Coach Park Hang-seo’s ‘FC Papa Claus’ has confirmed its place in last place in the first round.

In the 9th episode of JTBC ‘United We Can Cool 4’ (abbreviated as ‘United We Can Cool 4’) that aired on the 1st, Coach Park Hang-seo’s ‘FC Papa Claus’ and Coach Kim Nam-il’s ‘Ssak3UTD’ competed in the 3rd and 4th place match of the 1st round.The fierce match between the two teams to avoid last place attracted attention.

Coach Park Hang-seo, who suffered a shocking two-game losing streak, held a ‘brunch time’ to strengthen teamwork by gathering all the players before the last match of the first round.The players expressed their awkwardness by saying, “I want to become close to the coach,” and Park Hang-seo gave them warm advice by calling them by name one by one.This was followed by 1:1 skinship time from hugs to butt slapping, and Shin Hyun-soo made the scene burst into laughter with a surprise kiss while shouting, “I’ll score a goal.”

‘Ssak3UTD’ went into an internal emergency inspection to change the atmosphere.As the team with the youngest average age, overcoming the generation gap between the 30-year-old older line and the 20-year-old younger line was the top priority.Among them, the conversation between Lee Ji-hoon and Yoon Sang-hyun, who are 14 years apart, brought laughter as it felt like a parent-teacher conference.Then, Se-rim said, “I feel a wall,” and asked Baek Seung-ryeol to talk, and Baek Seung-ryeol, who was bowing, apologized, saying, “I’m sorry for being shy,” and promised, “I’ll invite all the players and cook for them.” Thanks to this, the team atmosphere brightened significantly, and morale also rose.

As it was the last place match in the first round, the two coaches came up with drastic tactical changes.First, coach Park Hang-seo used a 4-4-2 formation and sent out new top two GaoGai and Lim Nam-gyu to try for the first goal.Ha Sung-woon also made his first start, raising expectations for his performance.’Ssak3UTD’, who came out with a 4-1-4-1 formation, caught everyone’s attention by changing the players ‘positions.In addition, he showed a surprising strategy of using Kwak Beom as his first starter and first winger.Ahn Jung-hwan evaluated Kim Nam-il’s tactics by saying, “It seems like he’s trying to figure out which position is right for each player.”

From the beginning of the game, a fierce midfield battle took place.However, the atmosphere gradually tilted towards ‘FC Papa Clos’.’FC Papa Clos’s ‘drastically different attacking power surprised even the commentators.While many opportunities were given in front of the’ Ssak3UTD ‘goal,’ FC Papa Clos ‘earned a corner kick.The strong wind blowing towards the goal was also on’ FC Papa Clos ‘side.


Lim Nam-gyu’s kick, which curved sharply toward the goal, hit Lee Jong-hyun of ‘Ssak3UTD’ and went into the goal.Although it was recorded as an own goal by the opposing team, it was ‘FC Papa Clos’ first goal in the ‘Fantasy League’.After that, watching the attack become even more fierce, Lee Dong-gook praised,” ‘FC Papa Clos’ has become a completely different team, so it was fortunate that we met them in the last game.”

On the other hand, ‘Ssak3UTD’ showed a lack of coordination due to many position changes.In particular, Baek Seung-ryeol, who changed his position from defender to attacker, struggled with offside fouls several times.However, ‘Ssak3UTD’ had Park Seung-hoon.Park Seung-hoon received a lob pass from Serim and used his individual skills to break through the opposing defender, then shook the net with a powerful shot.It was truly a goal that Park Seung-hoon created and scored.

The match returned to its starting point.Kim Seong-ju said, “This is the most fun match in the first round,” and Kim Yong-man said, “It’s like a match between the championship candidates,” expressing his delight.The fierce battle continued in the second half, and no additional goals were scored.Although it ended in a 1:1 draw, both teams showed their potential and raised expectations for the next round.

With this, ‘FC Papa Claus’ was decided as last place in the first round with 1 draw and 2 losses.However, coach Park Hang-seo consoled the players with a positive mindset, saying, “It seems like we’re improving little by little.It’s not 3 losses, it’s 1 draw and 2 losses.” He continued, “It’s an own goal, but we scored 1 point.The next match in the second round is against Ahn Jung-hwan’s team, so let’s win then.We can’t live without losing to Ahn Jung-hwan,” he said, boosting the players ‘morale.

Meanwhile, the preview released at the end of the broadcast heightened viewers’ expectations by showing a match between Ahn Jung-hwan’s ‘FC Fantasy Star’ and Lee Dong-gook’s ‘Lion Hearts FC’ for the first place spot in the first round.

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

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