Controversy over the remarks of an executive member of the Indonesian Football Association “even if Shin Tae-yong did not exist”
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(Jakarta = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyemi Seong = Indonesian Twitter and other social media sites overflowed with hashtags ‘Save Shin Tae-yong’ (#SaveSTY) and ‘HarunaOut’ throughout the morning of the 17th.
When Haruna Sumitro, an executive member of the Indonesian Football Association, criticized and pressured Shin Tae-yong, who led the runner-up in the ‘2020 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Championship’ (Suzuki Cup), soccer fans all protested and launched an online campaign to find a new manager.
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According to Indonesian media JPNN, member Haruna appeared on a YouTube broadcast run by the media the day before and made critical comments about director Shin, but was hit by headwinds.
He revealed himself, saying, “It’s not much different from the previous coach,” he said at a recent evaluation meeting in which coach Shin participated.
Then, when the moderator asked about director Shin’s reaction to that, he added, “I felt bad. So I felt as if I was bullying director Shin. I told Director Shin that I wouldn’t be offended,” he added.
Upon hearing the remarks, Indonesian football fans immediately defended the new coach and launched an online support campaign saying, “Haruna, you too,” and “we believe in Shin.”
As public opinion on the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) rapidly deteriorated, the association president Mochamad Iriawan said, “There was no blockage in communication with the new coach. It will,” he said, and began to evolve.
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Coach Shin Tae-yong, who played both the under-23 (U-23) and U-20 (U-20) national teams with the Indonesian national team for four years from 2019, became popular after winning the runner-up at the ‘2020 AFF Championship’ (Suzuki Cup) earlier this month. has risen sharply.
Director Shin’s Instagram (@shintaeyong7777) followers surged from 100,000 to 840,000 during this competition, and the number of views of the YouTube interview video that appeared on the 11th of this month recorded 11.63 million.
Indonesian soccer fans liked, “Even before the new manager took over, the Indonesian team had won the Suzuki Cup five times, but the game itself has been upgraded.”
For this reason, in the result of the AFF’s ‘2020 Suzuki Cup Best Manager’ fan vote, Shin received 1,695 votes (53.15%) out of a total of 3,189 votes, proudly taking first place.
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