Hwang Hee-chan breaks silence on Como racism incident after Italian club's controversial statement
The Wolves attacker has broken his silence.
Hwang Hee-chan has spoken for the first time since Como denied that one of their players racially abused the Wolves star.
On Monday Wolves beat Italian side Como 1-0 in a pre-season friendly in Spain, but the match was overshadowed by an incident in the second half.
A Como player allegedly racially abused Wolves' South Korean striker Hwang Hee-chan, sparking a clash between both sets of players and staff.
Hwang's teammate Daniel Podence was shown a straight red card after he threw a punch during the scuffle.
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After the match Wolves said that they would be reporting the incident to UEFA, but European football's governing body subsequently released a statement saying that the friendly did not fall under their jurisdiction.
On Tuesday Como released a statement in which they claimed that their player said "ignore him [Hwang], he thinks he's Jackie Chan."
The Serie A club said: "Having spoken to our player at length, we are confident this was in reference to the player’s name, and to the constant references of ‘Channy’ made by his own team-mates on the pitch.
"As far as our club is concerned our player did not say anything in a derogatory manner."
Como criticised the reaction of "certain Wolves players" and accused them of "blowing the incident out of proportion."
On Tuesday evening, Hwang addressed the incident for the first time.
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"Racism is intolerable in sports and in all aspects of life," the 28-year-old wrote on Instagram.
"After the incident, the coaching staff and my teammates immediately told me that they would leave the field with me if needed, and they kept checking on my wellbeing.
"I am very grateful to my teammates once again. Despite of all this, I wanted to carry on and we did what we had to do on the pitch!
"Lastly Thank you to everyone who sent supportive messages. There is no room for Racism."
Tottenham Hotspur star and fellow South Korea international Son Heung-min commented on Hwang's post with: "By your side mate. #NoRoomForRacism."
Topics: Racism, Football, Serie A, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League, Son Heung Min
Alex Brotherton