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Smiles on the faces of Korean reporters at the Central Media Center (MMC) as Japan lost 0-1 to Costa Rica in the second leg of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group E group stage held at the Al Rayyan Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on the 27th ( Korean time) has spread
The match between Japan and Costa Rica in Group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup group stage held at the Al Rayyan Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on the 27th (local time). A Japanese soccer fan cheers with a rising sun flag in the stands. 2022.11.27 Yonhap News” style=”padding: 0px;margin:0px”>
▲ The Rising Sun Flag appeared in the Qatar World Cup stands
The match between Japan and Costa Rica in Group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup group stage held at the Al Rayyan Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on the 27th (local time). A Japanese soccer fan cheers with a rising sun flag in the stands. 2022.11.27 Yonhap News
In the Japanese game, which has a strong wind in the beginning, you have to go to the original stadium and see it for yourself. However, as the time overlapped with the press conference of the Korean national football team before the match against Ghana, they gathered at MMC to watch the match on TV with reporters from other countries.
Reporters from other countries at the MMC watched as if having fun as Korean reporters made happy faces at Japan’s defeat. I was going to have a coffee, but a British reporter asked me a question. “You look happy. But why are you so unfriendly?”
In fact, there are many reasons why Korean reporters were happy to see Japan lose to Costa Rica that day. A long historical background and economic competition must have been hidden.
But the biggest reason is the ‘Rising Sun Flag’ that appeared in the stadium. On this day, some Japanese fans waved the rising sun flag in their hands even before entering the stadium. For us, who went through 36 years of Japanese colonial rule, seeing them holding the rising sun flag, a symbol of imperialism, will inevitably be uncomfortable.
Of course, it is not very desirable for Japan to be the first Asian country to reach the round of 16 and set the record for the most victories in Asia in the World Cup. But talking about this is too long.
The match between Japan and Costa Rica in Group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup group stage held at the Al Rayyan Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on the 27th (local time). Japan’s Takuma Asano feels sorry for missing an opportunity. 2022.11.27 Yonhap News” style=”padding: 0px;margin:0px”>
▲ Asano Takuma is missing
The match between Japan and Costa Rica in Group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup group stage held at the Al Rayyan Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on the 27th (local time). Japan’s Takuma Asano feels sorry for missing an opportunity. 2022.11.27 Yonhap News
So I asked. “Why were you so happy when Korea beat Germany four years ago?”
Indeed, England were one of the most delighted countries when Germany lost 0-2 to South Korea at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and failed to progress to the round of 16 after finishing last in the group stage.
The BBC said, “Germany finished this tournament in last place. Korea also sent Germany home. This is the World Cup,” he said happily. The Sun even published a large group F ranking table that Korea and Germany belonged to, and made fun of Germany, saying, “Cut it down and take it out when you feel like low.”
After hearing the answer, the British reporter left with a laugh, saying, “We might have done that even if France had lost.”
▲ Heung-Min Mab of the national football team scores an extra goal in the 51st minute of the second half of the extra time of the 3rd final match of Group F of the group stage of the Russia 2018 World Cup against Germany held at the Kazan Arena in Russia on the 27th (local time). Son Heung-min scored the third goal after the Brazil 2014 World Cup match against Algeria and the final match against Mexico, recording the most goals by a Korean player at the World Cup along with Ahn Jung-hwan and Park Ji-seong.
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Perhaps the biggest attraction of sport, which is to keep the body healthy and the mind right, is that it allows us to release the uncomfortable emotions within us in a way that is not so dangerous. If you rejoice when your neighbor, who is usually a little uncomfortable, suffers a misfortune, you become a ‘bad person’, but in sports, even if you consider it ‘fun ‘, nothing big will happen. So, if you blame yourself for cheering for a while at your neighbor’s defeat, you don’t have to.
Reporter Kim Dong-hyun
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