Key Highlights
- Their game with Daejeon Hana, however, turned out to be the most controversial and divisive of the season.
- Jeonbuk were leading 2-1 when, in injury time, the referee, Kim Woo-seong, did not award a penalty for handball, much to the displeasure of Mauricio Taricco, Poyet’s No 2. Even when VAR intervened and Kim pointed to the spot, the former Tottenham full-back kept complaining, to the extent that he was shown a second yellow card minutes after the first.
- The Argentinian put his index fingers next to the outer corner of each eye.
- Kim interpreted the gesture as racist and reported the 52-year-old to the K League’s disciplinary committee. It agreed with the official.
- “In the video footage of the incident, coach Mauricio Taricco was seen placing his index finger in the centre of his eye and then pulling it toward the edge, narrowing his eyes,” the committee said.
