Chonburi sacks drink-driving goalie Worawut
published : 27 Oct 2022 at 15:32
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Chonburi FC sacked Worawut Sukuna on Thursday after criticism it had been too lenient in only suspending him after Wednesday morning's fatal drink-driving accident.
The team's announcement on Thursday said it had reconsidered punishment and decided to axe the 23-year-old goalkeeper, effective immediately.
The sacking came after the team manager resigned on Wednesday night to show responsibility for the events.
Chonburi came under criticism on Wednesday for deciding only to suspend Worawut from the squad after the fatal crash. He was driving the car that hit a 62-year-old woman on her morning exercise walk along the bike lane on a road about 4.30am. Her male companion was injured and taken to Chon Buri Hospital.
Police said Worawut had tested well above the blood alcohol limit for driving. He was charged with drunk driving and negligent driving causing death.
Worawut's previously bright future now looks bleak. He is reported to have been on a 10-million-baht contract signed two years ago.
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Vocabulary
- axe: to get rid of workers that you don’t need - ปลดคนงาน
- bleak: having little or no hope for the future; cold, empty and not welcoming or attractive - โดยสิ้นหวัง, โดยหมดหวัง, เปล่าเปลี่ยว
- contract: an official written agreement - สัญญา
- criticism: comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad - การวิจารณ์
- goalkeeper (noun): (in football (soccer ), hockey, etc.) a player whose job is to stop the ball from going into his or her own team’s goal - ผู้รักษาประตู
- lenient: not strict; not giving someone as strong a punishment as you could - ลงโทษสถานเบา หรือให้ความเมตตา
- negligent: not being careful or giving enough attention to people or things that are your responsibility - ละเลย,ไม่สนใจ
- punishment: an act or a way of punishing somebody - การลงโทษ
- resign: to leave a job permanently - ลาออกจากตำแหน่ง
- sack: to remove someone from a job; to fire - ปลดออกจากตำแหน่ง
- sacking: forcing someone to leave their job - ปลดคนงาน
- suspend: to stop something for a short time - หยุดชั่วคราว
