오베라!

In one of the most exciting games of the year, and definitely Jeju's best game this season, No. 19 (오베라) Jobson Leandro Pereira De Oli, scored two goals and assist; it was the perfect way to mark Jeju United's 300th win.


Photo by Brian Miller

The only problem was that there was no one there to see it, except a few us of foreigners and maybe a hundred or two Koreans:



It was Wednesday, so the likelihood of anyone showing up from Jeju-si, or even Seogwipo, was very small.

There was a dedicated couple of kids cheering hard, whom only took a slight break during intermission; the regular guy with the drum wasn't there, but I guess his replacement showed up. The echoing from the drum was the most dominant sound in the stadium, and certainly helped towards our somewhat lacking cheering section.

We had our third string goalie in net, and he was putting on quite a show.



Jeju was coming on strong in the first, and scored their first goal with an assist by 오베라 (Oh-bay-lah)



Gwanju had some opportunities, but couldn't get past our keeper.



On a timely penalty shot, Jeju scored its second goal and was looking for more.



Our third goal came only minutes after Gwanju managed to get past our keeper. It was some beautiful footwork by 오베라 to get past their defenders and score.



It seemed like we were still celebrating our third goal when 오베라 struck again with a similar move, putting the game away.



I thought the victory music from star wars was a nice touch:



Well unfortunately it wasn't a K-league game, so the goals and the win don't really count for much other than towards the Peace Cup quarterfinals, which Jeju has a legitimate shot at; I'm not sure what the winners of the Peace Cup get, but it's better than nothing I suppose.