Last night, after South Korea defeated China 3-0 away in the World Preliminary Round, South Korean media "Sports Korea" also compared this game to the League of Legends World Finals that ended earlier.
According to the outlet, both Son Heung-min and T1 mid-laner Faker made the same moves against the Chinese team, and the South Korean men's football team and T1 even had a strikingly similar trajectory.
The outlet concluded by saying that China's athletics fell to their knees in front of two legends in their respective fields, and at the Hangzhou Asian Games in October, both events also won gold medals.
Paris midfielder Lee Gang-in's popularity in South Korea
In Seoul's 66,000-seat stadium, women make up the vast majority of fans.
A large number of women in South Korea see Lee Gang-in as a star-chasing, and it will strongly inspire national pride, rather than being a TV or movie star.
Lee Si-jin, a reporter from the Korea Herald, added: "Since the success of the national basketball team in the early 90s, sports have been a passion for both women and men.
South Korean media "442" commented on the Chinese team's 0-3 South Korean team's World Preliminary Match.
The media said that although it was a home game, the gap between Chinese and South Korean football has widened due to the defensive formation of five defenders and too many passing errors. Although the Chinese team did not have the traditional rough style of play, their performance was not impressive. Defensively, they played with a three-centre-back formation, but made frequent mistakes without pressing.
Chinese football has not improved, and most importantly, it is a home game, but the team often makes mistakes, resulting in poor management of even basic matches.
On the contrary, the South Korean team played a very relaxed game, focusing on the players who played in Europe, especially in the second half, Son Heung-min's flower insertion, which illustrated the widening gap between China and South Korea.