Chinese Fans React Differently to Spain's World Cup Victory Over Argentina
En resumen
- Following Spain's 1-0 extra-time World Cup final win over Argentina in New Jersey, Chinese fans showed contrasting reactions.
- Spain supporters celebrated with a sharp surge in flight searches to Spain, while Argentina fans faced social media backlash over "dirty play" accusations.
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Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 in extra time in the World Cup final held in New Jersey on Sunday. The match concluded in the early hours of Monday morning in China.
Chinese fans of both Spain and Argentina had very different reactions to the result following the European champions’ 1-0 extra-time win over the holders in the World Cup final in New Jersey on Sunday.
Supporters of Spain were so overjoyed about the victory they immediately started looking into trips to join the celebrations in Europe, while Argentina fans faced a backlash as accusations of “dirty play” by their team trended on social media.
Despite the final finishing in the early hours of Monday morning in China, social media platforms were flooded with users celebrating Spain’s win, with some looking to continue the party offline.
Data from a major mainland online travel agency showed a sharp surge in searches for flights to Spain that morning.
By 9am, searches for flights to Barcelona from various cities had increased by 60 per cent from the previous hour. Searches for Shenzhen to Barcelona surged by 33 times, hour-on-hour, while Kunming to Barcelona searches rose tenfold compared with last week.
Searches for Chongqing to Madrid grew by 90 per cent week-on-week, while searches from Kunming and Jinan to Madrid both jumped by eight times, and Wuhan to Madrid rose by six times.
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