Shiv Sena's actions by some Mexican football fans are frowning on domestic netizens. This situation is mainly happening in Social media and is spreading through domestic online community.
When Korea won Germany 2-0 and Mexico took second place in Group F of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Social media featured hashtags such as #Vamoscorea and Gaza Korea and #Gracias Corea (#Graciascorea and Thank you Korea). The hashtag is a form of attaching words and phrases to the symbol '#' and is mainly used to make it easy to search on Instagram. Many Mexican netizens are thanking Korea through this tag, but some are writing in different meanings.
The netizens took pictures of them in their instagrams, holding their hands on the sides of their eyes, and posted them on their Instagram page, a gesture called “snow tearing.” This is what they do when they demean Asians. It is considered to be a typical Shiv Sena act, mimicking Asian eyes smaller and more go than Westerners, adding a mocking photo to Korea, even though it is grateful. The domestic netizen who saw this was angry, saying, "I could not have known."
Mexico was also on the gulf last month over the same issue. The two male hosts of the Mexican public broadcaster adn40 delivered a stage video of the Billboard Music Awards ceremony of the domestic group BTS, and spoke out words that seemed to demean Asians and sexual discriminatory remarks without hesitation. “I don’t think it’s any use to have them wearing Gucci,” he said, adding that he was accusing men of looking so weak and having strange hairstyles and how they would look good, and that he was saying that “sex minorities seem to be running around and prostitution.”
As the protest of Mexican fans as well as domestically broke out, one host said to his SNS, "I did not mean to offend BTS and fans. I am so sorry and sincerely apologize.” The program shared the host's article on its official account, but did not apologize separately.
Meanwhile, most Mexican football fans are cheering for Korea's victory. Mexico, who was in danger of being eliminated from the group stage with a 3-0 loss to Sweden, confirmed Korea's advance to the round of 16 by defeating Germany. If Korea lost, Germany, Sweden and Mexico had to decide first and second place in the group through two wins and one loss. So it was likely that Mexico, who gave up three goals to Sweden, would be pushed to third.
Mexican netizens are posting a parody image of their respect for Korea national soccer team goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo or a photo of Son Heung-min's face on the Mexican flag. A video has also been released of a Korean working for Mexico being cheered by his colleagues.