On the 14th, 22,206 spectators attended the friendly match between South Korea and Paraguay at Seoul's Sangam World Cup Stadium, in stark contrast to 63,237 people attending the match against Brazil at the same venue just four days earlier. The national football team's This is the first time since October 2015 against Jamaica (28,105) that attendance at a single home game has remained in the 20,000 range, and fewer spectators attended the stadium than ten years ago. The South Korean national football team reportedly bowed its head amid an unprecedented 'box office defeat,' Coincidentally, on the same day, professional baseball set a new postseason attendance record, further highlighting the crisis for the national football team. Until now, domestic A-matches have been a 'guarantee check' for popularity, with players like Son Heung-min (LAFC) and Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) You get to meet stars like Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who are rarely seen in Korea, and thanks to their consistently strong performances—until the crushing defeat against Brazil. It's hard to directly compare the popularity of professional baseball and soccer A-matches, but it was hard to imagine not long ago that more fans attended baseball games in Daegu than in Seoul. Of course, the decisive 0-5 defeat to Brazil on the 10th, the previous A-match, was decisive, but on that day, Korea had 4 shots and shots on target. Brazil managed only one goal,,, but with 14 shots and 7 on target, completely devastating them. Not only was the performance disappointing, but also Hong Myung-bo's comment that 'friendlies are just for finding weaknesses,' fueling public opinion,,,,, Who would come to watch an A-match??? Hong Myung-bo was surprisingly poor at talking!! and the score was 5-0!! ,,, to the fans who passionately supported him were just a strategy to exploit weaknesses in such performance??? Japan conceded two opening goals to Brazil , They won by scoring 3 goals!! They lost in the first half but turned things around in the second half!! While broadcasting the match against Paraguay, Lee Chun-soo said, "The association needs to think about why there are no fans today. We need the power to reach out to the fans. I hope we play a better game," he pointed out!!!!!!!
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