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(Deépo)
I'm here at Incheon Airport in South Korea.
I've been back in Korea for about 20 days now,
and during that time I finalized next season's sponsors,
finalized the new season's jersey design,
and spent the time preparing for next season.
Some of you already know this, but
this time, our Chizumulu United coaches are coming to Korea for a training camp.
Thankfully, FC Anyang has helped us out,
and they'll basically be attached to FC Anyang's U18 team, learning a lot.
They'll also spend time with FC Anyang's first team, learning some of Korea's (relatively) more advanced football.
Of course, the main goal is for our coaches to go home having learned a lot of football knowledge,
but since they've come all the way to Korea, it can't just be football — we'll mix in some cultural experiences and sightseeing too.
I covered the cost of bringing the coaches to Korea this time, and honestly it wasn't a small amount.
Even so, the reason I'm bringing the coaches to Korea is because I absolutely want us to get promoted next season.
We've gotten so much interest and support since last season, and because of that, I think we absolutely have to get promoted next season.
But since only one team out of 16 — the champion — gets promoted, you really need overwhelming quality to actually go up.
If we don't get promoted right away next season, this interest could suddenly start to drop off.
Because I think people watching probably want to see this team keep growing bit by bit, and if we don't get promoted,
you'd be watching the same third-division story for two seasons in a row, and I think that could make interest drop off.
So that's another reason I want to get promoted quickly.
I originally had no plan to bring all these coaches over,
but Han Ga-ram's visit last December had a big influence on this decision.
There was honestly such a big difference before and after Han Ga-ram came.
The performance on the pitch, the attitude toward preparing training sessions —
he was only with the squad for three days, and even then there was that much change.
So I figured if I brought them to Korea, they could learn a huge amount and apply it next season, and with that in mind I made a big decision
and decided to bring the coaches over.
So here's how the schedule works:
the coaches will fly from Malawi to South Africa,
and I'll fly over to South Africa from here, meet them there, and together
we'll fly into Korea.
You might think it'd be simplest if I didn't need to go and the coaches just flew straight in from Malawi,
but the reason I'm going is the cost.
If the coaches flew from Malawi via Ethiopia to Korea, that's the fastest and most convenient route, but right now it costs about 3 million won (and it's gone up since).
For me, that's 3 million times 3, so 9 million won, which was too much for me to cover.
So the alternative I came up with was flying to Korea via South Africa.
When I looked into it, a Malawi–South Africa round trip plus a South Africa–Korea round trip came out to about 1.8 million won.
So combined for all three of us, that saves around 3.6 million won.
So that's why I decided to do it this way,
but the trade-off is we have to spend a night in South Africa.
The thing is, our coaches don't have cards that work internationally, and they don't have cash in dollars either, so they'd have absolutely no way to pay for anything during a day in South Africa.
And for our head coach Mcfallen and assistant coach Mackson, this is literally their first time flying on a plane or leaving the country at all.
And our team doctor Robert has been to Zambia before, but that was overland — not by plane.
So having them get through a day in South Africa on their own felt a bit risky and irresponsible, so I decided to go myself and look after them
and do the whole trip to Korea together with them.
This time we'll be together in Korea for about 25 days, and I'm really looking forward to the time we'll get to spend together.
Coming from Malawi to Korea is probably going to feel like time-traveling about 100 years into the future.
They're probably going to be shocked starting from the airport.
When I first went to Chizumulu Island in 2024, Mcfallen and Mackson took such good care of me, welcomed me so warmly, and were so grateful,
so I'm really glad I get the chance to treat Mcfallen, Mackson, and Robert the same way here in Korea.
I'm really looking forward to it, and I hope our coaches
get into Korea safely, have a great time, learn a lot, and everything goes smoothly.
Honestly, there were some really difficult, hard-to-describe steps in bringing our coaches to Korea.
This isn't a problem on Korea's end — it's a problem with Malawi's system.
So it was really frustrating and made me angry at times,
but anyway it's all been resolved now, and I feel really good about it.
And I'm very grateful that this video was made with production support from Samsung Electronics.
So I'll be documenting this trip together with the Galaxy S26.
So I'll be flying for about 20 hours — see you in South Africa.
20 hours later — I'm at Johannesburg Airport in South Africa, out for some fresh air.
My schedule had me arriving here about 5 hours before the coaches, so I rested for a bit at a café here.
Now it's almost time for the coaches to arrive, so I've come back to the airport.
Thankfully, I heard there were no problems leaving Malawi, so hopefully there won't be any issues in South Africa either.
A Korean passport doesn't usually run into entry issues anywhere, but a Malawian passport is pretty weak, so I've heard people often get pulled aside at the airport.
So I made sure to prepare the documents properly, but I was still a bit nervous just in case.
We're not really doing much today — we'll just go to an airport hotel about 5 minutes from here and sleep,
and tomorrow afternoon we'll fly out again to Korea.
The airport area of Johannesburg is fine, but once you go further out there are a lot of unsafe areas, so I don't want to risk going out and running into trouble.
(The coaches arrive safely in Johannesburg)
Mwaswera bwanji! (Good afternoon~)
How was the trip? / Yeah, it was good.
No problems with departure or immigration checks?
I just said I was transiting and they said it was fine.
Are you happy? / Of course I'm happy.
Getting everything ready was really tough, after all.
Q: This was your first flight ever.
I was really worried — we've only ever been on boats.
Now I know planes are such a comfortable, great way to travel,
way better than the Pumbani we used to ride.
I could only imagine what it'd feel like, but actually riding it was amazing.
Takeoff was actually pretty scary.
Turbulence was pretty scary too,
but now that I know the feeling, I don't think it'll scare me anymore.
How was the view?
It was amazing, especially during landing.
We took quite a few short videos too.
I thought once the plane took off we'd fly below the clouds,
but you actually fly straight through the clouds, right? / Yeah, haha.
And we even flew above the clouds — it was so fascinating.
Being at OR Tambo Airport here, you can immediately feel how different Malawi and South Africa are.
Just looking at the buildings after landing tells you that.
There are so many planes here too, right? / Yeah, so many.
It's like looking at all the small boats on Chizumulu Island.
There's a new experience over there too.
An escalator? / Yeah, that's right.
You've never ridden one before? / Of course not.
And that over there is an elevator too.
Now get ready — you're about to fly for even longer.
5 hours from here to Addis Ababa,
and 13 hours from Addis Ababa to Korea (including the layover).
Still, those flights have screens, so you can watch movies.
(Heading to the hotel)
(It's about a 5-minute shuttle ride to the airport hotel)
(Robert keeps filming everything, like it's all fascinating to him)
Honestly, even just Johannesburg alone must feel amazing to the coaches.
Even here, compared to Malawi, the airport alone is a huge difference.
They said this is the first time they've even seen an escalator,
so I'm curious just how surprised they'll be once we get to Korea.
(A shot with the Galaxy S26)
I'm the best photographer in Johannesburg, this is it.
Check-in, check-in.
This is your first time riding an elevator, right? / Yeah.
(First elevator ride of his life)
Looks like there are three buttons to press, kind of complicated.
No no, it's not complicated — this button is just to keep the door open.
How do you do this one?
Just hold it up to the front.
Now you can open it.
(Love House theme music)
(I decided to share a room with Mcfallen)
A moment of calm with a glass of water.
I brought this because it might get a bit cold on the way.
Is the size and everything okay?
(Thank you Deépo for the great windbreaker)
I got back to the hotel and had a good wash right away — I'd honestly been out for over 24 hours and was feeling pretty gross, but I washed up properly once I got to the hotel.
Right now Mcfallen's gone to wash up, so in the meantime
I've got the South African Premier League on.
There's also an English Premier League match on tonight, so I think we'll just spend the evening watching that together with the coaches.
What you're seeing on screen right now is a photo we took earlier at the hotel — it definitely came out well since it was shot on the Galaxy S26.
There's a new feature on the Galaxy S26 — it's the 'create' function in Photo Assist. So if you type what you want to add here with AI, it just gets inserted for you.
For example,
since we've now arrived in South Africa, add a map of South Africa at the bottom to show that this is South Africa,
if I say that,
a map of South Africa like this gets naturally inserted at the bottom (pretty amazing).
And it doesn't stop there — you can keep editing other things too.
You just keep tapping 'continue editing,'
for example, 'change the background to a forest,'
and if you type that, the background seamlessly changes to a forest too.
So that's a pretty neat feature of the Galaxy S26 I got as part of this sponsorship, and I wanted to show it off.
Now I'll rest a bit, have a meeting with the coaches, eat dinner, watch some football, and go from there.
(Everton match)
Arsenal lost to Bournemouth.
That's a really bad situation — looks like they won't win the league again.
Mcfallen: No no, Arsenal's winning it this time.
Robert, this one's yours.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you very much, really.
Deépo prepared a lot of other clothes too, but I'll give those to you in Korea.
I just brought this one because I figured it'd be cold.
Now it finally feels like we've actually left Malawi...
(A short meeting begins) Are you enjoying the hotel?
If you're not enjoying this hotel, that's an insult to the hotel.
In Korea too, you'll be staying at a hotel in Anyang.
It's 10 minutes from my place.
Originally there was a vacancy at FC Anyang's foreign player housing, and we were going to go there,
but two weeks ago they suddenly signed a new player (Raphael), so we can't use that place anymore.
The next three weeks are going to be really busy — a lot is going to happen, and you'll see and learn a lot.
I hope you're ready to learn a lot, and I hope you take a lot of notes to bring back home.
What you need to remember is the main purpose of coming to Korea is to learn football well and bring a lot of knowledge back to Chizumulu,
so that we can get to the second division next season.
- That's right.
You'll be training with FC Anyang almost every day.
You're not just representing Chizumulu — you're representing Malawi.
Even Malawi's big clubs haven't had an opportunity like this.
Now people expect a lot from Chizumulu.
If you go to Korea and come back to Chizumulu without showing anything different, questions will come right away, like 'why did you even go there?'
So we're going to go and focus really hard.
We kept losing early last season, so some people weren't supporting us.
But after Han Ga-ram came and people saw us changing and improving, most people started cheering for us a lot, saying 'these guys are getting better and better.'
There'll be even more expectations next season, but I'll always do my best and not disappoint you.
Did you ever imagine a day like this would come? (Going to Korea)
Haha...
On the way here, we kept asking each other, 'why us? What's happening in our lives?'
There's just no opportunity like this in Malawi — a chance to be chosen by someone who showed up out of nowhere and go abroad to learn something...
We're not just going sightseeing, we're going there to work.
I won't forget why we're going to Korea, and I'll stay focused.
(They kept meeting for a while after that)
Can't skip a commemorative selfie.
(One more with the Galaxy S26)
(We ordered dinner for delivery)
This is something called McDonald's.
The hotel food was way too expensive, so we just ordered McDonald's from nearby.
A Big Mac meal — even a Big Mac meal isn't that cheap, it's over 10,000 won.
Not sure if the coaches will like it.
Last time when Han Ga-ram came, we had a team dinner at a burger place, and when you asked what everyone wanted, one guy said chicken burger and then everyone went 'me too, me too!'
That's because you didn't know what any of the menu items were, right? / Yeah.
This is the worst McDonald's of my life (it genuinely tasted terrible).
The fries are cold, there's no ketchup, and even the burger is cold — I'll get you something better in Korea...
(The next day)
(Went to check the next room — they'd made themselves plenty of tea and coffee)
(Thankfully breakfast was decent)
(Heading to the airport)
Countless photo requests.
(Airport check-in line)
(It took a really long time, but they got their tickets safely)
This is putting us through it — I thought I'd prepared all the paperwork perfectly, but even so, here at the airport
they're really checking it thoroughly.
We brought the invitation letter from FC Anyang, and they looked up FC Anyang, checked it's a real club, searched the phone number,
and I'm really feeling once again how precious a Korean passport is.
Traveling with a Malawian passport is really tough.
We were held up for almost 30 minutes at the counter, but thankfully all the documents checked out fine and we got through okay.
The flight was originally supposed to leave at 2:30, but it's 3 o'clock now and we still haven't departed. Looks like it'll be at least 3:30 before we can take off.
The problem is we only have 1 hour 50 minutes for our connection, so if we're delayed an hour, we'll only have 50 minutes to make it.
I've flown Ethiopian Airlines quite a few times, and when the connection time is this tight, staff usually come out and personally escort you straight to the next flight.
So I'm hoping we can make the connection that way, but since we don't even know when we'll take off right now, I'm a bit nervous.
Ah, getting to Korea really isn't easy.
(A gate that feels like a marketplace)
There's a delay, and there's no proper waiting area, so boarding is total chaos,
but since we're in the very back row, they're letting us board first. (Lucky)
How does it feel? / Feels good.
It's different from boarding a flight in Malawi, right? / Yeah, completely different. (Malawi's airport is small, so you just walk out to the plane, no jet bridge)
(Booked the last row's window pair since it was available)
Wow, this plane is brand new.
This is the first time I've seen a screen like this on Ethiopian Airlines.
(Explaining the screen's features)
Oh, so we go past Nairobi this way.
We boarded about an hour late, but what really surprised me was —
this is actually an A350-1000, a new aircraft type Ethiopian Airlines introduced in 2024,
and wow, this plane is really nice.
A lot of Ethiopian Airlines' tray tables are usually pretty worn out,
but everything here is brand new, and this screen is no joke.
The Ethiopian Airlines flights I usually take tend to have really outdated screens and a worn-out cabin, but the plane today is completely different.
And it's got USB-C charging ports.
Ethiopian Airlines, approved.
(Zooming in on the map, you can even see Chizumulu)
Were you nervous the first time you flew? / Especially taking off from Lilongwe — I couldn't even imagine what takeoff would feel like.
It goes along smoothly like this, and then suddenly it just whooshes up into the air — I wondered what was even happening.
And landing was scary too — it was only after we landed that I thought, 'oh, so that's what it's like.'
Even when I was trying to sleep today, it kept feeling like we were in turbulence.
Yeah, that's exactly when it got scary.
You're okay now, right? / Yeah, I'm fine.
How's the in-flight meal? / It's good.
(It was chicken breast with eggplant curry)
(As for the taste~) An honest opinion.
(Meanwhile, this guy's enjoying his meal while watching the flight map)
What juice are you drinking? / Tomato juice~ / How's it taste?
It tastes different from what I'm used to.
I'm really enjoying it — I like being able to easily see where we are.
(Robert cleaned his whole meal tray)
(5 hours go by quickly, and we arrive in Addis Ababa)
Have you seen something like this before? / No no. / It's nice, beautiful.
(Landing)
(A bunch of kids who looked like Girl Scouts were on board, and thanks to them the landing felt really lively)
About an hour and a half later than scheduled, we've made it safely here to Addis Ababa,
and it's about 9:50 right now.
Boarding for our flight to Incheon starts at 9:50.
So the flight to Incheon is probably starting boarding right now — please, someone save us.
Ethiopian Airlines folks, we've got to get to Korea — the delay's made things pretty tight.
Boarding for the Incheon flight has already started, so I'm not sure we'll make the connection.
We'll just have to hope someone guides us to the next gate.
If we just follow the normal transfer procedure, we won't make it.
Those of you headed to Incheon or Narita, you need to hurry — use the fast track over there.
Use the fast track? / Yeah.
