"Why aren't you posting an apology?" Jonathan flooded with hateful comments on SNS after failing to help South Korea advance to the Round of 32 [Star Issue]

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Jonathan (26, real name Jonathan Tona Yombi), a broadcaster from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has become a target of online trolls. This is due to the South Korean national football team's failure to advance from the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.

The South Korean national football team, led by coach Hong Myung-bo, finished third in Group K in the tournament's group stage matches on the 28th (Korean time), falling outside the eighth-place cutoff line required to advance to the Round of 32 in the competition among third-place teams. As a result, South Korea failed to advance from the group stage for the first time since the 2018 Russia tournament, eight years later.

Upon news of this, some football fans have flocked to Jonathan's SNS to pour out hateful comments. This appears to be a reaction to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's 3-1 comeback victory over Uzbekistan in the final Group K match, which dashed South Korea's hopes of advancing to the Round of 32. Jonathan became an unintended target solely because he is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The comment section of Jonathan's latest SNS post is being flooded in real time with racist hate comments such as "Honestly, didn't you cheer for Congo in your heart?", "Why aren't you posting an apology?", "Thanks to you, we failed to advance to the Round of 32," "Because you cheered for Congo, South Korea couldn't make it to the Round of 32," "Deportation," and "Apologize to the Korean people."

However, other football fans are standing up against the trolls with comments like "What crime did Jonathan commit?", "I don't understand why they are taking their anger out on Jonathan," "Don't do anything that lowers the nation's dignity," and "It's absurd to link football and Jonathan."

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