Chapter 195 – Minjun Hong’s Influence? (One)
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“Catastrophe!! Korea breaks through Catenaccio!!』
『Again 2002! Once again to the quarterfinals!』
『Two unbelievable wonder goals in one game! The protagonist is Hong Min-jun, the new ace of the national team!”
“Is the World Cup okay? The Endless Bias Controversy』
『From the UFO goal to the overhead kick goal, Hong Min-joon’s circus-like goal-goal goal in the quarterfinals!』
『(Photo) Chief referee announcing dismissal to national team coach Oh Ji-je』
『Injured fighting spirit Hong Min-jun, finally going to the hospital!』
『Italian coach Montellaro “The referee clearly gave us a favorable decision”, Admitting bias?』
The World Cup quarterfinal match between Korea and Italy created countless topics.
First of all, isn’t it surprising that Korea, which was expected to be difficult to advance to the round of 16, let alone the quarterfinals, defeated Italy, the host nation and soccer powerhouse, right before the World Cup was held?
Although the Italy of today is not the Italy of the past.
Although Italy is evaluated as having weakened a lot due to the recent poor performance of the national team.
Nevertheless, it is a team that enters the end of the championship candidates.
Even if the ranking is 5th, and it is evaluated that it is a battle to advance to the semifinals, not a championship competition, it is impossible to ignore the image accumulated over a long time.
For the majority of soccer fans, the fact that ‘Italy’ was eliminated in the quarterfinals, and that it was defeated by an Asian team, was a big topic.
But Italy’s elimination by an Asian team is nothing compared to other topics.
In football, it is surprisingly common for an underdog to kill a giant, and isn’t it surprising that a team that was considered the favorite to win the World Cup is suddenly eliminated?
Well, to the Italian people, it would be an ‘unbelievable, fucking amazing, big event that can’t be real’, but… Is it for nothing that there is a jinx that the winning team of the previous tournament is going to die in the next World Cup?
The World Cup is a frequent occurrence in which the winning team of last year’s World Cup failed to even pass the group stage, let alone the main round.
2006 World Cup champion Italy, 2010 champion Spain, and 2014 champion Germany all show their asshole show in the group stage of the next World Cup, so it is surprising that Italy was beaten by an Asian team in the quarterfinals. It is not an ‘ambassador’.
Of course, it became a topic for a while as one of the victims of countless giant killings and incidents, but it was not something that would continue to be a constant topic.
If it’s normal.
However, the controversy that started right after the World Cup ended became much, incomparably more talked about than the semi-final match.
World Cup, the most globalized and most successful sports festival.
It was also a match between Asia and Europe on the stage of the quarterfinals, so the audience was enormous.
Whether you like it or not, from Asians who do not kneel anywhere in terms of population, including China and Japan, to football fans cheering for a prestigious Italian brand.
As it was the Korea vs. Italy match that recorded the most viewers among the 4 matches in the quarterfinals, there was no choice but to discuss the biased decision.
Even if the game is played fairly fairly, there will always be controversy over bias, and even more so, a game in which judgments full of partiality have been repeated one after another.
Even Hong Min-joon scored an all-time great goal, and even two all-time great goals, and the topic is focused, but how exciting is it that the coach even protested and was sent off?
As soon as the game was over, the post criticizing the referee heated up social media.
FIFA’s official SNS account was filled with comments about the match between Korea and Italy, as if it had been terrorized, and hundreds or thousands of new articles related to it were created every second.
In the midst of this, one peculiar thing is that while it was usually young men who were most active in sports controversy, it was women in their teens and 30s who responded most enthusiastically to this controversy.
Unlike men who personally burst into anger, they systematically terrorized FIFA’s official SNS account, focused their firepower on Internet articles that suited their taste, and poured out tremendous firepower, such as posting comments, and broke the controversy. Spread
『Related traffic surges one day after the game ended! The cause is Hong Min-joon’s female fan?』
『19 million fan club members alone? Hong Min-jun fan clubs all over the world』
『The reason why estranged women in their teens and twenties came back to the soccer world is because of one player』
Astute reporters quickly covered this unusual phenomenon,
-Wow;; Real women’s firepower ;;
—You thought Hong Min-joon conquered the worldhaha
—AhhahaThis is the world government oj
—Is it a true story of great unity with Hong Min-joon, women around the world? My heart really grows…
— Hey… Hyung, I’m going to have a grand vacation soon…
—Minjun Hong
—Ah, gay bastards are here
—Please, if you are a Korean, let’s cheer for Hong Min-joon!!