Run, don't walk! / Yes! / Yes!
(Running the moment they arrive)
'Get to Incheon quick!' / Haha... / Haha.
(Staff line the way, urging each person to run faster)
First time I've ever run like this in an airport.
Haha.
'Get to Incheon fast!' 'Hurry to Incheon!' 'Incheon, go!' 'Incheon Incheon Incheon Incheon!'
It's also a first to have airport staff come out and tell us to run.
(Made it safely to the gate)
Did everyone enjoy Addis Ababa? / Yep.
This time I'll be sitting together with Mcfallen.
It's only been 5 minutes since we landed, haha.
'Now we're off to catch the next flight.' / It hasn't even been 5 minutes.
I'll just rest on the next flight.
That's called an amenity kit. / A what? / An amenity kit — it's got stuff like a toothbrush, toothpaste, an eye mask. / That one's for covering your eyes.
(Lotion)
(Socks)
Can I keep this? / Yeah. / This'll be a good memory.
(Puts it on right away)
That was the fastest connection of my life — no exaggeration, the whole transfer took 5 minutes.
Honestly it wasn't even really an escort — they just kept yelling 'go go, run, you're late' the whole way.
It was really chaotic, but it was also a funny connection to have,
and anyway, we made it onto the flight to Incheon just fine.
As long as we made it on, that's fine.
I'll try to survive the 11 hours.
One mistake — I booked a seat without realizing it doesn't have a window next to it.
I wanted to film Mcfallen's reaction seeing Korea from the sky, but unfortunately —
(2 hours later)
The coaches must be really tired, and I'm tired too, but when it's mealtime you end up waking up anyway — I got up because they said food's coming.
How's the food? / It's really good, I'm enjoying it.
How's this flight going? / Good, I think I'm starting to get used to planes now.
This meal's better than the last one, I think.
And I just filmed that interview with Mcfallen on the Galaxy S26 — even though it's a phone, it comes out really sharp, no noise, it's really good.
Being able to shoot like this on a phone really feels like it's opened up a lot more filming options.
As for the taste~ / The beef's better than the chicken from before, but it's kind of in between.
We're passing over China already.
This guy really sleeps well on planes — looks like he just slept for almost seven hours straight.
It's really far... / So far...
Still, I got a lot of sleep.
(Morning)
They said it was noodles so I took it, but I have no idea what this actually is. Egg? Tofu?
A very slightly sweet rice porridge?
Ethiopian Airlines' in-flight meal isn't easy today.
(Noodles)
Not bad.
I was trying to figure out what to eat as soon as we land, and figured samgyeopsal is basically mandatory once you're in Korea,
so I'll just get through this one with Ga-ram.
(Mcfallen ordered a hotcake, but it doesn't look great)
(Even Mcfallen, the in-flight-meal hunter, gave up on this hotcake)
(Passed the time watching some downloaded YouTube videos)
(The Galaxy S26 series got an Audio Eraser update that cuts noise and boosts just the voice, even when watching YouTube)
(Really great for watching interviews or lectures!)
(Next)
We'll be landing in about a minute now,
and I still can't believe I'm in Korea with the coaches I lived alongside back on Chizumulu Island.
Honestly, even though I've been working toward this for months,
(Arrived in Korea)
Mackson: Welcome to Incheon. / That was supposed to be my line.
How was the 11 hours? / It was long, really long.
Did you sleep at all? / I slept about 2 hours.
Only 2 hours? / I spent a lot of time studying the map and other stuff on the screen.
(Incheon International Airport)
So this is Korea. / I thought coming here would only ever be a dream...
Just a quick word on how you feel.
It feels like a dream, I never imagined I'd be able to travel a distance this far.
It's an incredible experience.
You said we should come here, and now we've actually arrived.
I'm so grateful, and it's really humbling.
We didn't come here for fun — we came to build up experience and knowledge.
I'll do my best to build up knowledge and experience here and help Chizumulu develop.
(A reunion with Han Ga-ram, who visited Malawi, after about four months)
(Han Ga-ram even made a welcome sign himself)
(He made sure to mention it took him 30 minutes)
This definitely isn't Africa. / This feels like heaven.
(FC Anyang kindly arranged a car for us too)
FC Anyang staff: Welcome to Korea. / Mcfallen, who'd studied up on it: Thank you~
(Robert, fascinated by the scenery outside)
This is the Incheon Bridge.
(First time in their lives the coaches have seen a bridge this long)
The buildings are so beautiful.
1 hour later, arrived at the hotel.
This is literally my neighborhood — it's just a 5-minute walk from my place, and it's genuinely surreal that our coaches have made it all the way here.
(The Samwon Hotel where we'll be staying)
Welcome to Anyang.
The room's not that big, but I hope it's still okay. / It's fine.
Since we came in the club car, we parked here at Anyang Sports Complex,
and since we're here, we decided to take a quick look at the stadium before going to eat samgyeopsal.
'더' = more
Ga-ram's going to show us around the stadium.
(Spotting Han Ga-ram in Anyang's promotion photo)
This is Anyang Sports Complex.
Nice. / Nice... / Nice. / It's a beautiful stadium.
(Took photos with some fans who recognized them)
(A commemorative shot)
It's hard to believe this is really happening, even while we're walking around here.
There's no dust at all. The streets are so clean too.
This is honestly too much.
What's too much? / It feels like a dream.
Surprise selfie.
We're going to this restaurant and we're going to eat Korean-style pork.
Entering.
Should I give them a fork? / Let's have them try chopsticks first,
I did explain the theory to them, but I don't think they can actually use chopsticks yet.
(The staff member's chopsticks class)
I taught you this on the plane!!
The fourth and fifth fingers just support them — you move them with your second and third fingers.
(Still not easy)
Ow. (Not easy)
(Ends up using a fork)
This is jellyfish.
Do you know jellyfish? / No no.
Let me show you the jellyfish.
How's the jellyfish salad~ / It's tasty.
(Kimchi grilled in pork fat)
(First time wrapping samgyeopsal in a lettuce wrap)
(Wraps it up well)
How's it taste? / Good. / Good, good, good.
(Eating the kimchi well too)
This is naengmyeon, cold noodles.
(The staff member demonstrates)
(Straight into the advanced course)
(The coaches dig right in, no hesitation)
(Han Ga-ram kindly treated us to today's meal)
Thank you~
Give us a review of the samgyeopsal.
It was delicious, I think I'll get more used to it going forward. / Everything was delicious, and I want to experience even more going forward. / The restaurant itself was impressive too, a great meal.
It was a completely different experience from Malawi.
Thank you~ / Thank you~
I called a taxi, it'll be here in a minute. / Really?
(FYI: in Malawi, calling one takes at least 30 minutes to an hour)
(After that, they bought a month's worth of things they'd need at Daiso)
It's long, so long.
Chizumulu Island to Nkhata Bay. Nkhata Bay to Lilongwe. Lilongwe to Johannesburg. Johannesburg to Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa to Incheon. Incheon to Anyang...
That was a real journey...
So our Chizumulu coaches made it safely into Korea, I dropped them off at their accommodation, and I headed back to my own place, about a 10-minute walk away.
Honestly, between the round trip, I was on planes for over 30 hours, so I am tired, but I also got such a dopamine boost from it that I don't feel quite as tired as I probably should.
It's so surreal that our Chizumulu coaches are here in my own neighborhood, Anyang,
and the FC Anyang staff and Han Ga-ram welcomed them so warmly that I think our coaches' first impression of Korea has been really great, and that makes me really happy.
I hope going forward it's a great time full of lots of new experiences and learning football too.
I'll wrap up today's video here.
Please also show some love for Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S26, which supported the production of today's video!!
Thank you so much for watching today's video, and I'll see you next time with another fun one.
Thank you.
I'm here in Anyang, South Korea.
This is the Samwon Hotel in Anyang where our coaches are staying.
Yesterday all of us, me and the coaches, made it into Korea safely and got a good rest.
Rather than jumping straight into football the moment we got to Korea, we decided to spend today wandering around nearby and taking some time to adjust.
So we're going to look around Anyang, the neighborhood where I live, and then visit Seoul Grand Park and Seoul Land nearby.
It's about 30 minutes there by subway.
Since it's close by, I figured it'd be good for a simple little outing, so that's what we picked.
And of course the coaches have never ridden anything like a theme park ride, and they haven't seen that many kinds of animals either.
Honestly, the stereotype people have about Africa is that you basically live alongside elephants, zebras, lions —
but actually none of our coaches have ever seen animals like that in their lives.
Anyway, I hope it's another good day today.
The suitcases we're traveling with were sponsored by Biggie Carrier — they're so sturdy, we're always putting them to good use.
And today's video was kindly supported by the shoe brand Shoeniel.
I'm actually wearing them right now, and they're really comfortable.
First, off to the coaches' room.
Knock knock knock. Knock knock bang.
Yes.
Haha.
Hellooo.
Thank you.
Oh, you're watching football. (Watching the 2002 World Cup)
This is the 2002 World Cup.
Korea vs Spain, from 2002.
I can't even read what it says...
Mcfallen, did you know about this? / No no, I didn't.
(Deépo prepared a lot of clothes for them to wear on this Korea trip)
Just take one each.
Now it really feels like we're in Korea.
(Everyone was really happy about it)
(Recharging with joy)
This is us, representing Chizumulu.
These are Shoeniel shoes — they sponsored them for us.
No way, amazing.
The cushioning is really good — my feet don't hurt at all even walking around in them.
Super comfortable.
Heading outside.
Oh, you're pressing it well now.
Just press the floor number, then press the close button.
Are both of these close buttons? / No no, this one's the open button.
It's surreal walking down Anyang Ilbeonga (Main Street) with our coaches — all the way from Chizumulu to here.
What's really strange is there are no kids out on the street. / Right.
It's a weekday so the kids are all at school, and honestly you don't see that many young kids in Korea in general.
The birth rate here is like 0.7 or so right now.
(Malawi's is around 3.8)
(Heading into the underground shopping mall)
This is an underground shopping arcade.
(Mackson, amazed by the underground mall)
So there are roads and buildings right above here...
After sorting out clothes and doing a few things, it became lunchtime, so we're going to go to Anyang Jungang Market and grab some street food.
I can't believe we were just underground a second ago.
(Mcfallen surprised by the bus)
This is an electric bus, it doesn't run on fuel.
(The tallest building in Malawi is 12 stories)
Everything's so organized here. / The whole world should be like this.
In Malawi it's kids everywhere you look...
(Arriving at the market entrance)
(Sweet potatoes and carrots — we have these in Malawi too)
These are sea fish and octopus.
Interesting.
Since it's eaten raw as sashimi, that's why it's kept this fresh.
You eat it raw? / I'll let you try it tonight.
(Starting with mung bean pancake)
Just grab an onion piece and eat it with the pancake.
Remember how I taught you to use chopsticks? / Yeah, we can do it.
(Star student Mcfallen)
Mackson, the top part needs to spread more.
How's the mung bean pancake~ / Very nice food.
It's pretty quiet for a market though.
How's it taste? / Insanely good.
There's no salt on this table.
I wanted to ask yesterday too, where's the salt.
Cleared it easily.
(The coaches show interest in the anchovies) (Similar to usipa, a fish we eat a lot in Malawi)
But this one's from the sea.
These tomatoes are really good.
This is really tasty.
It's a really nutritious food.
What's this called again? / Pulbbang.
Puru-pan.
(The market's tteokbokki place was closed today, so we went to a nearby snack shop)
This place uses skewers, so it'll be easy to eat.
This is sundae, Korean blood sausage.
This is pig offal — this part's the liver, this one's the lungs, this one's the ear, and this one's glass noodles inside, intestine on the outside.
(Trying the tteokbokki first)
and washes it straight down with fish cake broth.
Is it too spicy? / Yeah, it's spicy.
I think it's really spicy too (I have a serious low spice tolerance).
How about you? / This is too much for me too.
(Trying the sundae)
This is tasty.
This one's not that unfamiliar either.
Fried food can't taste bad.
Is dipping it in the sauce okay? / Yeah, good.
Do people here go to some kind of cooking school? / People here just seem to cook so well.
This is just traditional food, so there probably isn't a school for it — though chefs probably do go to some kind of school (not totally sure).
Cleared the fish cake broth too.
This would probably taste bad cold, but it's good warm.
Yesterday at the airport when we bought data for the coaches, they just threw in transit cards too, so we were originally going to buy bus cards separately, but
it worked out well — now let's top up the bus cards and head to Seoul Land.
The subway must be pretty amazing too. Have you ever ridden a train before? / No no, everything here is a first for me.
I just loaded 30,000 won onto each of these cards — we'll use them for the whole trip.
This is Anyang Station.
Just tap the card here and go through.
(First time through a ticket gate)
(All three make it through fine)
Is this the train? / The train comes in this way.
We call this a subway — a train goes far distances, while a subway stops at every station and goes slowly.
Is that a train? / Is all of this a subway?
They're all subway stations.
We're getting on this one.
There are a lot of people.
(Mcfallen fumbling to pull out his card)
No no, you only need that when you're leaving.
Entering.
It's not that fast, right? / Yeah, but for us riding it for the first time, it's great.
You don't have to worry about traffic, so it's better than a taxi.
Is riding it okay, is it comfortable? / Yeah. / Yeah, it's all good, it's perfect.
Better than the Pumbani, haha (the boat we always ride).
Where do I tap the card when I get off? / You don't tap here — you tap it when you finally exit.
(Transferring at Geumjeong Station)
(6 stops from here is Daegongwon Station)
(Grabbed a water each)
Everything here has gone digital. / I'll have a lot to tell people back home.
You think they won't believe it? / Yeah, they won't. / A machine that sells stuff on its own? (Vending machine)
The six seats on the left are priority seats for the elderly and disabled — you can't sit there.
I don't get it... the system here — in Malawi you couldn't say 'this is a seat for the elderly' like that.
(Getting off at Daegongwon Station)
You're learning so much.
You'll probably see some kids around here, since it's a place kids come to a lot.
Life is easy here. / Honestly, life is easy here.
It felt like it only took about 20 minutes from Anyang to here, but this would be a really long distance to walk.
(A photo at the Grand Park entrance)
Hello — should I take a photo of all four of you?
We ended up asking on the spot.
Can you take one of us too? / Oh, you're Korean! / Classic Korean — takes amazing photos.
First time riding an elephant train since graduating high school.
We're going to take a lift up. / Does it go high? / Yeah.
Mackson, thoroughly spooked.
(Boarding the lift)
Not scary, right? / Yeah. (The other two ride fine too)
Click.
Thank you so much.
Mackson, is this scary? / No no no, I'm enjoying it.
How was it? / It was great. Honestly, a bit scary.
There's not a single piece of unused land here... every bit of land is being used. / In Africa, everything ends up polluted — that's the problem.
(Oriental hall)
(Turtle)
They've set up the environment to feel like an actual river.
Have you seen a snake before? / I've never seen one this big, only small ones.
Whoa, this thing is really big.
(An even bigger turtle) Is this thing even moving??
(Jaguar) This is really close.
(They spent a great time looking at all sorts of animals)
(Seal) Spotted, spotted.
So cute (I'm more excited than them).
You've got to take a photo at these fake statue things.
