Comedian Lee Gyeong-gyu, known as a passionate soccer fan, was angry at the Korean national soccer team's elimination from the round of 32 of the 2026 North and Central America World Cup. At the same time, coach Hong Myung-bo recalled the local company dinner held by the national team after failing to advance to the round of 32 of the 2014 Brazil World Cup, when he first took charge of the national team. Lee Gyeong-gyu said in an internet broadcast on the 28th, "(The national team) will have a company dinner. In 2014, we had a company dinner after losing 1 draw and 2 losses in Brazil," and added, "(At the time) in Brazil, we received a lot of criticism for drinking. We sang and danced." He then expressed his anger by saying, “Doing something like that will lead to (football development)? We are playing soccer at the World Cup again after 10 years and it has ended up like this.” He expressed his anger by saying, “What are you really asking us to do?” Coach Hong first took charge of the national team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. At the time, the national team recorded 1 draw and 2 losses and failed to advance to the round of 16. Even at the time, there was criticism among soccer fans that the national team was composed of close associates rather than talent and received the worst record at the World Cup.