LONDON - A football player has been expelled from Switzerland Olympics on Monday for his racist and threatening message on Twitter about the South Koreans. The remarks came hours after Michel Morganella Switzerland lost to South Korea
Morganella "discriminated against, abused and violated the dignity of the football team of South Korean and South Korean people," said the head of the Swiss Olympic team Gian Gilli through an interpreter in a conference release. He said the player was stripped of his Olympic accreditation.
Morganella is the second athlete team started for London Olympics, Twitter offensive comments, according to the Greek triple jump Voula Papachristou.
He sent the message after playing to a 2-1 defeat against South Korea on Sunday. He said that the tweets of South Korea "can go to burn" and referred to them as a "bunch of Mongolian."
The player is 23 years old, later issued a statement regretted the Swiss Olympic.
"I am truly saddened by the people of South Korea, for the players but also for the delegation of Switzerland and Swiss football in general. I 'Of course I'm accepting the consequences."
"After a disappointing result and the reaction was followed by Korea, which made a big mistake," he added Morganella.
The official team of South Korea refused to comment when asked about Morganella during a press conference Monday at Wembley Stadium, which had been scheduled before the crisis.
Gill said the player had been "provoked" by the comments posted on his Twitter account after the game.
However, the leader of the Swiss Morganella admitted that he had to be sent home under the terms of the International Olympic Committee Code of Conduct, which requires athletes to show respect for others.
"In this case, we feel that we have no alternative," said Gill.
Swiss media published photos of a tweet account of Morganella (at) morgastoss. The account was then removed. The tweet was written in an altered form of French, which seems to combine a kind of French slang called verlan and style of text messages.
Officials of the Swiss team in Cardiff, Wales, said the players have said Morganella was on the way home.
Gilli said he had attempted to contact the team leader of South Korea to London to offer a personal explanation.
"We apologize especially for the National Olympic Committee of South Korea and South Korea, the Football Association of player behavior," he said.
The IOC has encouraged the 10,800 athletes at the London Games to communicate with fans through social media, but has published guidelines on standards of behavior expected this.
South Korea was enraged his followers.
"I feel that our country has been hurt by the Swiss player view," said Park Jeong-hwan, a fan of football.
Morganella played the whole game in two matches in Switzerland. He received a yellow card against South Korea in Coventry.
The Swiss drew 1-1 with Newcastle to Gabon on Thursday. Switzerland plays its last game against Mexico on Wednesday, the group, the need to win with two goals of the possibility of progress.
"We focus on the game," said coach Pierluigi Tami. "The other things that we think. Maybe you should not read newspapers for the next two days."
Morganella debuted in May with the national team and currently plays for Italian club Palermo.
"We hope you will take the lessons necessary for a career in football is still young," said Gill.
Last week, the Greek Olympic officials Papachristou expelled from the team after writing a comment mocking African immigrants and support for extreme right political parties.
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