I didn't realize the zoo only runs until 6, and we got here around 4, so I don't think we'll get to see that many animals,
but thankfully we got to see the seals, camels, and a few other interesting ones.
Changgu! (means 'hurry up,' excited about seeing the hippo)
I've only ever seen a hippo's head before, in Nkhotakota (a village near Lake Malawi).
But that was back in 2005.
(The big hippo)
Have you seen a hippo before? / No no. / I'm not sure you can see hippos in the lake.
I saw one in a river before, too.
Q: How was the zoo?
I'd only ever heard that zoos existed, I'd never seen the animals with my own eyes, but now I've actually seen them with my own eyes,
and as a teacher, I feel like I can now tell my students what these animals actually look like.
It was such a great experience, an exciting one, I learned a lot, and it was great to actually see in real life what I'd only ever heard about in school.
Chairman, thank you for giving us this opportunity.
Thank you.
So we finished up our zoo visit — about an hour and a half, short but sweet.
Still, we got to see some of the big highlights like the hippo and rhino, and that was great.
I could really see how amazed the coaches were, and it made me glad I brought them.
We're heading to Seoul Land now, though I'm not sure how well the coaches will handle the rides.
I'm actually pretty good with rides myself, but the coaches probably have never ridden one at all,
so whoever's scared can just watch, we'll play it by ear.
Mcfallen, do you want to ride the rides? / Yeah, yeah.
Mackson's scared, right? (He was already spooked on the lift earlier)
He can just take photos of us from below.
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We walked a huge amount on this trip, and the coaches said their feet weren't nearly as tired thanks to these Shoeniel shoes. I wore them too, walking 20,000, 30,000 steps, and I could really tell the fatigue was less.
For one, this shoe's insole is an arch-support insole, so it's a really comfortable insole.
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It has a 5cm height boost, and honestly once I put them on I end up at 197cm.
It's not a huge advantage for me personally, but with a plain design plus a 5cm height boost, it's a shoe that's easy to wear while definitely improving your proportions.
And the biggest feature of these Shoeniel shoes is their anti-slip function.
The sole here uses an outsole developed over more than 10 years, so they say you won't slip even walking on oil or detergent.
I'll try it out myself.
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(This is my bathroom)
I'll walk on it.
It's exactly like walking on regular ground.
Even trying to slip like this, it just doesn't slip.
(Attempting a shuffle dance)
(Entering Seoul Land)
This is Seoul Land.
Let's get some photos here. / We must've taken 300 photos that day.
We've got to ride the Viking ship first.
Mackson immediately draws the line (you three ride it).
It's scarier at either end, and less scary in the middle.
Where do you want to sit? / Can't we just sit anywhere?
No no, the rows are different.
Let's sit in the middle. / The middle.
(Nervous laughter)
(Not too far back, boarding around the middle)
It's safe, don't worry.
(Everyone's on)
(Robert says it was so much fun)
Mcfallen, were you okay? Haha (he was scared up top)
Haha, I'm fine now.
I was totally freaked out at first.
We have something like this in Malawi too, where you push it.
This place is amazing. / It's amazing...
This is called bumper cars — the goal of this game is to crash into other cars.
(Mackson rode this one too)
(After riding) It was so much fun, I even got an idea of how to keep my balance and drive the car.
(Rode this one too)
Are these dinosaur eggs? / Yeah.
Want to take a photo? / Yeah. / Please step inside.
Inside??
(Cute Mcfallen and Robert)
(I took a shot with Mackson too)
(Being part of a football club, we couldn't skip the World Cup ride)
See if you can spot Changbakgol.
(The great part was it was a weekday evening, so we rode everything with no wait at all)
('Exit / Caution: door opens')
Mackson, who didn't ride: Wow, it goes up high.
World Cup ride's great. / The World Cup ride was the best.
I didn't manage to film every single ride, but we spent over 2 hours here having a great time.
As for Mackson, he said it was too scary and honestly only rode the bumper cars, and the other coaches, after the Viking ship, said 'this is a bit scary,' so we didn't ride the roller coaster or the drop tower (a bit of a shame...).
We had a great time riding the smaller rides, and everyone seemed to enjoy it, which made me happy too.
Now we're heading back to Anyang for dinner, and since tomorrow afternoon the real schedule starts with the FC Anyang coaches, we'll eat and rest until tomorrow morning.
How was Seoul Land? / It was another new experience, and it was so fascinating.
It was so much fun, and even though it's only day two, I think this is going to be one of the most memorable places from this whole trip.
(Heading back)
(Getting used to the ticket gates now)
Hmm, tapping it a bit now.
We're going to go eat sashimi now. / Raw fish. / I can't even imagine what that'll taste like.
Yeah, exactly.
(A sashimi place near my house that I know well — this place is really good, Yeongdeok Hoetjip)
Our coaches eat a lot of fish, but they've probably never had sashimi before, so I wanted to let them try Korean-style raw fish.
So we came to a sashimi restaurant near my place called Hoetjip Yeongdeok.
(A spread of side dishes laid out)
Is this decorating the table or what, haha.
There's so much food...
(Mcfallen giving me a strange look)
Why, is it too much? / It's very too much...
(Explained each one, one by one)
This is abalone, and this is sea cucumber.
So this is what's come out so far,
and once you finish this, the sashimi comes out, okay?
You can just eat this first.
This is chojang (vinegar-chili sauce). / Is it tomato sauce?
No no, it's a spicy and tangy sauce.
You dip the stuff in front of you, or the sashimi, into this.
And they give you soy sauce too...
(Starting with sushi)
You pick this up and dip it in soy sauce?
Yeah, dip it and eat it right away.
How's the taste~
No problem.
Delicious, delicious.
(Everyone's chopstick skills have gotten quite a bit better though)
Yeah, tastes fine.
It's different from Malawian fish, right? / Yeah, different.
In Malawi we use a lot of salt, but here they don't use salt — instead you dip it in various things here.
In Malawi, when you eat fish, you just eat the fish on its own, but here you eat it together with rice, sauce, and a lot of other things.
So the taste is really different and unique compared to Malawi.
And when you eat fish in Malawi, it often has a really strong fishy smell, but there's none of that here at all.
I feel that fishy smell too when I eat things like batala.
(That's actually why I'm not a big fan of Malawian fish...)
(This time, a grilled fish that's probably flounder)
This one's similar to Malawian fish.
You could eat six blocks of nsima with just this one.
(Abalone sashimi)
How's the taste~ / It's like eating a fresh mushroom.
(Still, they ate it better than expected)
(Ate the sea cucumber well too)
This is corn (corn cheese).
This is really good.
Robert's asking for another plate of this.
Corn cheese >>>>>>>> sashimi.
Robert, singing corn cheese's praises.
Right as I said that, Mcfallen takes on the ganjang gejang (soy-marinated crab).
Sucks it right down.
One difference from Malawi is that in Malawi, when you order food it all comes out at once, but here, the small stuff comes first and then the main course...
This is the main dish, the sashimi.
How's the sashimi~ / Hmm, a bit scary...
What's this underneath? / Just decoration.
Not for eating? / No, not for eating.
(They ate the sashimi well too, but everyone liked the other side dishes even more, and ate a ton of those, haha)
Thank you so much, really...
You're saving it up to say thanks at the end. / No no, I'll say it every day.
Have you heard of a miracle? We weren't even imagining anything like this would happen, and suddenly, bam, it all came true.
We even got on a plane, something I never imagined in my whole life...
As much as I thank God, I have to thank you too.
This wasn't something I did alone — it's an opportunity you all earned too.
Even when I wasn't in Malawi, you ran the club well and never let me down, so that's why I can give you an opportunity like this.
And when I first went to Chizumulu, you welcomed me so warmly.
Same with the first away game, at Masamba Asiana. (Watching that footage back now feels really strange.)
You slept by that broken door back then.
I told you to use my blanket, but you said 'no no no no, I'm fine.'
It was just the two of us sleeping in that room, and you kept saying you were fine, haha.
Honestly, I was so cold that night, I nearly died.
That was the first time we slept on the bare floor together, drank tea, ate sweet potatoes together...
That was such a special day — it's the day that made it possible for us to be together now.
And two days later, after the Chihame match, you said you were leaving.
You said you didn't know if you'd ever be able to come back here, since Korea's so far.
You said 'still, I wish you luck' and left.
So I asked you not to forget us.
It was a really special day.
The owner of our accommodation on Chizumulu came to us and said 'a Korean guy contacted me saying he wants to see you.'
And I just brushed it off like 'ah, this guy's had one too many,' and let it go.
How would a Korean person come all the way here to see us? Who are we that a Korean person would come all this way to see us?
Especially to a remote island like Chizumulu.
I told him to stop the nonsense and get lost.
But the accommodation owner kept saying 'no no, I'm serious.' (He was probably pretty frustrated.)
If you'd listened to what everyone else was telling you the whole time, we wouldn't be here now, and there'd be no team either.
So, thank you.
There are two things I want to say.
We are very special — special people.
Remember when the current Likoma football association chairman asked you to help Likoma United too?
That wasn't even the only time another team asked for help.
(I get a huge number of messages from all sorts of associations and football teams asking for help...)
Because people don't see us as deserving of this kind of help.
Or they don't think we're the right people to be running this club.
And some of them think, 'well, if Chizumulu United gets helped like this, why can't we get help too?'
The second thing I want to say — you once told us something.
You said, 'you'll be disappointed by these people someday, be ready for it.'
You said we should be prepared for that disappointment.
That has stayed with us ever since.
So among ourselves we say, 'hey, remember the chairman said he'd heard something like this?'
Let's not disappoint our chairman.
If we disappoint you, the whole island of Chizumulu will be disappointed.
So if this support stops, the whole island will suffer for it.
Why? Just because of the three of us.
So we always carry the thought: let's not disappoint him.
If we disappoint you, this whole project will stop.
And then what could we even do? Nothing at all.
You're not our brother, not our cousin — you're just someone who came from Korea to help us.
Especially looking at the last five matches,
the people of Chizumulu, especially the people of Chitheko, are so happy, and they keep asking when the next match is.
Now the whole Likoma district, all of Chizumulu Island, is cheering us on.
So the three of us always remind each other,
'when operating funds come in, guys, let's use this money for what actually needs doing.'
You said the chairman had heard 'you'll be disappointed someday.'
I thank God for the people I get to work with now.
And I'm grateful for how open you are to listening to us.
To make a decision, sometimes you ask us, sometimes you suggest something yourself.
Sometimes, even when we know what's actually good for the team, we could just go along and say 'let's just do whatever the boss wants.'
So thank you for creating an environment where we can make suggestions too.
If Korean culture and Malawian culture meet well in the middle, I think we can achieve a lot as we keep developing.
We know a lot of people must have raised doubts to you too.
'Why are you supporting these guys, they can't do anything.'
We've been together for going on two years now.
We're human too, so we can make mistakes, but we'll never deliberately do wrong.
How was the sashimi place? / It was so delicious because of the way they prepare the food here.
There's so many different seasonings here — in Malawi, when you eat river fish, you just eat the fish.
You don't need to add anything else, you eat it with salt, at most maybe some tomato.
It's really different here — they don't even use tomato here, they barely use salt, and instead use things like garlic and ginger.
There are differences like that, but in the end it was good.
Mackson's verdict on the sashimi place: corn cheese is the best.
Yesterday the kimchi was insanely good.
The staff treated us so respectfully, and I really didn't expect that at all.
I thought they might be rude to us or laugh at us,
but Korean people are so kind and nice.
This is a bike you can rent by downloading an app and paying a bit.
You can just scan this to ride it.
This just stays here all night? / Yeah.
We're a thousand years behind.
Usiku wa bwino (Good night)
(Couldn't film a separate outro, so see you in the next video)
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Now, finally, today's the day we visit FC Anyang for the first time, to start the football training that's the whole reason we came to Anyang.
Today we'll meet the general manager, the coach and coaching staff, and the whole squad too — I'm really looking forward to it.
An opportunity to meet and learn from K League 1 players like this really isn't an easy thing to come by.
So I'm so grateful to FC Anyang.
Starting from today, I hope it's a period where the coaches get to learn a lot.
The schedule starts around 1:30, so we came out around 11 to grab a simple brunch.
Good morning. / How's it going? / Great.
(Dressed up and heading out)
Honestly I didn't sleep well yesterday. / What? You didn't sleep?
I went to bed really late.
It's the time difference here. / What time did you sleep last night? / I only fell asleep around 3.
I slept around 1. / I fell asleep around 3 and woke up at 10. / What, that's still 7 hours of sleep.
Mcfallen, how many hours did you get? / Only 3 hours.
We're eating something different for lunch today — it's not going to be piled with side dishes like yesterday's sashimi. Today we're focusing on one thing.
Today's menu is 'budae-jjigae.'
It's basically a soup, and you eat it together with rice.
Do you know ham? / Haha. / Basically it's processed pork. / Like sausage? / Yeah.
Basically Korean food is rice + something, and that 'something' always changes.
That's similar to Malawi's nsima + something.
Soya pieces (soy meat), or eggs, or usipa (a small fish like anchovies).
But Korea has a lot more variety of side dishes, usually at least 3-4 come out.
They keep bringing stuff out even without ordering it. / Right.
Mcfallen: In Malawi, if you did that, it'd be called wasting relish (side dishes) — you can't eat more than 3 relishes at once.
They'd say that's a waste — 'what are you going to eat this afternoon?' 'Hey, that's too many side dishes, save some for the afternoon.'
In Malawi, if there's leftovers at a restaurant, you take it home.
But here, people don't take it home.
(Seasoned seaweed salad?)
How's the taste~
It tastes a bit like sweet potato leaves.
This is radish kimchi,
and this is fish cake, made from ground fish.
(Eating well)
The side dishes and rice are unlimited refills — just go scoop more over there.
(Grabbed an apron so it doesn't get on his white shirt)
That's in case the broth splashes on it.
(Verdict on the radish kimchi) It's a bit sour, this.
Just ladle it out with this and eat it with a spoon.
(Getting served)
This is noodles.
How's the taste? / It tastes similar to Malawian tomato soup.
But this one's a bit spicier.
Mackson: It's good.
(Everyone ate well)
It's basically just spicier than Malawian food, otherwise similar.
(The rice-refill duo)
I was so full, where did all this go?
Robert: I'll digest it by asking a lot of questions.
(Met the guy who'll help film in Korea)
This is the cameraman helping out this time, his name is Moon.
(A good friend I've known since elementary school)
(With some time to spare, organized questions to ask at a café)
You usually train from Monday to Friday — I'm curious how the training differs day by day.
Whether training gets tougher as matchday approaches, that kind of thing.
Talk talk talk.
(Heading to the stadium now)
We ate well, had a coffee too, and had a good conversation.
Now let's take the bus over to Anyang Sports Complex and go meet the FC Anyang team.
I'm curious how it'll feel riding a Korean bus for the first time — they really loved the subway yesterday.
(A chaotic bus stop because of construction)
So this is the bus number, and this is the time remaining.
Yeah, and what you see here is the number of stops left, and right now it's 4 stops away.
Oh...
So it'll be here in 7 minutes? / Yeah.
But in Malawi there are police everywhere, at bathrooms, at accommodations...
You haven't seen a single police officer here? / Yeah...
Everywhere looks safe, so I'm curious where the police even are.
