Daniel Podence was sent off for punching a player after Hwang Hee-chan was a victim of alleged racist abuse.
Wolves were facing Italian side Como and held a 1-0 lead midway through the second half when players from both teams came together in unsavory scenes.
Podence then attempted to punch the Como player with Wolves’ players furious after Hwang accused a Como player of racist abuse.
After a lengthy stoppage, play resumed with Wolves boss Gary O’Neil saying that the decision to continue the match was made by the South Korean star.
Speaking to Wolves’ website, Gary O’Neil said: “Channy heard a racist remark which is really disappointing. I spoke to Channy about it, checked whether he wanted to take the team off or come off himself, but he was keen the team carried on and got the work they needed.
“It’s really disappointing that it happened, that we have to talk about it and that it impacted the game – not ideal and things like that shouldn’t be around.
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“He’s really disappointed, of course, and understandably. I’m proud of the fact that he wanted to carry on and put his team first in a difficult moment for him.
“He knew it was a pre-season trip and he wanted the lads to work and get their minutes, even though he’d suffered something hugely offensive. Channy will be OK, he’ll get our full support and we’ll pick him up in the morning and make sure he’s OK.
“It’s a together group. Of course, there’s ways to handle that and we don’t want to leave ourselves short on the pitch, but it’s a together group. We’ve worked really hard this week, had a good week, had some great moments in the game, but it’s an unfortunate incident we have to deal with and have to discuss when, ideally, we’d be talking about the game. Of course, when an incident like that happens in a game, it’s the first thing we discuss.”
It’s not the first time that the forward has suffered racial abuse in his career, with a similar incident happening in the summer of 2022 in a friendly with Portuguese side Farense.
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Hwang first joined Wolves in the summer of 2021 and has gone on to make 94 appearances for the club, scoring 22 goals.