Gazza_8 233 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) The Asian Football Confederation will take no action over Ki Sung-Yeung's perceived racist celebration following his goal against Japan. And the South Korean authorities claim the Celtic midfielder's intention was to highlight abuse he has received while playing in Scotland. After converting a penalty in Tuesday's semi-final, Ki appeared to impersonate a monkey, sparking outrage in Japan. After a 2-2 draw, Japan won the match on penalties. "The treatment he got from the Scottish league, especially in the away games, the people who made noises like the sound of the monkeys in Scotland when he played away games, that is something he wanted to highlight," said a Korea Football Association spokesman. "Even though they call him a monkey as an Asian, he wanted to show how strong they are in Asia. That was the main intention." The Japanese Football Association accepted their Korean counterparts' explanation of the incident and like the AFC, have no intention of pursuing the matter further. The AFC also confirmed there has been no contact from Fifa over the issue. "We are aware of the goal celebration but we don't think it impacts on any country," said AFC tournament director Tokuaki Suzuki. "The issue, according to my understanding, has already been resolved after communication between the Japan Football Association and the Korea Football Association. "AFC will not take any legal action in this matter." Japan will meet Australia in Saturday's final in Qatar, while South Korea take on Uzbekistan for third place. What abuse? What treatment? Asians aren't monkeys. The South Korean FA chap has no idea what he's talking about. He's obviously going with what Ki said to them and not knowing anything about Scottish football, they've accepted his explanation. Glad Japan knocked them out too. Edited January 27, 2011 by Gazza_8 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS 0 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Japan and Korea have never been buddies so I find that shite hard to take in TBO. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Absolute horseshit. It seems that the Tims are convincing their players to peddle such nonsense as the perenially persecuted they feel they are. Monkeys ? Asians ? Since when ? More pish to have to listen to. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totti 0 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Christ, if you're going to make some racist shite up at least use a believable story. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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