Makes you wonder if there's a war going on in Malawi — there's no war, but they're all standing around with guns.
(Trying on the Ssangbangwool underwear~)
We've been standing here for 5 minutes, I feel like I'm going crazy.
(First time boarding a bus)
This bus is amazing.
Buses don't run like this in Malawi.
You have to wait until the bus fills up completely before it leaves — only then can it depart.
And we don't use cards — you pay cash and have to wait for the driver to give you change.
Here you just tap a card in your own name and you're done, so much more convenient.
But there's no police here — the city feels super safe, but you don't see them.
Everything is so well organized.
You see that bike out there? / You couldn't leave a bike like that in Malawi.
The moment you look away, it'd be gone.
This country seems developed in every way.
If this were Malawi, we would've run into at least 3 police officers between where we got on and here, standing on the road demanding your driver's license and other documents.
(If you don't have something, they make you pay)
And this city is really clean — there's not a single piece of trash on the streets.
(After about a 20-minute ride, arrived at Anyang Sports Complex)
If we don't press that red button, does the driver not know we're getting off?
You have to press that button so the driver knows we're getting off and opens the door.
This is the police station.
It just looks like someone's house.
This is a small one, there are bigger ones too.
In Malawi, even the smallest one has someone standing in front with a gun...
(Meeting the staff member who picked us up at the airport)
We had budae-jjigae today — how was it? / Very good.
Let's sit for about 5 minutes and then head into the GM's office.
Today, in about 5 minutes, we'll greet the GM, greet the coaches,
and the coaches will probably want to explain some things, though I'm not totally sure what, so there might be an awkward pause.
So I'll tell them to just ask questions, be pretty proactive about asking.
From 3 o'clock there's a squad meeting, a tactics meeting,
and for that, it'd be good to just sit in and observe how it goes, and have Dong-hoon interpret.
After that, we'll move to the training ground.
(If you tell me, I'll interpret all of it)
(Off to see FC Anyang GM Lee Woo-hyeong)
Shall we start with introductions?
(The GM already somewhat recognizes their faces)
This is our assistant coach, and this is our team doctor — this time he's also going to learn goalkeeper coaching.
The team doctor learning goalkeeping coaching? / Since we don't have enough staff right now,
we're trying to learn as much as we can while we're here.
Learning is good, but if there's an existing program, taking that back with you would be more effective.
Welcome to Anyang.
Thank you.
Hope nothing hurts. / Nothing hurts.
Q: How's the food? / Thank you for welcoming us so kindly, the food is delicious and the people are so friendly.
Unlike Malawi, they really use a wide variety of seasonings here, so I'm enjoying it and learning a lot.
While you're here, eat well, stay healthy, enjoy yourselves, and study the training programs here properly,
and once you take that back and teach the team, the team will be able to level up a bit.
This is the person who bought us that burger — remember the burger we had in Mzuzu when Han Ga-ram visited?
This is the person who treated us that time.
It was such a fun time, and one of the unforgettable moments.
That was the first place like that we'd ever been to, and even first-division teams don't get to eat at a place like that.
So we're really grateful.
(Touring the media room) This is the media room, where coach interviews happen.
(Also toured the team store) This is Anyang's home jersey.
(The locker room, where players are getting ready for training)
(Goalkeeper Kim Da-sol greets them first)
Is this the head coach? / Yes, the manager.
I've seen you — I watch all your videos, always.
(Reunion with Han Ga-ram too)
(Striker El Kurano)
(Our coaches have watched a lot of Anyang matches too, so they roughly know the players)
(Ace Mateus)
(At the treatment room, a lot of people welcomed them again)
(The equipment manager)
(There were a lot of players in the gym too)
(Player Choi Geon-ju, who says he regularly enjoys watching the YouTube channel)
(Thank you so much, Choi Geon-ju)
(Kim Jeong-hyeon and many others welcomed them too)
(Now greeting the coaching staff)
(Everyone welcomed them so warmly)
(And manager Yoo Byeong-hoon)
All this way, haha.
How long did it take to get here?
It took about two days...
From Malawi, via South Africa, via Ethiopia...
That's a long way, must've been rough, haha.
I'm coach Mcfallen Maputa.
I'm assistant coach Mackson Tundu.
I'm Robert, team doctor and GK coach.
We couldn't bring a dedicated goalkeeper coach this time,
so here, on the goalkeeping side too,
I thought it'd be good to learn some things,
so I'd really appreciate it if you could teach us a bit.
Your passion seems amazing,
what are you writing down there?
What place is Chizumulu in right now, in tier 3? / Yeah, tier 3.
Malawi has North, Central, and South-East regions,
and if you get promoted to tier 2, it becomes a national league,
Yeah, from tier 2 up it's a national league,
and tier 3 has about 16 teams,
you absolutely have to finish 1st to get promoted.
Has to be 1st place.
So right now is the off-season?
Right now the last season just ended, and we finished 6th out of 16 teams last season.
There's someone from our team I'm going to bring, a player named Han Ga-ram, haha.
If he comes, can you get promoted, haha?
Just laughing it off...
Thank you for welcoming us,
Han really helped us develop a lot.
Before Han came we had zero away wins,
but right after he arrived we got our first away win,
and what Han taught us was a huge inspiration — it's an honor.
We don't take this for granted, and we want to learn a lot.
And next season we're going to get promoted to the second division.
Sounds like you really do need to take Han Ga-ram with you.
Hope everything keeps improving, haha.
We train every day, morning and afternoon,
and even on matchday we'd run and train in the morning,
and then just go straight into the match.
But then Han Ga-ram came and told us that's not the way,
and suggested a schedule for what to do and when,
and honestly the team got a lot more organized and results started coming, so that's what made me think I should bring coaches over like this too.
Korean football has also developed a lot, and most teams are systematic now — not just K1 but even K2 and K3 train and prepare for matches in a really systematic way, things have changed a lot in that respect. I'm not sure exactly what level Chizumulu is at, but it's that kind of systemic approach you're learning here.
By 'system,' I don't mean whether we play 4-4-2 or 3-4-3 — that's not what's important,
it's like I said earlier — what time you train, or how you prepare for a match, having meetings about that, training, and repeating it,
or reinforcing with players what didn't work, having another meeting before the match — it's learning that kind of systemic process.
If you only look at what's good right now — for example, if you just take our formation and attacking patterns — it might be good for the moment, but it's not a good thing for the long run.
Q: How do you balance steadily developing the team's performance while also adapting based on scouting the opponent?
Obviously winning the match is good, but if your performance is inconsistent, your chances of winning go down.
Whatever we're trying to do, we absolutely have to carry it through.
That's not just the manager — the coaching staff and the players too — we all need to have that consistency, that's basically necessary.
On top of that, things can shift a bit depending on the opponent, but the big framework has to be carried through no matter what.
Because basically, about 60-70% of it — everyone needs to be able to do this — only then can you approach a league like this.
Because in a tournament, you can prepare just this one thing, do it for about 5 games, and get a result — but a league isn't like that.
If it's inconsistent, you're always unstable — you have to carry that one consistency through.
And this is just my opinion, but since this is tier 3, I think the lower the league, the more you need to build your defensive organization first.
Because that way the team doesn't get shaken, and with just a bit of work you can get results.
So to put it simply, if you want to get promoted, you have to set up your defense first and then your attack — I think that's what actually helps you climb in the long run.
I also started out in tier 2, and the very first thing I did was really the defense.
Defense is hard, because it has to be done as a team — attacking, one guy can just score on his own, but defense doesn't work unless everyone does it together.
You have to build that organization first — as a team goes up the leagues they can spend money and bring in good players, but at the lower levels you can't do that, so the team has to hold together as a unit.
So if you build your defensive organization well first, if you're currently 6th, you won't drop below that.
So with just a bit more, you can climb higher from there.
(Couldn't fit everything in, but he shared so much great advice)
(The trainer)
This is basically the periodization plan we use,
and based on this, like the manager said earlier, the specific program changes depending on the team's situation and each player's condition,
and it's all laid out here — the intensity, the volume, what to do depending on how many days are left until the match.
I'll go into the details later when there's more time. (He ended up giving us two whole hours later)
From Chizumulu United, we have manager Mcfallen, assistant coach Mackson, and team doctor Robert here — let's give them a round of applause.
They'll be in Anyang for 3 weeks,
not following the pro team around the whole 3 weeks, but coming and going now and then.
I'd appreciate it if everyone welcomes them well.
(Watched the analysis for the next match against Pohang together, I interpreted)
(Greeting Rwanda national team player Raphael)
It took 20 hours?
Must feel so good to have arrived, haha.
You'll like it here, it's an amazing country.
How was the video meeting?
Really impressive and interesting.
Learned a lot about what direction to head in going forward.
It'll be different from our matches.
We probably can't run meetings like this,
but technically and tactically I learned a huge amount.
I think it'll help a lot with both our existing players and any new signings.
I learned that whatever you do in training has to connect to matchday.
From the warm-up, to the training sessions, to set pieces — everything has to focus on matchday.
(Bisan Sports Park, where the players train)
(Robert has questions for GK coach Choi Ik-hyeong)
Aren't you here as medical staff??
No no, goalkeeping.
Q: What's the most important thing to focus on teaching a goalkeeper?
Anyway the trend is heading that way, so goalkeepers need some ability to help in build-up play — it's a job about catching with your hands, but you also need some footwork.
From my point of view, the most important thing for a goalkeeper is — since they're a goalkeeper after all — how they catch the ball. You have to catch the ball first. If you fumble it or misjudge a punch, then you're definitely going to face a situation needing a second action.
Q: What does a goalkeeper need to know to become a better goalkeeper?
You need to communicate with the players in front of you. If communication works well, then as a team, I can help the players and the players can help me too.
In practice matches or shooting games or things like that, the thing I stress the most to these guys is 'talk, shout it out.'
Say there's an attacker here — if I just quietly watch from behind, they'll just take the shot. I have to call out 'go out and block,' or 'mark him' — that's what has to happen, otherwise shots keep coming at me.
Last time when Ga-ram went there, watching the Changbakgol videos, the pitch was just bare dirt.
Training on ground like that, with goalposts made out of rough wood, and lines just drawn with a shovel — but you still play matches like that.
When there are coaches and a manager, and you're planning the team training, for example,
if today there's a lot of crossing, if the team training focuses a lot on crosses, then the goalkeepers should go along with that too,
they need to follow a similar pattern — why? Because they're part of it too, and since there's a lot of cross training, they need to prepare for that.
Yeah, thank you.
(He explained everything so kindly)
We really feel blessed — we learned so much.
This is really going to help our team a lot.
(I helped interpret on this side)
(The coaches chatting a lot amongst themselves too)
(Somehow the training time flew by)
The coaches were taking notes so seriously.
Oh, really?
No joke, seriously no joke.
Not sure how it went.
How was the training?
It was really good.
It was fantastic, really well organized,
and what we saw in the pre-training meeting showed up exactly on the training ground.
It was so good, and it's exactly what we needed.
I already told Changbakgol this earlier,
but right now we're basically doing the advanced version of what you taught us in Malawi.
Before, there were times when what we did in training and what we did in the match were completely different.
So what we learned here is that you have to emphasize what needs to be done on matchday.
Before you came we were 13th.
But now we finished 6th.
This time we're starting at 6th and we're going to finish 1st.
We have to get promoted.
We've come this far, we can't slip up now.
How was today, coach?
Chairman, I keep saying it every day, but this is such a great opportunity.
Getting to meet people like this,
you can't find a club like this in Malawi.
I know it must have cost a lot to connect us with this place and bring us here.
It's a really big thing.
We had such a great conversation with the GM and the manager,
starting from the staff room, and we learned how training is actually run,
we experienced so much.
We learned a lot, and everyone was so kind,
everyone wanted to help us, and we're so grateful.
I believe in two weeks we'll be completely different people.
(Player Kim Jeong-hoon gave us a signed ball on his way home)
Go say thank you!!
Thank you.
I'm a fan, I watch you guys all the time.
This is going to be such a great memory.
Let's go get dinner now.
Can't we eat at like 8-9?
No no, let's eat quick, go rest, and sleep.
But it's about time — we ate lunch around 11.
It's already 6:46 now.
Today we're going to eat chicken.
(BHC)
This one's familiar, right? Haha.
I thought we were eating pork again today.
No no, it's chicken today.
(Starting with pickled radish)
Here you don't use chopsticks, you use tongs.
Is this Malawi?
On the way home today I'll buy each of you a pair of chopsticks to practice with.
I'll take those chopsticks with me when I go back to Chizumulu.
I've started getting good at chopsticks now.
I even used chopsticks earlier at the budae-jjigae place.
For a simple dinner tonight we came to BHC Chicken,
and in the meantime some good news came in —
our coaches Mackson and Mcfallen got registered for the CAF C License course for next season.
Such great news,
because now they need this to be able to coach in higher leagues in Malawi,
so it's really great news,
I think we should do a toast.
In celebration of these two getting into the license course today,
let's do a cheers.
Just say 'cheers~'
Three, two, one, cheers~
Fries, very nice.
Try the cheese balls.
Insanely good.
How come everyone's reactions get so good once we're at a chicken place?
I want to take this home.
(The chicken arrives)
So this is what fried chicken is.
How's the taste~
The way food is prepared here is completely different,
so the taste and everything is totally different from Malawi.
If it feels a bit greasy, just eat some pickled radish.
It cuts through the greasiness a bit.
It helps you eat as much chicken as possible.
(Demolished two whole chickens plus cheese balls plus fries)
How was Korean fried chicken?
It was great, cooked really well,
and spicy,
so we practically finished it all.
Very nice chicken.
Yeah, the answer was chicken all along.
See you tomorrow.
(The next morning)
(Grabbed something simple at the convenience store)
(Coach Mac, who loves gimbap)
Gimbap
Mackson: This is way better than McDonald's in Johannesburg.
(Anyang Sports Complex treatment room, Ga-ram getting a massage)
Player Kim Dong-jin: Oh, Ga-ram, so professional~
Ga-ram, massage every day~
(Today Robert, as team doctor, planned to ask his questions in the treatment room)
If someone on the pitch has a leg problem,
if there's an injury and you go in,
what's the first thing you need to do?
The very first thing you need to do is,
figure out what the situation actually is,
whether they can continue the match or not —
that's what you need to focus on first.
If the injury's serious, they have to come off anyway,
and if they're bad enough that they come off,
then figuring out exactly where and how it's bad,
that judgment comes after.
On the field, first you assess whether the player can continue or not.
(Watched and learned a lot about taping too)
(They were kind enough to give us a huge amount of medicine and tape)
(Only took this much due to luggage space)
(Met the manager for a bit before heading to the training ground)
Q: How do you get every coach under the manager to align with the manager's vision?
There are quite a few coaches under the manager,
so how do you get them all looking in one direction,
how do you manage all of that,
since there can be different opinions?
Anyang originally had maybe 4-5 coaches or so, but to be more efficient,
we specialized roles,
so there's someone who focuses on defense,
someone who focuses on attack,
someone who focuses on set pieces, and a goalkeeper coach too.
To get everyone moving as one, the important thing — same as with the players —
is you need to have a lot of meetings.
Keep repeating your own thinking to them,
because the most important thing for a manager is this:
you want the coaches to properly relay your thinking to the players,
and in a way, to build consistency,
that's what has to happen — but that doesn't mean
you ignore the coaches' opinions either,
you just need a lot of communication and meetings with each other.
