Director Al Hilal's "Refusal to Handshake" Lee Jung-hyo said, "Who won't watch it anyway?"
Director Al Hilal's "Refusal to Handshake" Lee Jung-hyo said, "Who won't watch it anyway?"
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Al Hilal coach Jorge Jesús refused to shake hands with Gwangju FC coach Lee Jung-hyo, who reached out despite the defeat.
Gwangju, led by head coach Lee Jung-hyo, was eliminated after losing 0-7 to Al Hilal in the quarterfinals of the 2024-2025 season at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 26th (Korea time).
As a result, Gwangju's first ACLE challenge ended in the quarterfinals.
Gwangju, which had four wins, two draws and one loss, beating Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) 7-3 in the league stage, became the only K-League club to advance to the quarterfinals by catching Vissel Kobe (Japan) in the round of 16.
Gwangju is the first city and provincial team to reach the quarterfinals in the ACL stage.
However, the walls of Alhilal, the 'super-luxury army', were higher than expected.
According to Transfermarkt, a website specializing in the soccer transfer market, the value of the Al Hilal team is 180 million euros (about 295.1 billion won), more than 20 times that of Gwangju (14 billion won).
Nevertheless, Gwangju maintained an aggressive Lee Jung-hyo soccer and fought without regret.
Coach Lee Jung-hyo, who encouraged Gwangju players by shouting throughout the game despite his inferiority, approached coach Alhilal Jesus and reached out after the game despite the 0-7 defeat.
However, Jesus refused to shake Lee's hand, making a gesture that seemed to caution him against words.
Manager Lee left the ground by slapping on the back of coach Jesús, who did not accept the handshake.
"I don't know exactly, but I think (Jesus) has misunderstood something," Lee said through the Korea Professional Football Association. "I don't want to pay much attention. I'm okay because I'm a person who won't watch it anyway."
Jesus' refusal to shake Lee Jung-hyo's hand even with a seven-goal victory is interpreted as dissatisfaction with his nervousness even before the game. 안전놀이터
Ahead of this game, coach Lee made aggressive remarks such as "Either (Alhilal) is applied or (Alhilal) is applied."