We arrived at World Cup Stadium a bit later than hoped and found ourselves overwhelmed in a crowd of people all trying to get into the stadium for FC Seoul's championship game against Jeju United. We found out that the total number of tickets sold for the game was in the ball park of 59,000, which was by far the biggest crowd we've ever seen at a game.
The Jeju fans were out in full force. Usually the fans of the opposing team are lucky if they can fill one row of seats, but nearly all of the lower section was full on Sunday for the big game.
The game was an exciting one. FC Seoul scored the first goal, but it was offside and therefore couldn't be counted. Jeju scored the actual first goal of the game, much to the dismay of the FC Seoul fans. But, then FC Seoul made it's first real goal in a penalty kick not much later. Tensions were high in this final game of the season, and, as you can see in the picture above, a near brawl broke out when Jeju disagreed with the referee's call.
Halftime show called for some rather eclectic cheerleaders...
Finally, the game ended in a 2-1 win for FC Seoul making them league champions for the first time in 10 years. Players rejoiced on the field...
...And the crowd went wild...
Adi won MVP for the game, since he came back from injury to play this final game and scored a goal in this crucial match.
There were fireworks and awards given.
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