Jakarta, shesocial Indonesia
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South Korean media highlighted the action of the Vietnam U-23 national team coach
Kim Sik Sik
which was considered controversial during the match against the Indonesian U-23 national team in the 2025 AFF U-23 Cup final, July 29.
The controversial action of Kim Sik Sik in question was when the South Korean coach bowed towards the referee Koji Takasaki when he got a yellow card.
The moment occurred when the match at the GBK Main Stadium, Jakarta, entered the second half injury time.The 48 -year -old coach gets a yellow card because it is considered to interfere with Indonesian player Robi Darwis, who is preparing to throw inside.
The act of bending towards the referee, as Kim Sik Sik did in the final match of the AFF U-23 2025, was considered a mocking action in Vietnam.
“Vietnam residents criticized coach Kim Sang Sik who brought his country to win two AFF trophies. That was because of his actions bent to the referee. Kim said that this was a strategy and effect to encourage the players, but this was clearly wrong actions,” wrote the South Korean media media,
Star News Korea
.
At a glance Kim Sik’s action to the referee is to apologize after getting a yellow card.But, the action of the former South Korean national team player was considered as something insulting.
“There was one of the most surprising incidents in the history of Vietnamese football. The striker Le Cong Binh had been punished from the Vietnam [VFF] soccer federation because he bowed to the referee. The incident was so serious that the player even considered retirement,” Star News Korea wrote.
Kim Sik scored history as the first coach to win the Senior AFF Cup and AFF U-23.
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