“Firing lasers is terrorism” Fifa accuses… “Please don’t do that” China also criticizes

The away game against China in the 2026 North and Central America World Cup second qualifying round held on the 21st.

A green laser light fired by a Chinese spectator was captured on Son Heung-min’s face as he prepared to take a penalty kick.

Laser lights were fired several times toward Lee Kang-in, who was preparing to take a free kick.

Before the game started, some Chinese fans caused controversy by booing our national team’s national anthem and arguing with a Korean away fan holding the national flag.

Meanwhile, Seo Gyeong-deok, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, announced that he had reported the unsportsmanlike behavior of Chinese soccer fans to the International Football Federation (FIFA).

After posting a photo of our players exposed to laser light on social media, Professor Seo said, “This was an unreasonable act to disrupt the game,” and added, “I reported this to the International Football Federation because I believed that these absurd situations should never be repeated.” It was revealed.

Professor Seo said, “Booing at the other country’s national anthem, laser attacks on the other country’s key players, and harsh swearing at the other country’s cheering squad are clear violations of the spirit of FIFA,” adding, “FIFA strongly protested to the Chinese Football Association and will never do anything like this again.” “Please take action to prevent incidents from happening again,” he demanded.

Criticism of the unmannered behavior of Chinese spectators was also raised within China.

Li Xuan, a reporter for Zhibo.com, said on his social media, “If the Chinese national team hears boos during the away game in Korea, will they accept it?” and criticized the Chinese fans for forgetting their manners, saying, “Please don’t bring laser pointers or anything like that into the stadium.” .

There were also self-reflecting voices on Chinese social media, saying, “Firing a laser at the Korean national team was too much,” and “We lost the game and lost our sports spirit.”