—It even came to Jehan Hong, who is a bitch.
With all sorts of controversies and even aggro, the online world literally starts with ‘Hong Min-joon’ and ends with ‘Hong Min-joon’.
Since it was online, I couldn’t just stay offline.
[Hello. This is the 9 o’clock news Go Min-jung. The festival of the world, our national team advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup. But it’s abuzz with bad controversies. This time—]
[Controversy around the world—]
[Out at the scene—]
It only took one day to make headlines in news and newspapers, and quickly rise to global issues beyond Korea.
And the next day, Pippa’s tearful asshole show began to settle the ever-growing controversy.
『Referring Muhammad Fadir (42), who served as the referee for the match against Italy, to the Disciplinary Committee』
『Director Oh Ji-je who can’t sit on the bench for the semi-finals?』
『What is the level of punishment for Hong Min-joon? Predictions based on past records』
The atmosphere that was subdued by FIFA’s response, conscious of public opinion in its own way,
『’Wrap around my family?’ Growing suspicion! What will be Fifa’s next response?』
『Hong Min-joon is severely punished, and biased referees are reviewed? Is FIFA’s fairness okay?』
『Intensifying Controversy! Hong Min-joon’s global fan club ‘P.H’ with 8.6 million members, “I can’t stand FIFA’s injustice anymore!” Declaration of complaint to the International Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)!』
Rather, it sparked controversy.
In particular, for Muhammad, the American national referee of Algerian origin, at the center of the controversy, the level was lowered from ‘refer to the disciplinary committee’ to ‘disciplinary review’, while Hong Min-joon, who was the referee ‘deliberately’ right after the game, was ‘played in 15 official matches’ The heavy punishment of ‘stop’ has been raised, causing strong opposition.
『Controversy over racial discrimination that constantly occurs, how does FIFA respond?』
『What are the past five-time matches?』
『The fairness of FIFA that has been raised countless times!』
The atmosphere that had seemed to subside was reversed, and when a campaign to condemn FIFA began online, centered on the ‘self-proclaimed’ 19 million fans of Hong Min-joon, the incident escalated as even reporters, who had an intuition for a scoop, clung to it.
And as a result of the persistent reporter and netizen investigation team, the SNS posts posted by the referee Muhammad in the past were re-examined soon after.
He has a strong admiration for Italy, and is a fierce supporter of Inter, a prestigious Serie A club, and a racist.
Muhammad protested that he was not a racist, but faced a backlash when he was caught posting a photo of tearing eyes, a representative act of belittling Asians that he posted on social media 20 years ago.
“At the time, I didn’t know it was racist. I really didn’t post this to disparage anyone. Rather, I am the victim. It’s really, really unfortunate.”
Muhammad’s pleas were of no avail.
No, on the contrary, it brought about an even stronger headwind.
With the addition of the scandalous crime of ‘Do you cosplay as a victim in a situation where you wear a hat even if you put on a grenzel?’, It doesn’t matter whether the young man 20 years ago really knew that tearing his eyes was an act of racism or not.
Fifa and Muhammad have become thoroughly ‘evil’, and most people have become a position to raise their voices for ‘justice’.
『Submit a petition to FIFA in cooperation with the Korea Football Association (KFA), European Football Federation (UEFA) and Asian Football Federation (AFC)!』
『Fairness is the basic spirit of sports!』 Igal』
『Adidas CEO “I am very concerned about the situation where the process is compromised”』
Even FIFA-affiliated organizations and key sponsors are responding to public opinion falling without wings.
『Finally, Mark bowed his head, President of the International Football Federation!』
『Promise of thorough investigation without sanctuary! The penalty for Hong Min-joon is lowered to a two-game suspension.”
『’Racist referee’ Muhammad, suspension of refereeing qualifications! Justice wins!』
Just four days after the match, Pippa took his knee.
And at that time, Hong Min-joon, who was watching all this situation in the hospital room, was smiling with a smile of repentance.
“Great! Harin. Let’s schedule an interview now.”