Swiss soccer player- Michel Morganella- was expelled from the Olympics on Monday for his threatening and racist message that he posted on Twitter about South Koreans hours after Switzerland Lost to South Korea.
the 23-year-old player said in his tweet that South Koreans “can go burn” and he referred to them as a “Bunch of mongoloids”
Morganella released a statement through Swiss Olympic about the incident saying”
“I am sincerely sorry for the people of South Korea, for the players, but equally for the Swiss delegation and Swiss football in general. It’s clear that I’m accepting the consequences.”
“After the disappointing result and the reaction from Korea that followed, I made a huge error,”
Swiss Olympic team chief Gian Gilli said the player had been provoked by the comments sent to his Twitter account.
Gilli said he had tried to contact the head of the South Korean team in London to offer a personal explanation.
“We would like to apologize, especially to the South Korea National Olympic Committee and the South Korea Football Association for the behavior of the player,” he said.
“We hope that he will draw the necessary lessons for his still young football career,” Gilli said.
Morganella is the second athlete kicked off a London Olympics team for offensive Twitter comments, following Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou.
Last week, Greece Olympic officials tossed Papachristou off the team after she posted a comment mocking African immigrants and supporting a far-right political party.