At the very least, per week
sharing opinions one, two, three times,
the manager has to have a clear sense of what he wants to do,
and then the people following him know the direction too.
(Sat in on training again today)
The hand always stays up top,
you catch it here and land,
try landing on two feet, on two feet.
Landing on two feet like this isn't that great.
Even if you land on one foot,
it should be like this so you can get out quickly,
so I can launch a quick attack — landing on one foot,
if you land on two feet, it's actually harder to keep your balance on landing.
This is the worst part,
it kills your momentum coming out.
If I've come running out, I could jump from this position, but if I go out here and do it like this, the timing's already late, the jump height comes late too, and you can't find your landing spot, that's what ends up happening.
Ah, we've been doing this wrong.
So that's why our keepers couldn't do it.
Watch the steps for a second.
When you go back like this,
bad footwork,
see how different it is.
Even going like this, you need to come in quickly — this is what needs to happen.
Like this?
But looking at it here right now,
you went like this — it's not that, it's a cross-step.
The jump was wrong.
(The coach explaining so passionately)
Try it once.
One-two, jump.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
(Wanted to include this whole clip uncut)
Success!
Watch it from the edge of the goal area line together.
Watch how far he gets in just two steps from here.
Translate, translate.
In two steps he ends up all the way here.
If you can see through his legs like that,
that means he's gotten his positioning exactly right.
Just fall and stretch your arm all the way out.
Don't move from that position, just —
Okay, that reaches, right?
This one reaches?
Earlier the distance between here and here was the same.
(Another training session with a lot to learn today)
(Today's lunch: galbitang next to the pitch)
(Cutting it with scissors)
(Robert now even slurping noodles like a pro)
This has a lot of different flavors going on,
but either way it's delicious.
(In the afternoon, met FC Anyang's U15 coaches)
(U-15 team manager Lee Seung-hee)
(He was kind enough to say he watches the YouTube channel)
He already knew all our faces,
knew player Katongo too,
(That was pretty touching...)
(Cut for time, but we talked about a huge range of things)
Today's training assumes the opponent
lines up in a 4-1-4-1 shape,
and can also shift into a back-6 to defend.
To break that down,
we're going to run drills like that,
simply, in a bit of a one-up format,
repeating a switching pass like this
so they can experience it repeatedly, that's the training I designed.
Second, cutting it down like this,
it's a 4v4 situation,
and I designed the second training so players can learn naturally in this environment.
(Met the U15 players on the training ground)
Nice to meet you all!
This place is really nice. (Anyang Freedom Park football pitch)
Compact, and the artificial turf is laid well on flat ground,
it's just a U15 pitch but there's no comparison to pitches in Malawi.
(Watched the various drills he explained earlier, in person)
The first team did this same drill earlier too.
though for the first team, the difference was at the end they put in a cross.
(Robert, the question king)
Q: You said narrowing the angle is important — why is it important?
The wider the angle, the more the attacker
looks at the goal and tries to pick the easy side to score.
But once the goalkeeper narrows the angle,
the attacker can't see where to aim in the goal anymore.
The important thing I keep learning here is,
you have to do this every training session so the players get used to our tactics.
Thank you so much for welcoming and accepting us so warmly, he said,
and also thank you for sharing your knowledge with us so openly, without holding anything back.
We're still lacking, but thank you — our kids too, all of them,
know all about Chizumulu's story and they're watching with a lot of interest and cheering you on,
and I'll keep cheering you on too going forward.
Coach Mac's end-of-day interview.
Today was great, I asked the manager a lot of questions,
especially to understand what a manager needs to do,
what responsibilities a manager holds.
It was really fascinating, and it humbled me.
I got so many answers and so much guidance.
In the afternoon we met the U15 team,
and I asked the U15 manager a lot too,
and today I feel very humbled.
The coaches accepted us so well,
helped us and answered our questions.
I have no doubt what we learned today will help Chizumulu.
And I'm most grateful to the chairman.
We don't take this for granted,
we'll always be grateful, grateful every single day.
This is going to be a huge help in taking Chizumulu somewhere higher.
Thank you.
(On the way back, met a Chizumulu fan)
Go Chizumulu~
Pizza for dinner — it can't be bad.
After the sashimi flop on day two, Changbakgol finally figured out what to feed them — big respect.
It's the next day now,
and I'm planning to wrap up this video today.
Today we'll be with FC Anyang's U12 team.
Anyang was kind enough to let us see every team once,
so after seeing each of them once,
we're going to keep following whichever team helps us the most,
and learn from them going forward.
Having been with the coaches for 4-5 days now, I've got a rough sense of what kind of Korean food they'll like.
So today we're going to try pork cutlet.
They haven't disliked pork once so far,
so I don't think this can possibly fail.
(Tteokbokki comes out first as a complimentary starter)
Oh, this is better than the one we had before.
(Less spicy than last time, more of a school-front-tteokbokki style)
When you chew this, it tastes a bit like mango.
(Believe it or not)
I always cut it all up first, then eat.
This kind of thing is familiar to us — meat, salad, rice all on one plate.
Back again~ at the training ground~
(They shared how the U12 team runs its training)
(The adorable U12 players)
(Watched the U12 training closely too, asking questions like yesterday)
So today's somewhat shorter schedule wrapped up like that,
because tomorrow's a really tough schedule starting at 5am,
so I deliberately planned today's schedule this way.
Just seeing the kids train in such an orderly way, I think, was already a huge learning experience for our coaches.
Today I'm inviting our coaches to my house, and we're going to have dinner together.
We'll eat dinner together with my mom and grandmother,
and honestly, every time I go to Mcfallen's place, they cook me great food and treat me so well — of course I pay for it now, but still —
it doesn't always show up in the videos, but Mcfallen's mother always welcomes me so warmly, and I have such good memories of his family welcoming me so well,
so I'm happy to be able to invite them to my house in Korea too.
My mom made bossam — that's basically my favorite food —
and I hope our coaches like it too.
Based on everything I've seen so far, I'm sure they will.
This is the playground I used to play at as a kid.
(Exercise equipment)
So it's an outdoor gym.
You do it like this.
Giving a demonstration.
(They loved it so much we stayed there a while)
(Burning calories hard like this)
(Arrived at my house)
(My two biggest YouTube fans)
This is my grandmother,
and this is my mom.
Why'd you make so much?
I should've made even more.
You said you like meat so I made bossam.
This is boiled pork.
You dip it in this sauce and eat it.
This is kimchi.
(Robert, remembering gimbap)
(Using tongs to serve onto your own plate)
Wait, you said you were only making bossam,
but you set out so much food.
(The coaches eating happily)
I wonder if it suits their taste.
My mom's asking how the food is.
The food is really delicious.
Wonderful.
It's different from the food we eat outside, which had a lot of spicy stuff,
but this feels so caring, it's really great.
Food a mother prepares is really special, isn't it.
This is truly special food.
I'm grateful you feel that way.
You're pretty good with chopsticks too.
She says you're good with chopsticks.
Working on it, haha.
Good to see you eating well.
Who could have known we'd meet like this.
Thank you~
It's a miracle for us too.
This isn't an easy thing.
Today is a day we'll remember for a long time.
Wherever we go, even years from now, we'll remember today.
I never imagined I'd get to meet your mother and grandmother, but —
here we are.
This family saved us, saved the island, saved Malawi.
Hey, that's not right,
that's going too far.
It even made national news.
We'd never once been on the news, and now we've been on national news.
Right now the only team sending coaches abroad for training is Wanderers (last season's first-division champions),
and next is Chizumulu United.
Just two teams in the whole country.
Mighty Wanderers, then Chizumulu United.
How is that not saving the country?
This is something our whole country should be proud of.
It's definitely not an easy thing,
and I mean this from the heart, not just because your grandmother and mother are here.
Thank you.
These guys must have grandmothers too, right?
They've all passed away.
Living past 80 in Malawi is really rare.
She says it used to be like that here too.
I've been to Mcfallen's house so many times,
so I just had to have him over at least once.
How's my house — different from what you imagined?
Very different.
You said you don't work,
but if you don't work, everyday life would be hard.
But coming here, I can't believe you don't work.
I think you must secretly work somewhere at night.
What's this?
This is strawberry, have you had it before?
Have you even heard of it?
I've heard of it, and I've seen it in books.
How's the taste~
Very nice.
This kind of food is really hard to find in Malawi.
We're so grateful, because before, in books,
we read that Asian people were often quite racist.
Like they'd think Africans live in the jungle forest,
together with the animals.
But here in Korea, it's not like that at all.
Whether from young people or older people, we've received warm respect.
So I'm really grateful to Korean people.
Looking at him closely, he's kind of cute — how old is he?
Forty-three. / Who? (Mackson)
He's forty-three. / He's forty-three?
I thought he was around Dong-hoon's age~
I wanted to ask this —
when you go to Malawi, how do your parents feel about it,
aren't they scared or worried?
It might be fine now, but how was it at first?
How was it when I first said I was going to Malawi?
Weren't you scared?
I worried a lot, but now,
hearing that you're doing such good things there,
my heart feels really good now.
At first I worried a lot,
but now I feel really good about it.
Grandma, do you know where Chizumulu is?
I know from looking at a map.
What upset me the most was that you go there by boat,
The Pumbani?
Of course you'd be worried.
Q: How did you raise him to turn out like this?
He gets along and communicates well with people wherever he goes.
There's something we've been curious about — you said something before.
I made you study, told you to study,
but you wouldn't do it, and,
there was something you said to me, and it was —
'Mom, don't you want me to be happy?'
Really? I don't remember that.
'Mom, don't you want me to be happy?'
I think that was the decisive moment that made you let go of me like this.
It's not really anything else,
but that made me think, a person should live happily, and,
if my only son isn't happy, then it doesn't mean much.
That's what I thought.
Did I say that?
Yeah, you said that.
From that moment on I thought, okay, I need to let him do what makes him happy.
I hope everyone lives a happy life,
and you asked how they feel about you being in Malawi —
I'm so glad to hear she's not scared anymore,
and she doesn't need to worry while you're with us,
I hope she can feel at ease.
We were able to come here because these two raised you,
we don't take that for granted, and we're grateful.
We could have spent our whole lives on an island nobody knows,
just in Chizumulu, never seeing another world,
but thanks to him we got to come here, and we're really grateful.
(Looking at Kook's childhood photos together)
I was cute as a kid, haha.
You must have caused some trouble.
I was a bit of a troublemaker.
Everyone's really cheering for us.
I think grandma isn't aging fast because of all that happy energy.
Because happiness is medicine for the body too.
(On the way back to the hotel, met another Chizumulu fan)
Mcfallen, wow~~
Thank you.
Everyone needs to be ready by 4:30 tomorrow.
And we'll meet right here in the lobby at exactly 5.
I'll be here around :55.
'Sounds good.'
Feel free to call us after 4.
I'll trust you. 5 o'clock...
Tionana mawa (see you tomorrow), usiku wa bwino (good night).
So I dropped the coaches back off safely at their accommodation,
and headed back to my own room.
It's been about 5 days since the coaches came to Korea,
and I feel like I'm also starting to get used to having the coaching staff here in Korea, and they seem to be settling in a fair bit too.
If I had to give a quick impression,
if the coaches had come to Korea and just taken it for granted,
and hadn't really shown much gratitude,
I probably would've felt a certain way about that too, but
the coaches feel grateful everywhere they go,
they try to blend into the culture,
and I can see they don't take any of this for granted.
I think it was really good for me too,
and the coaches didn't let this opportunity just pass by,
they asked questions eagerly,
and tried hard to learn a lot,
and I really liked seeing that,
that's how the first few days went, I think.
So, thank you for watching today's video too,
I sincerely appreciate it,
and I'll come back next time with another interesting video.
Sorry this one's late.
(Anyang at 4:30 in the morning)
Today we got up this early to go to Ulsan and Daegu with the coaches.
One of our sponsors for next season is L Choice, an ankle-guard brand based in Ulsan,
and today we're going to meet that sponsor in person first, to express our thanks,
and have all sorts of conversations.
And while we're at it, there's a K League 2 match nearby in Daegu today, so we're going to watch that too.
And tomorrow, the Anyang vs. Pohang match — the training for which we watched — is being held in Pohang, so the plan is to watch that match too before heading back.
A tough one night, two day schedule.
We're taking the KTX to Ulsan — Malawi doesn't have transportation this fast.
I'm curious how the coaches will react to the KTX.
Today's video was kindly supported by the deodorizer brand Whiff!!!
It's almost 5am, but let's get off to a fresh start...
(It's cold right now so you have to bundle up — late April)
(Setting off)
(Seeing a bar nearby) People are already up.
They didn't just wake up, they stayed up all night.
(Taking a taxi to Gwangmyeong Station)
(Gwangmyeong Station)
This is Gwangmyeong Station.
Is it a bus stop? / No no.
It's a train station. / So where's the train then?
It's in there.
So you have to go inside.
Gwangmyeong.
There's our train — the KTX heading to Busan.
But we're getting off at Ulsan.
(The platform)
This place is really big.
Want to take a photo? / Yeah.
Our seats are in car 17, so we wait here at 17 — car 17 will stop exactly here.
Definitely have to get a commemorative shot.
(Boarding facing seats)
This left at exactly 5:32.
(Robert looking like he can't believe it)
Not even a minute late.
Time management...
You know how sometimes what you imagined and reality are different?
I never thought I could feel this comfortable on a train.
It's moving right now, and,
I thought riding a train would be really jolty and loud.
I thought it'd be a bit scary and crowded too,
but this is just such a great experience.
It's as comfortable as being on a plane.
Soon they all passed out.
(Arrived at Ulsan Station 2 hours later)
Did I sleep? / Yeah, you slept well.
Half asleep, half awake.
Ah, the next station is Busan, and this is Ulsan.
(Heading into the city)
(No good place for breakfast, so we went to a convenience store)
(Robert enjoying a classic Full Moon Bread with hot chocolate)
Mackson, is the burger good?
Yeah, it's good.
I want to try that bread too.
Mackson: How's the bread? Similar to Malawi's?
Robert: This is incomparably better than Malawi's.
Had a good breakfast at E-mart24.
Now we're going to meet our sponsor L Choice,
but there's still some time left before that, so
right in front of here there's this big garden called Taehwagang National Garden,
so since we've got some time, we're going to go take a look there.
(Before heading over, got distracted by exercise equipment)
Ooh.
Nice.
You just twist it side to side.
Up and down.
(Robert thoroughly enjoying the massage)
The government really pays a lot of attention to improving citizens' health.
(Mcfallen, clearly more athletic than the other two)
(Mcfallen mastering the advanced equipment)
(There was so much equipment, we ended up spending a while there)
The cute coaches.
Push it!
Oh, so this is how you do it.
Changbakgol: You know this one?
(Former hula-hoop master)
This'll be hard.
Wait, how do you even do this.
(Hula-hoop: fail)
(Arrived at the L Choice office)
(First meeting with the sponsor)
Welcome to L Choice.
I'm Junhyuk Lee, the CEO of the L Choice brand.
I watched a video of Chizumulu United's players, and their environment seemed really prone to injuries,
and that's how this partnership came about.
