The Referee Committee of the Korea Football Association (KFA) held a meeting of the Referee Evaluation Subcommittee at the Jongno Football Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 31st and imposed strict administrative measures on all six referees who presided over the match between Jeonbuk Hyundai and Pohang Steelers at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on the 28th, including suspending their assignments for the remainder of the season for violating the substitution procedure (Article 3, Paragraph 3 of the Laws of the Game).

The Referee Committee held the six officials (head referee, standby referee, first assistant referee, second assistant referee, VAR referee, and assistant VAR referee) responsible for the violation of Article 3.3 of the Laws of the Game, and decided to suspend all six officials for the remainder of the 2023 K League season and other competitions such as the FA Cup.

In particular, the referee and standby referee, who were more responsible for failing to enforce the rule while presiding over the game, will be referred to the next year's K League 1 and K League 2 referee list to be downgraded by one level. 바카라사이트

Commenting on the decision, Lee Jung-min, chairman of the referee committee of the Korea Football Association, said, "Referees must thoroughly manage and supervise the process of injuries and treatment of players, as well as the entry and exit of players from the stadium. The referee's mistake, which occurred in a situation where injured players were being transported, treated around the stadium, and players were being substituted at the same time, can be called a human error, but it is difficult to tolerate it in the K League 1, the highest level of Korean soccer."

The offense occurred at the 22:10 mark of the first half of the Jeonbuk-Pohang match when Pohang requested a substitution while Kim Yong-hwan was being treated off the field for an injury.

Pohang requested that Kim In-sung be removed and Shin Kwang-hoon be substituted, but the referees recognized that the injured player was being replaced and allowed Shin Kwang-hoon to enter the field without Pohang's Kim In-sung leaving the field, and the game was played with Kim In-sung and Shin Kwang-hoon on the field for approximately 4 minutes and 30 seconds. After realizing that the substitution was incorrect, the referees sent Kim In-sung off the field and resumed the game.