Former Premier League defender Mauricio Taricco has been suspended for 5 video games after making a racist gesture in direction of a referee in South Korea. Photograph: AFP
SEOUL:
Former Premier League defender Mauricio Taricco has been suspended for 5 video games after making a racist gesture in direction of a referee in South Korea.
The 52-year-old Argentine, now an assistant to supervisor Gus Poyet at South Korean champions Jeonbuk, was discovered by Okay League officers to have made a “slant-eye” gesture earlier this month.
Taricco was despatched off by referee Kim Woo-seong after the previous Ipswich and Tottenham participant argued that his crew ought to have been awarded a penalty for handball.
He then reportedly shouted the Spanish phrase for “racist” on the referee earlier than placing his fingers to his eyes and pulling them again.
The referee reported the gesture to the Okay League disciplinary committee, which dominated that Taricco’s “actions constituted racist behaviour”.
“(The committee) famous that such a gesture is extensively recognised throughout cultures as derogatory in direction of folks of a specific race and matches actions which have beforehand led to FIFA sanctions,” the Okay League mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
The league mentioned that Taricco had claimed “he was merely pointing to his eyes to query whether or not the referee had seen the handball foul”.
The Okay League rejected Taricco’s argument and he was additionally fined 20 million received ($13,600).
Jeonbuk had been topped this season’s first-division champions, turning into the primary crew to win the title 10 instances.
Former Chelsea and Tottenham midfielder Poyet took over as supervisor at the beginning of the yr, bringing his long-time assistant Taricco with him.
The pair beforehand labored collectively in England, Greece, Spain, China and France.