I'm not sure exactly how much it's improved compared to last season (in terms of injury frequency),
but I sincerely hope it's helped.
Let me ask.
It's been an enormous help, and thanks to it ankle injuries have been minimized.
Before, we had no way to deal with ankle injuries,
but now, thanks to receiving the ankle guards, we can put them on before going onto the pitch.
So we've been able to prevent ankle injuries as much as possible,
and ankle injuries used to happen really frequently on the island,
but now it only happens about once every two weeks, whereas before it happened almost every day.
So I'm very grateful for that.
There used to be an ankle injury almost every single day,
but now it's dropped to about once every two weeks,
so it's been a huge help,
and thank you for putting it so kindly,
really, thank you.
Even the big clubs in Malawi don't have equipment like this.
We're very grateful.
Could you watch our team doctor put on an ankle guard,
and maybe correct anything,
or check whether he's doing it properly?
Tuck this part inward,
(So, had Robert actually been putting it on correctly all this time?)
You're doing it well.
Nothing in particular to fix?
(Thankfully he said it was perfect except for one thing)
Everything was good, and he just mentioned one thing —
the cleat goes in through here, right,
so when finishing it off, rather than this part,
you finished it off right here,
instead of here, finish it a bit higher, up near the ankle,
that way it doesn't get bulky here.
(Understood)
Other than that it was perfect.
(Talked about all sorts of things for a while)
(Signed the 26/27 jersey sponsorship contract)
(Got a nice commemorative photo too)
Chizumulu
L Choice
Amma~
(Afterward, had lunch together at a nearby jeyuk-bokkeum place)
(Anchovies, similar to the small fish they eat a lot back in Chizumulu)
Tastes like usipa (the local small fish).
(Robert, now pretty skilled with chopsticks)
(Eating the seasoned greens well too)
(Everyone ate really well)
(Mackson and Robert, who especially love corn)
Corn cheese.
They really love corn cheese.
Should I ask for more? / Yeah.
Could we get a bit more corn, please?
Give us a lot, a lot.
(They really brought out a heaping mound of corn)
Our train's at 2:20 so we don't have much time,
so we're just going to take a quick look at this park and go.
It's a bamboo forest. / Right, I can see bamboo up ahead.
Is there bamboo in Malawi too? / Yeah, there's some in Chizumulu too.
How do you pronounce this?
Taehwagang.
You have to take a photo in front of a landmark structure like this.
(The famous Simni Bamboo Forest)
The forest is really lush.
Are these cameras?
No no, they're lights that turn on at night.
Mcfallen suddenly rushing ahead.
Why are you running, haha.
You have to take a photo at the landmark.
Come on out.
(A height-measuring spot)
Mcfallen looks like about 183.
Mackson's about 170?
Mcfallen: No no, it's 169.
Robert's about 170 too?
165.
(The 'health plus belly-fat-loss' corner)
It's about going in and seeing if you can get out.
Is this how you do it?
(Cleared)
(Mcfallen says he can't go in any further than this)
You can totally get in there~~
Just shove him in.
Coach Mac keeps pretending he can't get through.
Robert: You could even fit through this one.
No, I'm telling you it doesn't work.
(Probably just doesn't want to have his belly measured)
(Back at Ulsan Station)
There's no wasted land here at all.
This time we're taking something called the SRT.
The speed's similar to the last one.
(SRT heading to Daegu)
Just kept watching football videos the whole time.
(Arrived at Dongdaegu Station)
Who's Anyang playing at home next week again?
Next week? Ulsan.
(Met Lee Tae-uk, who lives in Daegu and does Chizumulu's highlight commentary, in person)
This is our highlight commentator.
He's been commentating on our matches this whole time.
I can't believe you guys are in Daegu!
(He was kind enough to prepare famous red-bean bread for us)
Wow, that's a nice jersey.
Is that Daegu FC's home jersey? / Yeah, that's right.
Is this K League 1? / It's K League 2.
Even though it's the second division, a lot of people come out to watch.
Daegu's stadium is really close to downtown, so it's easy for a lot of people to come.
It's easy to get around here, so it's convenient for fans to get to the stadium.
In Malawi it's really hard.
Even if you have a car, you have to park it somewhere and walk a long way to get to watch the match.
We met the commentator and arrived at Daegu Station just fine,
and now our coaches are about to watch their first K League match since coming to Korea.
They've been following FC Anyang's training this whole time in Korea, but this is their first time watching an actual match, so I'm curious how it'll feel,
and Daegu's stadium is really pretty too,
so I'm curious how they'll react.
Q: Finally going to watch a football match —
I'm happy, and I think I'll learn a lot.
I think it's a great opportunity to analyze the game.
I've only ever experienced the Chitheko pitch, so this'll be a great experience.
(Arrived at Daegu iM Bank Park)
(Took photos with a lot of people as soon as we arrived)
You came all the way from Malawi to here?
Welcome to Korea, welcome to Daegu~!
(We got a commemorative shot too)
(A fan who can't believe Chizumulu's coaches came to Korea)
Daegu Metropolitan City.
(So many people were kind enough to welcome us)
So many people are really happy to see us.
(An excited Mackson)
(Entering the stadium)
Mackson immediately asking for a photo.
Let's look at the stadium first, then I'll take the photo.
This is a super stadium.
(Looking at the LED ad board) You only get stuff like this at a super stadium.
Amazing.
Nobody in front would block your view here.
Is this natural grass? / Yeah.
(Gave a brief rundown of both teams' players)
Daegu's key player is Seo Jing-ya — a legend from Brazil.
We made it into Daegu FC's home ground, Daegu iM Bank Park, just fine,
and on the way in, so many Chizumulu United fans welcomed us,
and we were so grateful, we took a ton of photos,
and I think just getting this much attention from people made our coaches feel a lot.
They probably can't help but naturally start thinking they need to go back to Chizumulu and do well,
and we got to watch the whole match-day prep well too,
so all that's left now is to enjoy watching the match.
The seats are also really good today, so the tactics should be easy to see.
What did you feel watching the match-day preparation?
There were differences from how we prepare for matches in Malawi.
They were passing and shooting in front of the goal,
but in Malawi we don't do that, to hide our tactics.
I think we should start doing that too going forward.
I think it'll let players react more flexibly during the match.
(Player introductions)
Robert: Daegu's going to win today.
(Watched really absorbed in it)
(That day Daegu was up 1-0, then after a red card, Cheonan equalized,)
(and right at the death in second-half stoppage time, Cheonan scored the winner.)
(The mood got a bit rough, so we left quickly...)
What I noticed watching Korean football today: they're good at passing into space and making runs, and even under pressure they try to link up with teammates instead of just booting the ball away.
What really impressed me today was,
in Malawi we can't play consistently within one system, but here even under pressure they hold onto that system and play the game out well.
The football I watched today was really impressive and fun.
It felt like actually seeing what we've been learning,
and I learned that it's not just theory, it can actually be realized.
Football in Malawi and football here are very different.
In Malawi we're just obsessed with winning.
But here it seems like they care a lot about the process too.
Korea always qualifies for the World Cup, while Malawi has never been once,
so it's no surprise the supporters, the players, and the overall level of the match are this high.
You can really see the maturity of the coaching staff too,
and I think I'll be able to pass a lot of this on when I go back to Malawi.
(Came out for dinner)
On the banner:
(They were kind enough to hang up a welcome banner...) Daegu Pachal Sundae
They're going to treat us to dinner here tonight.
Daegu had been dominating the match, then there was a red card,
and right at the end Cheonan scored 2 goals to turn it around.
So from the manager's perspective,
it was a match with a lot to think about,
and I think our manager and coaches must have felt a lot watching it too.
We got to enjoy our first K League match well,
and thankfully an acquaintance of Tae-uk's here,
who runs a place called Jinmi Makchang,
heard we were coming and said he wanted to give us the food for free,
so that's how we ended up here.
And since we came to Daegu,
I figured we should try makchang (grilled offal),
so I gladly came along too,
and since the coaches haven't tried gopchang or makchang yet,
I'm curious how they'll like it.
The makchang arrives.
This is pig intestine.
Can you use chopsticks? / Yeah.
I can say all of us know how to use chopsticks now, haha.
This is called makchang.
It's like opos in Malawi (goat intestine).
This is especially famous food in Daegu.
Let's eat well — dip it in the sauce in front of you.
(There was also a special makchang wrapped in chewy potato)
How do you say thank you in Malawi...
Zikomo!
Zikomo kwambiri~
Is this mushroom? / Yeah, we'll grill that too.
Cheers, cheers, cheers.
It's not that different from opos we eat in Malawi.
You like opos, right? / Yeah.
So this isn't a problem either.
Robert, I've never once seen you eat opos though.
I don't like opos.
But this tastes like pork, so it's good.
I like everything related to pork.
That opos is goat intestine.
I'd imagine it has kind of a gamey smell,
I've tried opos too,
wasn't it tough for you?
Ah, it wasn't easy.
I'm good with offal too, but that one wasn't easy.
(Robert dipping into the spicy fire-chicken sauce)
This is spicy???
No no, this is fine.
Mackson: Try it then.
Robert: I already tried it, what's wrong with you.
Either 1) it's genuinely not that spicy for him, or 2) he can't take back what he already said, so he's just enduring it.
(Mcfallen telling him to come do live commentary in Chizumulu)
What other match did you commentate besides Simbowe?
You did the Simbowe match,
and the Lube Masters match.
(Tae-uk, who commentated 3 matches, including the Chihame All-Stars match)
He's a really good commentator.
Very good, very good.
I still need a lot more practice.
When I watched your commentary on the Simbowe match, I thought you were just doing it live.
I'll get you a visa, come to Malawi, haha.
(So we had a great time at Jinmi Makchang)
(Tae-uk, thank you so much for spending time with us in Daegu!!)
(Back at Dongdaegu Station again)
Inside that building there's a bus terminal and a station too.
And this is a department store.
The whole building.
See why I said Daegu's a big city?
Anyang didn't have anything like this...
Inside there are a lot of shops and a lot of restaurants too.
Inside?? / Yeah.
The people here really know how to build things properly.
This is everyone's first time on a bus, right?
It's my first time going far like this.
I was talking with Mackson — here in Korea you don't have to worry about not finding a bathroom like in Malawi.
Wherever you go here, there's a bathroom.
In Malawi we just go into the bushes,
yeah, I've done that a few times too...
(Boarding the bus to Pohang)
Mcfallen, you look like you could sleep.
(Engine sound)
Mackson: Huh?
It's about to leave soon.
Were we waiting for something?
No no, it's just that the departure time is close.
This is really comfortable.
In Malawi two people would be sitting in one seat like this, with luggage piled on our laps too.
People here don't have luggage. (Our suitcases were the only thing in the luggage compartment.)
Now I get why they don't use cash.
Nobody uses cash anywhere you go.
Advances in technology mean you don't need manual labor anymore.
If this were Malawi, someone up front would be shouting 'Nkhata Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhata Bay' or 'Mzimba, Mzimba, Mzimba, Mzimba,'
but here it's just quiet.
Nobody's talking, only us.
Everyone's just doing their own thing.
It left at exactly 9.
Time management...
In Malawi they'd say it leaves at 9 and actually leave at 10.
(Arrived in Pohang in just an hour)
How was the bus?
I didn't think we'd arrive this fast.
Mackson showed me the map with Daegu and Pohang on it, and it looked really far,
so when you said it'd take an hour I thought you were just saying that.
Told you it was an hour, haha.
So fast and comfortable.
We got up at 4am today and now it's 10pm.
It's been a long day...
Tomorrow we'll head out a bit later.
Free time until noon.
We made it to Pohang safely,
starting at 4:30 this morning and now it's past 10:10 at night — it's been a really punishing schedule,
and I'm grateful to our coaches for keeping up so well,
now we just need to check into the accommodation we booked.
Since we got here so late tonight and just need to sleep,
I booked a cheap motel,
let's go in and get some rest.
(Since tonight's place was a bit cheap, I booked separate rooms)
Good night, see you tomorrow.
I look out of it.
Starting at 4am today it was a pretty brutal schedule,
and I'm going to go wash up and get some rest too.
It's the next morning.
We got through yesterday's really tight schedule well and rested up.
Today's schedule is relatively relaxed though.
We'll eat lunch here,
and since we're here in Pohang,
we'll go see the sea too,
and then once we watch the match starting at 4:30,
that'll wrap up a fairly light schedule.
Before we really start going around Pohang today,
let's do one quick ad first!!
It's something our team's been using and loving,
and they're also coming on as our sponsor next season —
this is an ad for Whiff.
We've featured them in an ad on our channel before,
so some of you might already be familiar,
but you just place this down,
and it removes 99% of any smell in just 30 minutes —
that's the deodorizer, Whiff.
It's not something you spray — you just set it down anywhere,
and after about 30 minutes,
every smell gets neutralized,
so it's a really convenient deodorizer,
and honestly with our coaches and players
always training,
the sweat smell is no joke,
and Whiff has really helped us a ton.
So so we can keep using it next season too,
they were kind enough to send us a generous supply.
So next season too, I don't think we'll have to worry about sweat smell,
and this Whiff is made with naturally-derived ingredients,
so anyone can enjoy it safely and freshly.
In my case too,
I actually have pretty bad rhinitis,
and I've never had any issue using this Whiff deodorizer.
And Whiff comes in a lot of different types,
so you can deodorize according to your taste.
For example this Pine Steel version has a refreshing pine scent,
and it's specialized for handling everyday smells in the bathroom or living room.
And this black one,
has a forest scent, so if you put it somewhere like a closet or where bags and gear are piled up,
it works really well too.
And this beige Haze one,
recreates a cedar forest scent,
so it's great to use in the kitchen.
And this pink Cherry Balm one,
has a floral scent, so it's great to place somewhere that needs a mood lift, like the accommodation entryway.
Last, this purple Lavender one,
has a calm lavender scent, so it's good to use in the bedroom or a resting space.
I actually keep one in the room I sleep in myself, it's a product I use regularly.
Thinking about what our coaches haven't eaten yet, I realized they hadn't had Chinese food.
There happens to be a Chinese restaurant right next to our accommodation, so we're going to go there quickly.
Nice weather today, right?
I feel like we're so lucky to be in Korea right now.
(A subscriber was kind enough to recognize us again)
Thank you!!
Like yesterday too, a lot of people are recognizing us.
Right, haha.
Someone recognized us even in the bathroom.
The little kids especially loved it, going 'Chizumulu, Chizumulu!'
How does it feel getting this kind of attention in Korea?
In Malawi, we sometimes underestimate ourselves,
and think what we're doing isn't very important,
but here, even though we came from Malawi, people still recognize us like this.
It's a huge motivation for us.
It's so wild that people recognize me, going 'Mcfallen, Mcfallen?'
It gives me such a huge sense of happiness.
(Asked them to choose between jjajangmyeon and fried rice)
I'll have fried rice.
Fried rice, two.
Fried rice, three.
We'll have three fried rice,
one seafood black bean noodles,
and one medium sweet-and-sour pork to share.
(Robert handing out cups)
You're basically Korean now.
Handing out cups and everything.
Pohang's actually famous for seafood,
but since you guys weren't that into sashimi last time, we just came here instead.
(Checking the K League 1 standings)
If they win today Anyang moves up to 5th or 6th.
