Park Hang-seo’s ‘FC Papa Claus’ showed remarkable growth and left behind hope.

In the 12th episode of JTBC ‘Let’s Eat Dinner Together 4 ‘(abbreviated as’ Mungchan 4 ‘) that aired on the 22nd, coach Park Hang-seo’s ‘FC Papa Claus’ and coach Ahn Jung-hwan’s ‘FC Fantasy Star’ faced off once again, showing a tense match.

On this day, coach Park Hang-seo dreamed of a revenge match, saying, “I can’t lose to Ahn Jung-hwan twice.” On the day of the match, he summoned Shin Hyun-soo, Lee Seok-chan, Jo Jin-se, Malwang, and even Lee Chan-hyung, who joined through the draft, and spread the so-called ‘land grabbing tactics.’ Lee Chan-hyung was given the role of a middle link to supply the ball to the front, and Jo Jin-se raised the team’s power by making early crosses, Shin Hyun-soo played with his back, and Malwang equipped himself with a strengthened defense.

Ahn Jung-hwan also selected Kang Ri-han in this draft and immediately put him in the starting lineup.To fill the void left by ace Guevara, he used Seung-hoon, who has quick feet, as a striker, and drew the defenders ‘attention to Seung-hoon, and then made a strategy to have Khan and Ryu Eun-gyu penetrate the space.Kang Ri-han played a key role in distributing the ball to them by utilizing his specialty, precise crosses.

As the game began, a fierce battle broke out in the midfield.In particular,’ FC Papa Clos ‘, who desperately wanted their first win, launched a fierce attack.’ FC Fantasy Star ‘goalkeeper Bang Tae-hoon also wandered around that day and created several dangerous moments.Kim Seong-ju, Kim Yong-man, Kim Nam-il, and Lee Dong-guk in the commentary booth all praised’ FC Papa Clos ‘performance and were surprised, saying, “It’s a completely different situation from the last game.”

However, the counterattack of ‘FC Fantasy Star’ was also not easy.When they seized the opportunity, they immediately created a threatening situation.Ryu Eun-gyu’s fierce attack and Lee Ho-yeon’s powerful mid-range shot from afar made the ‘FC Papa Clos’ players nervous.Then, a cross from new player Kang Ri-han fell accurately to Lee Dae-hoon in front of the goal, and Lee Dae-hoon calmly connected it with a shot to score the first goal.


In response, coach Park Hang-seo attempted a tactical change by switching the positions of Lee Seok-chan and Lim Nam-gyu, and this strategy was successful.Lee Chan-hyung’s through pass was connected by Lee Seok-chan, and Lim Nam-gyu finished, scoring ‘FC Papa Claus’s ‘first field goal in the league.Lee Dong-gook was impressed by Park Hang-seo’s tactics, saying, “He is truly a great coach.”

In the second half, which started with a tie, Ahn Jung-hwan placed Ryu Eun-gyu at the forefront and took the reins of the attack again.Ryu Eun-gyu’s quick breakthrough put a lot of pressure on the defense.In the midst of this, Malwang’s header, which was trying to clear Ryu Eun-gyu’s cross that was accurately delivered to Seung-hoon in front of the goal, resulted in an own goal.Malwang bowed his head, saying, “The most beautiful goal I’ve ever scored in my life ended up being an own goal.”

Coach Park Hang-seo deployed Yang Jun-beom aggressively and launched an all-out offensive until the end.In the face of the overwhelming offensive of ‘FC Papa Clos’, players such as Lee Ho-yeon and Jung Seung-hwan of ‘FC Fantasy Star’ fell one by one due to physical strain.However, no additional goals were scored, and ‘FC Papa Clos’ once again gave in to the wall of ‘FC Fantasy Star’.

The atmosphere in the locker room of ‘FC Papa Closs’, who lost despite a good performance, was not good.Park Hang-seo, who saw this, said, “Do you know how precious a win is?” and encouraged the players, saying, “There are no more losses, and now all that’s left is to go up.” Coach Park Sung-bae also gave hope, saying, “If you gather desperation, you can do it.I will prepare hard, so if you just do a little more, we can win consecutive games.”

In this way, Park Hang-seo’s ‘FC Papa Claus’ showed a clearly different appearance from the start of the second round.It remains to be seen what new appearance ‘FC Papa Claus’, which continues to grow, will show next time and whether they will be able to achieve the first win they have so longed for.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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