Does Rodrigo Bentancur have a clear idea of what he did wrong.
The English Football Association has issued a strong punishment to Bentancourt for making racist remarks referring to Son Heung-min.
“We suspended Bentancourt for seven games and fined her 100,000 pounds (about 170 million won). She denied the allegations, but the independent regulatory committee confirmed and judged that she violated the rules and took disciplinary action after going through a hearing,” the English Football Association 바로벳 said. “Bentancourt should also participate in compulsory face-to-face education programs.”
In an interview with Uruguay’s broadcasting program “Fora Camisetta” in June, Bentancur made remarks mocking the appearance of an Asian, referring to Son Heung-min.
When the host asked at the time, “Can you get me a Korean uniform?” Bentancourt replied as follows.
“Son Heung-min? If it’s not him, what about his cousin’s uniform? All Asians look the same anyway.”
According to Bentancur’s claim, it was a ‘light joke’, but it was clear that it was a ‘racist’ remark.
Bentancur said, “I sincerely apologize to Son. What I said was a very bad joke. I love Son. I never meant to ignore him or hurt him.”
Son Heung-min showed the side of his big belly.
Son Heung-min accepted Bentancur’s apology and covered him, saying, “We are brothers.”
“We fully support Son Heung-min for forgiving Bentancourt,” Tottenham said on the club’s official SNS. “We will provide support so that Son and Bentancourt can regroup and focus on the 2024-25 season.” “We will conduct additional training to prevent such problems from recurring.”
Tottenham did not punish Bentancur separately.
In the process, shocking facts were also revealed.
According to the minutes of the disciplinary meeting released by the English Football Association, Bentancourt did not admit his fault. He only made excuses and excuses.
Bentancourt made an absurd claim through Tottenham, saying, “What I said was to gently scold the host who racist Son Heung-min.”
“At the time, the host called Son a Korean. I meant to generalize Asians. I just gave it a gentle spin to scold him,” he said.
It wasn’t the end here.
Bentancourt even overturned an apology to Son Heung-min after the racism.
Bentancur said, “It wasn’t an apology for what I said,” adding, “I apologized to Son Heung-min for being edited and reported only part of the interview.”
Bentancourt’s claim confirms that she has no idea what she did wrong. It is hard to understand Tottenham, which did not take any disciplinary action against such a player. Tottenham is a team that is far from winning a championship but belongs to a European club.
Unlike Tottenham, the English Football Association was extremely common sense.
After hearing all of Bentancourt’s lame excuses and false apologies, the England Football Association unanimously confirmed Bentancourt’s punishment.
The English Football Association said: “With every situation in mind, an independent regulatory committee has decided to discipline Bentancourt. We have taken disciplinary action based on objective facts.”