And if they also win next week's home match, they could even climb to 2nd or 3rd.
It's a really tight league.
Sweet-and-sour pork, sweet-and-sour pork.
This is raw onion, you dip it in this sauce.
This is the pickled radish we had before.
This is kimchi.
This is fried pork, 'tangsuyuk.'
Do we dip it here?
Either dip it here,
or you can dip it here (soy sauce).
Try it in the sweet-and-sour sauce first.
This is really sweet.
Like honey? / Yeah, totally honey.
How's the taste~
This is perfect, it's my first time trying it.
I think I can eat this really happily.
The sauce flavor is really strong.
The pork flavor only comes through at the very end as you chew — and you just mix it with the rice and eat it like that.
This tastes like chocolate.
The rice is nice.
The rice isn't sticky.
Yeah, that's because it's fried rice.
(Everyone loved it)
(Wiped clean, only Mackson left a bit of rice)
Now we're going to a park right next to the sea.
Such a special opportunity, I want to hurry and go see it.
I've never seen the sea before.
(Took a taxi and arrived at Pohang Hwanho Park)
This side is the sea,
and we're going to go up there.
First, a sea photo.
(Had to climb quite a bit to get to the park)
(The two of them suddenly ran off)
Huff, puff.
This place is called Pohang Hwanho Park,
and there's a spot where you can walk and take in the view around here.
We came here partly to see the sea too,
and we couldn't resist a photo.
(Hwanho Park's famous landmark, the Space Walk)
If you go up there you can see the sea.
Chizumulu~
(Some FC Anyang staff had come here to visit too)
The Anyang media manager who'd been helping us, and
everyone had come here to look around too.
(Running into them here made it even nicer)
This place is really scary.
I went up and came right back down because it was scary.
Let's go, let's go.
Mackson, are you scared? / No no, let's just go.
(Mackson setting off boldly)
(30 seconds later) I'm scared.
(Gave up)
Beautiful.
There's the Chambo out there, MV Chambo (one of the boats we ride).
Changbakgol.
Hello there~~
(Mackson looking like a tiny bean down below)
Not scared? / Yeah.
Take a photo of me with the Pumbani boats over there.
There's a lot of Pumbani boats there.
Click, click.
Is that thing over there a boat? / Yeah.
That's a huge boat.
Bigger than the Ilala, right? / Yeah, looks like about twice as big.
I think I've seen enough now, so I'll give you the camera and head down first.
It's not that I'm scared, I'm just tired, haha.
Mcfallen: The chairman says he's going down because he's scared.
I said I'm just tired...
(The two of them went all the way up to the highest point and back)
It was fun, felt like walking in space.
There were moments it was a bit scary, but that's beside the point,
you have to experience things like this — it was a great experience.
It'll stay as a good memory.
(Arrived at Pohang Steel Yard, where a lot of people welcomed us too)
(On the way to drop off our bags, we happened to run into the owner of the black-bean soymilk stand)
This is the black-bean soymilk stand owner.
(Reaction suddenly changes)
Robert: I really love black-bean soymilk.
Welcome to Korea.
(A photo)
I really never imagined this.
You told me before that a lot of fans travel to away matches too.
Seeing it for real, it's hard to believe.
(Mcfallen asking the gladiator mascot for a photo)
(Entering the away section)
(So many fans were kind enough to welcome us)
(There were table seats even in the away section, so we settled in there)
I never imagined a reaction like this.
We've become humbled,
and I can tell you're doing an amazing job.
We won't get in the way of what you're doing.
I can see a lot of people are grateful for what you're doing, and it's a huge motivation.
(Players entering)
Away day —
(The coaches taking notes on everything, starting from the warm-up)
This stadium is perfect, everything's so well maintained,
the players should be able to show off their quality well too.
Given the atmosphere today, this is going to be a really fun match.
We made it into Pohang Steel Yard just fine,
many Anyang fans,
and Pohang fans too, welcomed us,
and honestly we're just so grateful.
We never expected to be welcomed by this many people,
and I'm feeling all over again just how many people love the Chizumulu project.
In Pohang's case, there were table seats even in the away section,
so it seemed like a great spot for our coaches to take notes and things, so we settled in here.
I hope today's match is another one where we learn a lot.
(Mcfallen accidentally left his notebook in his suitcase, so he's using his phone)
(Anyang fans loud even away from home)
(We cheered along too)
(Since we'd watched the training for this match, unlike yesterday, we talked a lot with each other while watching)
(First half ends 0-0)
I think Anyang's manager came out with a really good strategy.
It looked like they were reading the opponent's strength first, before attacking aggressively.
so I think that's why they used a 4-2-3-1.
That Pohang number 19, the tall forward (Lee Ho-jae),
we figured out what he's good at,
and marked him tightly so he couldn't get the ball comfortably.
Jeong Tae... still really good so far.
(Second half)
(Anyang's Choi Geon-ju scores the opener)
Nice~~
(We were on the edge of our seats after that though)
(Thankfully it ended 1-0 to Anyang)
Good work today.
How was the match?
The match was great, we enjoyed it a lot,
and today we felt like family with Anyang, which was really motivating.
(On the way back we rode the away team bus)
I learned a lot today, especially about the decisions a coach makes during a match.
In the second half Anyang's manager brought on two substitutes, and those two completely changed the flow of the match.
Before that they'd been defending a lot, but they switched to attacking through Pohang's weakness.
And they ended up scoring because of it.
Reading the flow of the match is really important, and I think the manager did a great job of it.
(Talked about all sorts of things with Mackson on the way back)
People love us so much, like they've seen us before — 'people have seen you before.'
But they haven't actually seen us in person...
Right, from the videos, haha.
I think it's because we actually came here in person that everyone's so happy.
And people were going 'Changbakgol, Changbakgol,'
seems like everyone's seen your videos.
Every time I go from here back to Malawi, it always feels like time travel.
You go back like 100 times.
I get it now, because coming here there hasn't been a single power outage, we've stayed in great facilities with hot showers, the streets are safe, everything's perfect.
In Malawi you still shower by scooping water with a bucket, and there's no hot water.
Han Ga-ram said it too back then — that he barely got any sleep in Lumphi.
But where Han Ga-ram slept was the top-tier accommodation in Malawi.
But compared to here it's still lacking.
Now I can understand what you meant.
You gave up a comfortable life in Korea to live in Malawi.
We won't take that for granted either.
We came here and saw and experienced it with our own eyes.
Malawi and Korea are like a 100-times difference.
But a Korean person gave up everything and went to Malawi,
sleeping while getting bitten by mosquitoes,
eating at not-so-great restaurants,
doing all of this.
Just because he loves us and our community.
So we absolutely have to do this right.
We're experiencing so much here, the culture and everything.
This is a huge opportunity for us,
and we have to pass this knowledge from Korea to Malawi.
Especially to Chizumulu.
And before the season starts, before any training or anything, I think we need to gather all the players for a meeting to tell them how things are going to be from now on.
Everything's going to change because of the experience we've had here.
Not just on the pitch — the attitude too.
That tight two-day schedule through Ulsan, Daegu, and Pohang has come to an end.
I think it was a really meaningful two days.
We met a sponsor,
and watched a K League match for the first time since coming to Korea,
and felt the love from a lot of football fans too,
so I think it was two days where our coaches felt a lot.
We also experienced various forms of Korean transportation,
and had time to see the sea too,
so I think the coaches genuinely feel it was two days where they learned a lot and had a great time,
and that makes me feel really good too.
So, thank you sincerely for watching today's video too, and I'll be back next time with another interesting one.
Thank you.
(The Anyang City Council invited us today)
(We were kind enough to get to talk a lot with the council chair and council members)
(A shot in the main council chamber)
Mcfallen, smile~~
Are you nervous?
This is too much.
I don't even know what to say.
[Anyang Smart City Integrated Center]
Turns out Anyang is actually famous for being a smart city.
Even living in Anyang, I didn't really know that,
so since the Chizumulu coaches came, both me and the coaches
are going to take a look at how it operates as a smart city,
and apparently Anyang also runs a self-driving bus.
So we're going to see how that self-driving bus operates too.
This is actually my first time riding one too, it's fascinating,
we just came from the council chamber,
and today we're going to tour various places around Anyang together,
and I want to thank the city of Anyang once again for inviting us like this.
We're going to go ride a self-driving bus.
Have you ever imagined a self-driving bus?
No no, I hadn't even heard of it.
Is it a robot driving it or what?
Do you tap a transit card for this? / No.
For now we've designated a pilot zone, and it only runs there.
This is a pilot project led by the local government, a leading initiative, and while informing citizens about that,
we're trying to explain why a smart city is needed,
so we're running this pilot program.
This is a Level 4 vehicle with no driver at all,
and ordinary citizens have basically never had a chance to ride one.
(The Level 4 self-driving bus we're about to ride)
Please put on your seatbelt.
It's stopped at the station right now, and
while pulling out it recognizes the vehicles nearby,
so think of it as still holding off a bit before setting off.
Translate, translate.
(Departing)
(It even recognizes pedestrians)
This is amazing technology...
Korea has developed so much.
Even this person here has their hands off the wheel.
They only step in when they absolutely have to.
This is incredible, next-level intelligence.
Q: What if a dangerous situation suddenly happens up ahead?
There are various situations when a danger is detected, but
basically think of it as stopping, or braking hard first.
Then it's trustworthy.
The reason I'm stationed here as the safety manager
is basically to operate the horn button and the emergency stop button.
(Thanks to the coaches I got to have such a fascinating experience too...)
Can't resist a commemorative photo.
I think all of this is done for the sake of time management.
To make everything run exactly on time.
From everything I've experienced so far, Korea really values time highly.
Because they factor that in, development is really fast.
It's been an incredible experience.
(After that, we toured inside the Smart City Integrated Center)
This is where you monitor situations happening all across Anyang.
Not just traffic flow,
but even when a major disaster occurs in the city,
it can be automatically detected.
Anyang's population is about 560,000,
and the main systems are safety, transportation, environment, welfare,
(We got a good sense of how the city of Anyang actually runs)
(A 4D experience hall that tours around Anyang)
(Also tried a fire extinguisher simulation)
(Han Ga-ram happened to be nearby, so he joined us)
So we finished touring the Smart City Integrated Center,
and Ga-ram happened to be nearby and had some time, so
we came to grab lunch together.
(Today's lunch: bulgogi shabu-shabu)
What's been the best food you've had so far?
I like pork the best, no matter how it's cooked.
(They prepared such a generous spread, everyone ate until full)
So full...
Nice food.
(With some time before the next schedule, we stopped by a nearby café)
Aren't you tired? / No no.
How could I be tired when I'm learning something new every day?
What we experienced today was also beyond anything I imagined.
You're surprising us every single day, boss.
I told you I was going to the council today, right?
Yeah, you told me.
I thought going to the council meant meeting representatives or sponsors, that kind of people,
but I never imagined I'd be talking with the council chair, having a meal, all of that.
Sometimes I can't even wrap my head around what's happening.
(Ice cream)
How's the taste~
I had this a long time ago, about 20 years back.
But now I'm eating it again today.
I hadn't had it since around 2015.
That's 11 years ago, so it's been a while already.
(With help from Anyang City Corporation, we got to see several facilities)
(The home court of the Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters basketball team)
(They even gave us the chance to touch the ball ourselves)
(An excited Robert)
(The coaches touching a basketball for the very first time in their lives)
Mcfallen's definitely more of a football guy.
(HL Anyang's home rink, the HL Anyang Ice Rink)
(The cute Mackson)
(Entering the ice rink)
(They kindly gave each of us a game puck as a gift)
This place is amazing, I never imagined a place like this existed.
I thought games like this were only played outside, in the snow.
But here they've built an environment so you can play any time.
It's another level.
Now we're actually going to go out onto the ice.
Come on, you can do it, hahaha.
Did you skate when you were young?
He's pretty good at skating.
Oh, you can skate a bit?
I skate like this.
Today, for player-safety reasons, we can't actually skate.
During the off-season we do skate,
and just get right on it,
Anyang City Corporation was kind enough to arrange this,
and even though it's actually closed today,
they went out of their way to let us skate like this.
We love you, Anyang City Corporation...
We're going to go have fun skating.
Honestly I last skated when I was about 19, so this is basically my first time again.
I haven't had the chance to come to a rink,
so I'm not sure how well I can skate, but let's go give it a try.
Ready to go in.
Thumbs up.
(Entering)
The Mac-Mac duo who can't get past the entrance.
(Robert, making it to the center with some help)
It's a sport that needs stamina and balance,
and it's a really exciting sport,
I think with a bit of practice I could get better and enjoy it more.
(Gave us a walker? A support device?)
No pushing, you can't lean on it.
(A quick one-point lesson)
You have to move by bringing your legs together and apart.
This is basically Ga-ram working out here...
This is hard, hard.
Or maybe he's scared, he's gripping so tightly.
(Mcfallen, the youngest, picking it up the fastest)
Robert just riding the walker itself.
(After learning a bit, a race to see who reaches the center first begins)
(Mcfallen, the only one going it alone)
Good, good, good, good.
Mr. Mcfallen struggling gamely with his handicap.
(Robert throwing in some interference)
Heh heh, almost there.
You worked hard.
(In the end, a fair and square win for Mcfallen — happy ending)
(We'd actually come here just to take a commemorative photo)
Just when Changbakgol got the hang of it we had to leave — big sad, upvote if you agree.
It was a bit cold at first, but once I started skating it wasn't cold anymore so I could keep going,
today was rough since it was my first time, but I'll skate better next time.
Next time we can skate on our own.
Honestly it was really scary at first.
Because I was scared of falling, haha.
Next time I'll do better, we'll even have a proper race.
After the ice rink we rested a bit,
and now we've come out for dinner.
Today, kindly, a lamb specialty restaurant called Yeongil Lamb World
offered to sponsor our meal, so they invited us to come by.
Actually, they barely raise sheep in Malawi,
and the coaches say they've never tried it,
hope they like it.
We've got a 7 o'clock reservation but there's about 20 minutes left, so
we're going to spend some time at the playground before heading over.
It's a 7 o'clock reservation and it's 6:40 now, so
let's play here for a bit.
Oh, a swing. / Have you ever been on a swing?
Yeah, I've been on one.
We have swings too.
Same kind of structure as this.
You tie a rope up here,
and hang wood at the bottom.
You ride it when you're little.
But once you get a bit older you never ride it at all.
Last time I rode one was 25 years ago.
(Robert reverting to a child at heart)
You don't know how to build up speed.
You have to use your feet.
(Passing on the advanced skill of pushing off the ground)
Mackson: Ah, so it's this.
(Robert picking it up quickly)
Meanwhile the manager off spinning solo, enjoying his solitude.
Aren't you dizzy?
A bit.
What do you watch normally that a merry-go-round shows up in your algorithm?
(Burning some calories before going to eat lamb)
(Arrived at Yeongil Lamb World)
(They prepared really great meat for us...)
It already looks delicious.
The excitement's rising.
You can eat now,
(Convenient since you eat it with tongs)
Right?
Tasting.
Bwanji (how is it?)
Zili bwino (all good)
Kukoma kwambiri (delicious)
Honestly it's really good.
Really tender.
