Korean World Cup Soccer Fever

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We’ve never watched the Fifa World Cup like this before. Koreans cheering for their soccer team is a new level of wonderful insanity that we’ve never experienced, and the support that South Korean fans have for their players is incredible. If you remember, a while ago we made a video of two Korean local teams, Suwon vs Seoul and they had an incredible cheering section, but it is nothing compared to what we’ve seen for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. In this case, millions of people, young and old, leave their homes to watch the games in public so they can sing and cheer together.

Don’t like soccer? That doesn’t matter, you’ll enjoy yourself by happily cheering while eating delicious yangnyam chicken (양념치킨) and drinking cold beer! And it’s not just cheering and singing, they wear red shirts, put on glowing devil horns (which is why they call themselves, the Red Devils) and paint their faces red. While you’re watching the game with South Korean fans, you’ll hear the chants of “Dae-han-min-guk” (which roughly translates to “Republic of Korea”). What we love most about this World Cup fever, is that if we – even though we’re not Korean – wear red shirts and horns and scream just as loud, we’re greeted so warmly by everyone.

It’s amazing, absolutely amazing, and we’re so lucky to be a part of it now. Anyhow, we can’t say enough about it, so we made a video for it instead, so check it out! Oh, and I know some of you may say, “You should have gone to Seoul City Hall to watch the game”, but we tried and it was impossible. We left right after work and got to Seoul City Hall at 6PM, two and a half hours before the game started, and it was already insanely packed. It was so hot (33 degrees Celsius + humidity + body heat) that we almost fainted…seriously. Nonetheless, we got some footage of the crowd in this video as well. One last thing: there’s also an official song and dance for Red Devil fans called “The Shouts of Reds” by Big Bang featuring famous ice skater Kim Yuna. Martina does the dance in this video as well, so learn it for the next match against Nigeria. Korea FIGHTING!

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  • Nicole

    SO AWESOME!!!!

  • curiousdee

    Oh my goodness. That looks so much fun!! Wish I was in Korea for the world cup!! And I don't even like soccer!!

  • Jenniifer

    RED DEVILS LET'S GOO :D FIIGHTIING !
    Even if we loose in the last match (argentina vs korean rep.) i'm sure Red Devils are gonna win this match :D

    Your videos are awesome ^^
    & I totally luuv your blog <3
    keep healthy ^^

    eunsong ♥

  • Claudia

    Awesome vid! Being the true American that I am, I never cared much about the World Cup but thanks to Korea – I watch almost every game! The Korean spirit is amazing. We experienced the exact same reaction when wearing our red shirts out in town – so fun being so welcomed!

  • Claudia

    Awesome vid! My husband and I experienced the same reaction when we wore our Korea shirts out to the bars – Koreans were so welcoming! Being the typical American that I am, I had no interest in the World Cup but thanks to Korea I watch almost every game!!

  • ripcitytoseoul

    Great video. This World Cup stuff has been a lot of fun. My girl and I experienced the first goal of the Greece match from city hall and you're right, way to hot, sticky and nasty to be hanging around. We watched the rest in a much more comfortable spot. Dae-han-min-guk!

  • N-D

    대한민국~~!!!
    한국,,,fighting~!!

  • ela

    i love the videooooo
    it makes me feel something in my heart lol and argh, 저 노래가 심장이 뛰게 만들어요 >_<

  • Naomi

    Wow, definitely looks fun :) I wonder – do SK fans typically cheer on the North Korean team when it plays too?

  • Elise

    Thanks for the great video! I've shared it with my family so they can see exactly what it's like over here. :) They loved it!

  • PD

    don't have a twitter account, so here it is: all managers are a-holes. they think they're big shots and they are celebrities.

  • Eat Your Kimchi

    HA! Hilarious. Yes, managers can be that way. We wrote about what happened in detail on our Eatyourkimchi Facebook page

  • Mia Bernard

    So fun! Martina won't get fat ever as long as she dances like that and eat kimchi! haha… Great job again you two! :)

  • areliguez

    I LOVE THE FIFA world cup.
    BTW you guys posted this on my birthday
    June 18

  • http://twitter.com/dwossum @dwossum

    It was fun being in Korea for the WC. Because of the humid weather my friend secured tickets inside the Movie theatre inside the Seoul World Cup Stadium. It was an amazing experience. Even my kids got into the action: http://picasaweb.google.com/dwossum/20100615#

  • claudia murphy

    i was there that day and it was so cool

  • http://www.facebook.com/fahigalaira Aira Fahigal

    what is the tittle of that song 0:22

  • http://www.facebook.com/fahigalaira Aira Fahigal

    martina’s dance is confusing i keep trying and trying it but still dont get it

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