The qualification
match in AFC Cup tournament in Saturday (12/10) confronts U-19 Indonesia Team
against its counterpart from Ginseng country, South Korea. The score is 3-2 for
Indonesia. Rainfalls force both teams to play on “wet soil”. Winning euphoria
lasts for long. Many Indonesian must be proud for the struggle of Evan Dimas and
friends for this winning. The match is so glorious and therefore, it is not
surprising if the match of both countries has been broadcasted in various
media, including printed or online and has been talked widely throughout social media such as Twitter and
Facebook. During the match, Twitter’s timeline is filled by many public
responses to this match. In average, the guest, South Korea is given negative
response but the prejudice is not about football but about South Korea’s boy
bands. What is exactly the connection of football and boy bands?
Hallyu or Korean
Wave has penetrated world market, including Indonesia. Many countries in Europe
and United States have adored K-Pop. Indonesia teens, mainly girls, are crazy
about anything related of Korea. It is not mistake if the match against South
Korea is something with popular culture value, and it must be emotional for
anyone who stays against or dislikes Korean
Wave. It seems that too often Korean artists perform their concert in
Indonesia. Some people think that they are the destructor of Indonesia culture
value. If Korean names are heard, the statements came out are oplas, pretty boys, shemales, and
others.
Not surprisingly, the footballers in the match are not
seriously discussed, but the emphasis stands for Korea’s boy bands. The following
statements are spread out in Twitter’s timeline (account is confidential):
“Korea is about boy bands, football is only a game”.
“Korea deserves to loss for they play shaky”.
“Hay, can shemale play ball?”
“Korea losses, do you still like K-POP?”
Many K-POP lovers are embarrassed with these responses
because these ball supporters’ words are definitely not reasonable. K-POP
lovers reply with such responses:
"I LOVE TIMNAS
U-19 and INDONESIA, but Chauvinism is not necessary, is it?”
“This is
football, why boy bands matter? Footballer and boy bands are different”.
“I hate to
see Indonesia against Korea because people judge it with K-POP”.
“Ball
supporters must forget if they use Samsung to send their tweets”.
During the match, many Indonesia supporters shout their
nationalism. But, it is a true nationalism, but chauvinism. “Nationalism” is
only “mask” to disguise their hate for chauvinism by yelling for their own
country but disrespecting other country. Some supporters do not introspect
themselves because they proud of themselves when Indonesia team wins, but they
act averagely when Indonesia team losses or even they scorn the team so much.
Nationalisme with high level of fake is actually shown since the visiting of British
football clubs to Indonesia. Take Arsenal or Liverpool for instance. The
majority of Indonesia supporters are the fans of these clubs. They scream
happily to see their favorite clubs during the match although the opponent is
actually the national team. Is it nationalism?
I am standing here not to disgrace
Indonesia supporters, but let me to invite you into a reflection, are we good
enough? Respect our nation and respect other nation. International match will
not be so appropriate if we just insult and disrespect other nation. We all
know that the nation is greatly advanced than our nation. So, keep calm and
just support the competition.
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