Lee Kang-in Apologizes to Son Heung-min and Visits London: Public Opinion on National Team Selection

2024-03-08 05:06:54
Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who clashed with ‘captain’ Son Heung-min (Tottenham) during the Asian Cup, visits London, England and poses with Son Heung-min after apologizing to him. /News 1

When asked whether Lee Kang-in (22, Paris Saint-Germain), who had a conflict with national team captain Son Heung-min (31, Tottenham Hotspur) during the Qatar Asian Cup, should continue to be selected for the national team, 40.7% of the public responded that they were opposed.

This is the result announced on the 6th after a survey of 526 men and women over the age of 18 across the country by the public opinion polling agency ‘Real Meter’ on the 5th at the request of the Energy Economy Newspaper.

According to the results of the opinion poll, the proportion of respondents who said, ‘Lee Kang-in should be selected considering his weight in the team and his skills (in favor of selection for the national team)’ was 46.9%, and ‘he should not be selected because organization and cooperation are important in soccer.’ The proportion of respondents who said ‘I do (oppose national team selection)’ was 40.7%. The proportion of respondents who answered ‘I don’t know’ was 12.5%.

It appeared that positions differed depending on gender. Among male respondents who participated in the survey, the proportion of ‘opposition to national team selection’ was 48.1%, which was slightly higher than the proportion of ‘in favor of national team selection’ of 43.3%.

In the case of female respondents, 50.3% were in favor of being selected as a national representative, but only 33.4% were opposed to being selected as a national representative.

There was no significant difference in the proportion of respondents who expressed ‘in favor of national team selection’ according to age group, but the proportion of respondents who were ‘against national team selection’ was 47.2% and 46.8% in their 50s and 60s, respectively, compared to respondents of other age groups. appeared higher than that.

Son Heung-min, who suffered a finger injury, is signing an autograph with his finger straightened. /X

According to the Korea Football Association’s explanation and some media reports, Son Heung-min suffered a finger injury in a collision with Lee Kang-in and others ahead of the quarterfinals of the Qatar Asian Cup last month.

As the controversy over the low-cost situation arose, Lee Kang-in announced on his social media on the 21st of last month that he had visited London, England, and apologized to Son Heung-min. He also said that he had contacted other senior members of the national team and colleagues one by one to apologize.

This survey was conducted on 526 people aged 18 or older nationwide on Tuesday, March 5, and the response rate was 4.3%. The survey method is an automatic response survey using a wireless RDD (96%) and wired RDD (4%) sampling frame. Statistical correction used the resident registration demographic statistics of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety as of the end of January 2024 to assign weights by gender, age group, and region, and the sampling error is ±4.3% points at a 95% confidence level based on all respondents.

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