Utibe Ekoson
South Korean football fans have subjected Marseille’s Chancel Mbemba to a torrent of abuse online, some of it racist, and demanded he apologize to Son Heung-min with the forward’s World Cup in doubt.
South Korea’s skipper and talisman will have surgery on a fracture around his left eye after a collision with Mbemba in Spurs’ 2-1 win at Marseille on Tuesday in the Champions League.
The Premier League club have given no date for Son’s return, but he faces a race against time to be fit for South Korea’s opening match of the World Cup against Uruguay on November 24.
Angry Korean fans blamed Mbemba after Son’s face made painful contact with the Congolese defender’s shoulder.
South Korean supporters have left thousands of messages on Mbemba’s Instagram page in both English and Korean.
Son has scored 35 goals in 106 international appearances and won gold at the Asian Games in 2018, a medal which secured him an exemption from national service.
