A social media video shot while crying at a Japanese occupation site in Germany became a hot topic
Although football is popular in China, the influence of Chinese leagues is gradually diminishing.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = A video of a Chinese soccer fan, who is very popular in soccer but has only qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, went viral on Weibo social media.
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported on the 25th an article titled “Weibo influencer cries and asks ‘why can’t we win'”.
Through this article, this media covered a video taken by a netizen with ID ‘山羊君Goat’, who has more than 200,000 followers on Weibo, visiting the stadium where the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar.
This influencer visited Qatar’s Khalifa International Stadium on the 23rd to watch the match between Japan and Germany, and in this match, Japan defeated Germany 2-1, shouting, “Japan is a neighboring country, and their physique is similar to ours. Why? We can’t win (in the World Cup)?” he asked.
While Japan advanced to the World Cup round of 16 three times and Korea twice, China were the only team to progress to the finals of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, but failed to score a single goal and were eliminated from r group stage with nine runs and three losses.
Chinese netizens expressed their sympathy in the comments, saying, “Anyone in that stadium might have felt the same way” or “We have no choice but to watch other countries’ games on TV.”
Also, comparing China’s large population, some comments asked, “Is it difficult to pick 14 people out of a population of 1.4 billion?”
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China did not appear in this tournament, but according to data from Global Data, a data analysis and consulting company in the UK, Chinese companies are sponsoring a total of 1.395 billion dollars, or 1.8 trillion won in Korean currency, for the Cup of the World of Qatar. .
This is more than the $1.1 billion US companies and ranks first when classified by country.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying recently posted on social media that “China built the Lusail Stadium (where the Qatar World Cup final will be held)” and that “70% of the World Cup souvenirs are made in China.”
The South China Morning Post said, “On Weibo, posts with the hashtag World Cup exceeded 600 million on the 24th, and hashtag posts related to the clash between Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United are uploaded more than 140 a million times a day alone.” Popularity Cup.
In 2011, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his wish for the Chinese national team to advance to the World Cup, host the World Cup, and win the championship.
In the 2026 World Cup, the number of countries participating in the finals will increase from 32 in this tournament to 48, so there is a high possibility that China will also have a chance.
However, the South China Morning Post said, “In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, prominent players such as Javier Mascherano (Argentina), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria), and Renato Augusto (Brazil) participated as Chinese clubs.” The number of players in the team also declined significantly,” he said.
A total of 8 players participated in the 2018 World Cup in Russia as a member of a Chinese club, but this was reduced to 2 players.
Son Jun-ho (Shandong Taishan) from our national team and Christian Basogog (Shanghai Shenhua) from Cameroon are members of the Chinese league that participated in the Qatar World Cup.
The media worried about the decline in the competitiveness of the Chinese league, saying, “At one time, there were many famous coaches and players who won the World Cup in the Chinese Premier League, but now there is not.”
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