"Korea manipulates the game again"…Chinese "shout" against Korea, who advanced to Best 16

South Korea's soccer World Cup team defeated Portugal to advance to the last 16. While Japan and South Korea are showing the strength of Asian football, Chinese football fans who could not participate in the World Cup are not calm.

On December 3rd, the Chinese media and SNS are full of content related to Korea's advance to the final 16. On Baidu, China's largest portal site, the "Korea-Portugal" match was among the top search terms.

Many Chinese people celebrated Korea's advance to the last 16, but there were many voices of jealousy and criticism. In particular, there were many people who insisted on "game manipulation". One net user spelled, "I can't accept the winning manipulation of the World Cup." There are also opinions such as "Portugal could have scored a goal, but they didn't do it on purpose", "Ronaldo's assist was also a deliberate play", "This World Cup is full of bullshit", "South Korea and Japan, who have money, bought the best 16 with money.”

Another netizen commented, "Korea advanced to the top 16 because they ate Chinese kimchi. Thank China."