The government, the Jamboree organizers, and the Korea Football Association’s bungling administration have left soccer fans as the ultimate victims.
On August 8, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that “the 2023 Saemangeum Jamboree K-pop concert has been confirmed to be held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 11th.” The government explained that “the decision was inevitable due to the forecast of Typhoon Kanun passing over the Korean Peninsula.” However, the soccer community and fans strongly expressed their disappointment with the unilateral behavior of the government and federation in the decision-making process.
First, the FA Cup semifinal between Jeonbuk Hyundai and Incheon United was finally postponed in the aftermath of the disruption. The rescheduling of the match will be announced at a later date after consultation between the Korea Football Association and the two clubs.
Initially, the Saemangeum Jamboree K-pop concert was scheduled to be held at the Saemangeum campground on the 6th. However, after the jamboree started, the government changed the date and venue of the K-pop concert to Jeonju World Cup Stadium on the 11th due to the heat wave.
The problem was that the announcement was made on the afternoon of the 6th, and the Korean Football Association sent a letter to Jeonbuk and Incheon on the morning of the 7th to postpone the FA Cup match scheduled for the 9th. There was no consultation with the clubs, just a unilateral notice. The government’s change of venue meant that Jeonbuk would not be able to play its home game twice during this period.
Jeonbuk informed fans on the club’s official website and social media that the FA Cup quarterfinals and the K League 1 match against Suwon Samsung on December 12 were postponed. Fans complained on various message boards and social media.
However, when Typhoon Kanun was predicted to make landfall, the government changed its policy. It relocated the participants to the Seoul metropolitan area and decided to hold the K-pop concert at the Seoul World Cup Stadium instead of the previous week.
Now that the concert will be held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, Jeonbuk will be able to resume their home two-game series as planned. However, the team has already announced the postponement to fans. It was an embarrassing situation for the club.
After a series of twists and turns, the stadium became available again, but this time, the opposing team, Incheon, pushed back. After playing a K League 1 away game against Jeonbuk on the 6th, Incheon planned to stay in Jeonju to prepare for the FA Cup semifinals. However, when they received the postponement letter from the Korean Football Association on the 7th, they returned to their hotel in Incheon that afternoon.
Incheon’s position is that it would be “ridiculous” to travel back to Jeonju to play the game on the 9th. “According to the rules, if the home team is unable to play, the game must be played at the away team’s home stadium,” said an Incheon club official, adding that the KFA sent the letter unilaterally without consulting them.
In the end, the KFA made the final decision to postpone the match because they felt that it would be difficult to hold the FA Cup semifinal on time. 꽁머니사이트 It’s a funny thing when a scheduled FA Cup match disappears,
The K-pop concert venue was replaced by the Seoul World Cup Stadium, and the sparks flew to FC Seoul, which calls the venue home. FC Seoul is playing the 26th round on the road in Daejeon, so it’s not a big deal from a scheduling standpoint. But hosting a large-scale concert event with tens of thousands of people in attendance, especially in the middle of summer, is a surefire way to damage the stadium’s turf.