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| ▲ On the 25th, Taegeuk fighters who participated in the 80th soccer game in Japan and Japan at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, pose before the match. |
The aftermath of the friendly A match between Korea and Japan, which ended in a 0-3 defeat, is spreading through controversy over the’Japanese flag’ engraved on the national team’s uniform.
The Korean national team, led by coach Paulo Bento, lost 0-3 in their 80th Korea-Japan match against Japan at the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th.
Even manager Bento criticized him as “a legitimate defeat with no excuses” after the game.
Apart from the performance, the Japanese flag engraved on the national team uniform top was also on the cutting board.
On the left chest of the Korean national team’s uniform, the emblem of the Korea Football Association and the Korean national flag are engraved alongside the Korean flag and Japanese flag. The’Korea vs. Japan’ match, the day the match was held, and the host country are also indicated in English.
On the other hand, only the Japanese flag flag and the Japan Football Association emblem are attached to the same place on the Japanese national team uniform.
There was a voice saying that it was uncomfortable to see the Japanese flag on the uniform of the Korean national team.
An official of the Korea Football Association said, “It is an international custom to include the flags and game information of both countries in the national team uniform, although it varies from country to country.” .
In the meantime, there was no formalized information, such as country names and game information without national flags, and sometimes omitted if preparation was not adequate, the association official explained.
In the case of Japan, he added, “It is the choice of the partner country, not the obligation,” when it comes to adding only the Japanese flag.
On the other hand, a soccer fan expressed dissatisfaction with this issue through a national petition at the Blue House. It was not convincing to go to Japan to play the game at a sensitive time, but it was content that Korean players should wear Japanese flags and play in the game in front of the public.
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