Controversy over Lee Chung-yong's golf ceremony, which Hwang Sun-hong sees, is unfortunate and embarrassing as a soccer player

Oct 22, 2025

Controversy over Lee Chung-yong's golf ceremony, which Hwang Sun-hong sees, is unfortunate and embarrassing as a soccer player



Controversy over Lee Chung-yong's golf ceremony, which Hwang Sun-hong sees, is unfortunate and embarrassing as a soccer player
Recently, the biggest issue in the K-League is Lee Chung-yong's golf ceremony and controversy over the misjudgment. I was able to hear my thoughts on this briefly from the leader who attended the final round media day of the 'Hana Bank K League 1 2025' held at Nuri Dream Square in Sangam-dong, Seoul on the 22nd. The event was attended by Jeonbuk's coach Gus Foye, the first-ranked team in the regular league, Kim Jeong-yong, the second-ranked manager of Gimcheon Sangmu, and Hwang Sun-hong, the third-ranked manager of Daejeon, excluding the coach of the Asian Champions League (ACL).

Daejeon Hana coach Hwang Sun-hong, South Korea's national soccer legend, said of Lee Chung-yong scoring an additional goal in a home game against Gwangju on the 18th and performing a golf swing ceremony that seems to have been in mind about the controversy over the golf club related to former Ulsan coach Shin Tae-yong. I'm worried about how to accept it.' Both Shin and Lee Chung-yong, who signed the contract in 65 days, are Hwang's juniors.

Coach Hwang, who played 66 games as Pohang Suwon player in the K-League and led 446 games as Pohang Seoul Daejeon manager, said, `I don't know what's right. I don't think there's any other way than to talk about what the truth is"What I basically want to say is that there should be respect and consideration. That's the basis, but the situation now is that there is no basis."




The treatment and appointment of veterans representing the team is the biggest concern for almost all K-League managers. His skills have declined compared to his heyday, but any player wants to play. From the perspective of the leader of the team, Hwang said "There is no case where a coach doesn't put in a certain player because he hates it. Coaches and coaches agonize all night to decide on one player to be put into the game. It's not the concept of "We have to take this player out unconditionally." I think that should be respected, and I think the players should have no disagreement."

"There's no such thing as not being able to participate in all games because you're an old man. If you have the ability, you go out. The leader and the player should continue to communicate about that. There is no other way."

Controversy over Lee Chung-yong's golf ceremony, which Hwang Sun-hong sees, is unfortunate and embarrassing as a soccer player
Photo by Sangam = Reporter Yoon Jin-man
Controversy over Lee Chung-yong's golf ceremony, which Hwang Sun-hong sees, is unfortunate and embarrassing as a soccer player
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On the other hand, Jeonbuk coach Gus Foye said, "It's already past that I was fined 3 million won by the Korea Professional Football Federation for expressing dissatisfaction with the referee's decision. No comment," he replied briefly.

After the Jeju-Jeonbuk match at Jeju World Cup Stadium on the 3rd, coach Foye shared a scene on his personal SNS where Jeon Jin-woo (Jeonbuk) fell on the ground after being stepped on by Jeju defender Jang Min-gyu. "Not penalty, Not VAR, Not words" (no penalty kick, no VAR, no words) was also written. The federation is sanctioning negative comments about refereeing decisions as regulations. The Korea Football Association acknowledged the scene as a misjudgment through a meeting of the referee evaluation panel on the 14th.

Coach Foyet declined to comment on the controversy over the misjudgment, but stressed that goal line technology needs to be introduced for the development of the K-League.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.