ahn Ik-soo and Kim Nam-il Seongnam came forward and stopped them.
In particular, Ki Seong-yong and Kwon Wan-gyu had a nerve battle even following the game was over, and the situation was settled only following coach Kim had a conversation with Ki Seong-yong.
Afterwards, Ki Sung-yong said at a press conference, “It can always happen when you play soccer.”
Director Kim said, “I asked Seong-yong to refrain from it because he seemed to be excited,” he said.
In regards to this, the online soccer community criticized Ki Sung-yong. Seoul acted rough first, and many responded that they did not know why Ki Sung-yong was so excited.
Ki Seong-yong later deleted the previous post when criticizing comments appeared, suggesting legal action once morest malicious comments, saying, “Thanks to you, I’m collecting PDFs well.”
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