Netizens “There is no Japan, but why are we only?” Association “just custom”
The uniforms for the Korean national team were given to Japan on the 25th at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. Photo = Provided by the Korea Football Association
[아시아경제 김봉주 기자] After the friendly match between Korea and Japan, there is a stir over the Korean national team’s ‘Chest Japanese flag’. The Korean national team’s uniform was engraved with Taegeukgi and Japanese flags, This is because only the Japanese flag was engraved on the uniform of the Japanese national team.
Since Korea lost 0-3 in the Korea-Japan friendly match A held at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th, netizens have been dissatisfied with the fact that the Japanese flag is engraved on the heart of the Korean national team.
In this regard, the Korea Football Association has been inscribed with the flag of the opposing team since the past, and it is just a custom. The association said, “When the national team has played friendly matches, the flags of both countries and game information have been engraved on their uniforms all the time.”
The association is in a position that it is unfair to the controversy, but the controversy is spreading to a full wave. The Blue House National Petition even posted an article titled’Is it possible to make the Japanese flag on the national football uniform?’
In the midst of controversy among netizens over this, one netizen argues that it is only a difference in the policy of sponsoring supplies between Korea (Nike) and Japan (Adidas). They started wearing the team flag together. Recently, they also ran in friendly matches,” he explained.
During the 2018 Russia World Cup and the Austrian away game in November last year, the Korean national team engraved the opposing team’s flag on their hearts.
An official from the Korean Football Association explained that Japan only put the Japanese flag, “it is the opponent’s choice, not the obligation.”
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