Fans of Incheon United and Daegu FC were also outraged by the unilateral notice from the Korea Football Association (KFA).
Incheon United and Daegu FC faced each other in the 5th round of the Hana 1 Q K League 1 at 4:30 pm on the 1st at the Incheon Soccer Stadium. The match was a 0-0 draw.
At the same time as the kick-off of this game, Incheon and Daegu fans put up a hook. The target is the KFA, which recently pardoned 100 violators under disciplinary action under the title of ‘pardoning 100 soccer players’. The pardon list also included 48 players who were expelled in 2011 for match-fixing in professional football. KFA held a temporary board meeting belatedly on the 31st of last month and withdrew the decision, but the anger of the fans has not subsided.
Through the Geolgae, Incheon fans asked sharp questions such as “Amnesty discussion for whom?” and “Why is an association for forgiveness?”
Incheon fans are not the only ones who put up a hanging. Daegu fans also ‘sniped’ Chung Mong-gyu, head of the Korea Football Association, with the slogan, “(Jeong) Mong-gyu, if you lose trust, it’s over!”
Chung Mong-gyu, chairman of the Korea Football Association, withdrew the decision completely and said, “As a result, the judgment was not thoughtful.” However, he said, “I couldn’t take into account the stricter moral standards and the heightened expectations of the fans who wanted a fair ground.” 먹튀검증
Korean soccer reached its second heyday after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. More fans than last season were stepping into the K-League, and the two A-matches held in March were sold out quickly. In this match between Incheon and Daegu, 8,250 fans visited the stadium.
In this situation, the decision to pardon is truly an’own goal’. In 2011, the ‘match manipulators’ who hurt countless football fans were given another chance because of ‘World Cup achievements’. It’s a decision that doesn’t make sense no matter how you think about it. The reason why they chose to accompany the ‘parasites’ who took care of their own self-interest by shaking the foundation of sports was not explained at all.
In the end, there was no sincere apology from Chairman Chung Mong-gyu. He just avoided the fans by issuing an apology that was ‘mixed with excuses’.