(The owner, who's a huge fan of Chizumulu)
(He asked for their autographs)
(You can see it if you go up to the 2nd floor of Yeongil Lamb World)
(We really enjoyed the meal)
Please come visit a lot before you leave~!
Thank you so much, owner of Yeongil Lamb World!!
(On the way back)
Getting used to going underground now, right?
At first it felt like it might collapse.
We had another full day today.
Yeah, a day to remember.
The boss said dinner today would be big,
and it really was...
Tomorrow's busy too — we'll get a quick health checkup at the hospital, and meet FC Anyang's U18 team to watch their pre-training meeting and training.
Since coming to Korea we haven't had a single day off, and we've been going through schedule after schedule, so time really feels like it's flying by,
and filling each day up to the brim like this feels really good.
It seems like our Chizumulu coaches are enjoying this too, and learning a lot along the way.
Actually, because facilities in Malawi are so lacking, our coaches never had the chance to get a proper health checkup,
and since medical facilities here in Korea are so good, I thought it'd be great if they could get a checkup while we're here.
But so kindly, Pyeongchon Now Hospital offered to help with our coaches' checkups for free,
so today we got the chance to have a checkup like this (just blood test and X-ray).
(Arrived at Pyeongchon Seoul Now Hospital)
Blood test.
Please hold the bandage down yourself for 5 minutes to stop the bleeding.
Says to hold it for 5 more minutes.
A little sting.
(Nervous)
(Wince)
Mackson was scared.
I'm not used to shots so it was a bit scary.
Haha, but you laughed at the players when they got shots.
Fair enough.
(X-ray taken)
(I interpreted next to them)
Head this way, feet this way.
(Went through the tests smoothly in order)
Robert: This knee joint of mine hurts a bit.
We finished the X-ray and blood test, a quick round of testing,
everyone welcomed us so kindly and did the tests for us,
so we got through it all really smoothly.
(While waiting for the results, went for lunch at a tonkatsu and soba place)
I'm pretty good with chopsticks now, I said,
and Robert, riding that momentum, even grabs the diced radish kimchi.
(Enjoyed the soba and tonkatsu, no complaints there)
Mackson: Now that we've eaten, we should exercise.
(Loving the exercise equipment)
(So absorbed in exercising he didn't even notice his phone almost falling)
Easily breaking 30.
(Coach Mac stops first at 40)
(Going to hear the test results)
The shape is really good.
Your legs are shaped slightly bow-legged,
but it's not abnormal, it's within the normal range.
Under 5 degrees of curve is normal, and yours is 4 degrees.
So it's fine,
and most football players have knees shaped like this.
It lets you use your strength more efficiently.
Your knees look really healthy.
No joint changes at all,
no bone fractures,
and the blood test is perfect too, so
you're young, but on top of that
there's no history of any past injury
that I can see either.
I think it's a knee that's well suited for staying active.
So everything's fine?
(Thankfully Mcfallen had no problems)
Thank you.
(Mackson too, thankfully, had no real issues)
You could still play as a player.
(Robert, who'd said his knee felt a bit off)
I heard your knee's a bit uncomfortable. / Yeah, this left side a bit.
The left knee and hip area.
Since when has it hurt?
For about 2-3 months.
Any particular injury? / No.
Looking at the X-ray, I found some changes in the joint.
It's the kind of change consistent with arthritis.
Checking with the AI machine, it looks like early-stage arthritis.
Arthritis is usually graded from 0 to 4, and yours is a 2, in the middle.
It's not that serious, but
walking, running, or squatting too much isn't good.
It presses on the meniscus and cartilage and wears them down faster.
Crossing your legs, squatting, or bending the knee sharply isn't good.
To protect your knee from arthritis,
you already have a lot of muscle, so you need to maintain that.
Muscle exercises are fine — cycling, weights.
Looking now, unlike the other coaches,
your knee is shaped in a bow-legged way.
If this opens up past 5 degrees it becomes a problem,
it makes the arthritis worse and you could end up with arthritis at a young age.
This is a normal knee,
and your knee is like this right now.
So if you use the knee a lot,
the knee wears down fast.
(Thankfully the blood test results were good)
But you do need to be careful with the knee,
so for now try taking the necessary medication,
and let's watch how it progresses,
and if the pain continues after that,
let's get an MRI to find out exactly what's going on.
Take it once after breakfast and once after dinner.
(Thankfully the medication helped, so we didn't end up needing the MRI)
We got checked, a problem was found, and I even got medication.
I'm at a loss for words.
I never expected to hear this kind of incredible knowledge,
and I've experienced a different level of expertise.
He explained everything so well,
and this is a symptom a lot of older people in Malawi experience.
It's really common,
but in Malawi you can't fix it and you can't even discover the problem.
I haven't even tried the medication yet, but I already feel relieved.
The doctor knew exactly what the problem was and gave us a diagnosis.
Korean people really have such good medical safety.
I'm grateful to get this kind of benefit as a Malawian.
(FC Anyang U18 team)
Thank you so much for visiting our FC Anyang U18 team, and I hope you get to see a lot of good things.
(Watched how the pre-training meeting is run)
If you have any questions feel free to ask — you can ask while watching, or out on the pitch too.
(The manager was kind enough to help us out a lot)
(Before watching training, a filming session for a promo reel for FC Anyang's first team's match tomorrow)
(The staff member came prepared with an idea)
(Mcfallen looking the most excited since coming to Korea)
Show some love, love.
Please make the heart more lovely.
(Coach Mac adjusting the angle)
Second pose.
Third pose.
So cute.
Come do the last pose.
Mackson: I'll hold this one in the middle.
Mcfallen: I'll do it, nice try.
Mcfallen: You two are about the same height, so stand on either side.
Mcfallen, the proportions king.
(That's how the fun reel filming wrapped up)
(You can find the result on FC Anyang's YouTube or Instagram)
A proud Mr. Changbakgol.
(Being around April 20th, it was actually pretty chilly)
I need to lose weight...
(A commemorative photo with the U18 players)
Since there are parts that are a bit lacking compared to our country,
they've got the chance to learn a bit about our country's football,
so let's cooperate as much as we can and give them a round of applause so they can do well when they go back.
(FC Anyang's U18, U15, and U12 teams all welcomed us so warmly and genuinely helped us — we could only be grateful)
Mackson's question.
Q: There's a match this weekend — have you already decided on the starting lineup to some extent?
It's decided.
So you run training based on that? / Yes.
We decide it a week ahead, on Monday.
One or two might change, but pretty much,
this is basically the best reserve.
When picking the players for the next match,
there could be a clash of opinions with other coaches —
how do you handle that kind of situation?
We go through that kind of struggle every day too,
and even earlier in the meeting we were discussing whether to use this guy or that guy,
this one has strengths, and that one has strengths, but
we'll adjust who to use depending on the opponent, but
given the choice, we still pick and use the player with the better attitude.
The match is Saturday, so we watch through Monday to Thursday,
and decide on Friday.
Right now they're recreating a situation similar to a real match.
The striker's here, and the center-back is marking him tightly,
and if the center-back is positioned to the right, then it's hard for the striker to shoot to the right.
So the goalkeeper has to position himself taking that into account.
They're practicing making that kind of decision.
Like I said earlier, this player becomes the center-back.
(So today was another training session with a lot to learn)
The next day.
We watched the U18 training well yesterday and went back to rest well,
and today the U18 team apparently has a practice match.
So to see how the tactics we watched in yesterday's meeting and training actually play out in a real match, we decided to go watch today's practice match together.
After that, tonight at 7:30 there's an Anyang vs. Ulsan match at Anyang Sports Complex, and we've been asked to do the ceremonial kickoff there.
Honestly, an opportunity to do a ceremonial kickoff like this isn't easy to come by,
so I want to thank FC Anyang for giving us this chance,
and now we need to eat lunch,
and so far, aside from sashimi, our coaches have liked pretty much everything they've eaten.
So thinking about what to try among the things they haven't had yet,
there's a place right here called Anyang Gamjatang, that serves gamjatang,
and it's a place I go to sometimes too, so we're going to have gamjatang for lunch and head out.
The coaches' hair and beards have grown out quite a bit — it's been 10 days since they came to Korea and they still haven't gotten a trim.
There happens to be a barbershop nearby run by a Chizumulu fan, and he told us to come get a haircut, so we decided to visit.
This is gamjatang, gamjatang.
It's a dish made with pork bones.
They don't waste any of the food here.
Well, it's the same in Malawi, we don't waste food either.
The apron he's gotten used to now.
This tastes a bit like peanuts too.
It's not peanuts but you can feel something similar (soybean pulp).
Delicious, delicious.
Every restaurant we've been to so far specializes in one thing.
Is there some rule about what to do here and what to do there?
No no, it's just restaurants' survival strategy.
This is a good strategy.
That way a lot of restaurants can turn a profit.
(Arrived at the barbershop nice and full)
(Toby the barber at Millito Barbershop)
(The barber already knew all the coaches' names)
(Among the various jerseys hanging up, a Chizumulu jersey too)
He was kind enough to prepare gifts too...
Takulandirani ku Korea (welcome to Korea)
(It was touching.)
(Former) barber Mcfallen asking how they want it cut.
You usually shave the sides down to skin, so wouldn't it work to keep the top at a short number on the clippers?
He's asking if shaving the sides completely and leaving a bit on top sounds good.
Sounds good.
Please take good care of it.
This is the style we usually go with. / You too?
(He cut it nice and clean)
(Such a nice touch, putting on a Brighton match since I was coming...)
(Trimming the stray hairs)
Is applying the oil to prevent injury?
It's a bit to prevent injury, yeah,
yes, it's shaving gel.
(Pure bliss)
(Pure bliss, part 2)
Nice.
Yeah, this is another level.
(A satisfied-looking Mcfallen)
Ndikuoneka bwino (I look good)
Yeah, it's all good.
All good~
Thank you!
(Robert got a sharp cut too)
Everything's different here.
Mcfallen, you need to do this at your barbershop too, or I'm never going back there.
Sure, go ahead~
I'm going out to tell my little brother.
Tell him not to take him on, haha.
Back home when you cut hair, that machine really hurts.
Just from the sound it feels like it's cutting into you,
and sometimes you even get cut and bleed.
We got such great service from the barber who's a Chizumulu fan,
we're so grateful.
(Autographs)
(Please give lots of love to Millito Barbershop!)
(U18 practice match)
(Unfortunately Han Ga-ram wasn't in today's squad, but he came to the training ground to help out anyway)
(Honestly I don't know football that well so I couldn't really say anything, so I was so grateful for that...)
(Anyang Sports Complex, where the Anyang vs. Ulsan match is being held)
(Today there was also the club's official photo shoot, so we were busy)
Thank you to everyone who welcomed us,
when you come to the stadium, you watch football, but
there are also all kinds of events,
and there's just so much to enjoy.
So before the match even starts, we're going to enjoy the food trucks and the events with our coaches,
and get today's match underway.
(So kindly, so many people heard Chizumulu was coming today and brought their jerseys...)
(We enjoyed the pre-match atmosphere with so many fans like this)
(Prize draw)
(Participation prize)
Last place, last place.
Participation prize, two.
Participation prize, three.
(Still got a cute Thomas the Tank Engine-themed badge as a gift)
Today is such a great day,
an unforgettable day,
watching my first Anyang home match,
and I got amazing support from Anyang fans.
It's amazing and I'm happy.
What I learned today is,
there are things you have to do to build up the pre-match atmosphere.
And that the fans need to be able to interact with each other.
It's really impressive.
There's a photo zone, and you can play little games too.
It makes me happy seeing so many Anyang fans wearing Chizumulu jerseys.
It's so impressive and it gives me strength.
I told you we sold a lot, haha.
This is going to be a huge boost for us going into next season.
(Decided to try the dakgangjeong food truck too)
This place is our second home.
We need an apartment here.
I don't have one either...
Are you adjusting well to Korean food and things like that?
Korean food, don't even ask, it's delicious.
I've gotten used to the various seasonings now.
It's the total opposite of Malawi,
but I've gotten used to it now.
Good.
We originally ate with a spoon, a fork, or our hands,
usually eating nsima with our hands,
it was hard at first, but now we're all good with chopsticks,
and I'm going to take a pair home to use too.
Changu changu (hurry, hurry)
'Changu' means hurry? / Yeah, hurry.
You're getting pretty good at Chichewa now.
What's 'tiyeni'?
Tiyeni = let's go
Tiyeni changu = let's go quick!
(Anyang set up a spot for us like this)
We're about to go down to do the ceremonial kickoff.
This is a first.
When we go down, a lot of spectators will be watching us,
giving us even more motivation and confidence,
and with your leadership and management behind us,
I feel like as Chizumulu United, we need to pull ourselves together and work hard together.
So we can go far from where we are right now.
(Starting lineup)
Mcfallen stands first, then Mackson, Robert.
Once the captain hands over the FC Anyang jersey,
once the captain hands over the FC Anyang jersey, we'll receive it and take a photo holding it together.
then you'll put the jersey right on, and come with me into the center of the pitch.
and then you'll do the kickoff — you kick it once the referee blows the whistle.
Getting an honor like this feels like a dream.
Changbakgol, when you first started YouTube, did you ever even imagine something like this would happen?
(Shaking his head)
I originally just thought about giving a bit of jersey support, a bit of ball support, that's about as far as I'd planned,
but things grew this big,
and honestly I'm pretty overwhelmed myself, but
the things laid out in front of me,
doing them one by one, that's how I ended up here.
Being on Chizumulu island, and then here in Anyang before a match,
getting invited to an event like this, having the chance to connect with players like this,
it must feel like a dream.
I'm really grateful that you always take every new situation you run into so calmly and well.
I hope you can watch today's match well and enjoy the event well.
I sincerely thank all the Chizumulu fans who made all of this possible.
(Manager Yoo Byeong-hoon)
(Today I gave the squad some words of encouragement)
(I don't remember exactly who, but a couple of Ulsan players and some referees told us they'd been watching...)
Fans, please turn your attention to the pitch.
FC Anyang's global partner club, Chizumulu United from Malawi, Africa, has visited us here at Our Nation.
As a memento, our captain will present our jersey to Chizumulu's manager, assistant coach, and team doctor.
(The song playing right now — please show it some love...)
(This looks like it'll be a moment they never forget)
Go Chizumulu!
(Match starts)
(Anyang takes the lead just 3 minutes into the match)
(Watched intently today too, taking notes)
(In the second half Han Ga-ram joined them and helped out a lot again)
(Unfortunately Ulsan equalized in the second half, and the match ended 1-1)
Today too, from the warm-up to the match, I learned a lot.
When we go back to Chizumulu, 90% of what we used to do is going to change.
How the coaches run training is going to change too,
usually one training session was pretty much handled by just one coach,
but now everyone's going to have their own assigned role in training.
The match wrapped up like that and we went back to the hotel.
The result was a bit of a shame, going ahead and then conceding an equalizer to finish 1-1,
but we still got to have such a great experience with our coaches,
and it makes me feel really good.
Watching our coaches go to the center of the pitch to do the kickoff, honestly the feeling was really strange.
A feeling I couldn't put into words.
Seeing our coaches come to Korea and get to do the ceremonial kickoff at a K League 1 match, receiving so much cheering and support from people,
it made me feel a sense of responsibility,
and at the same time a sense of pride,
some complicated, indescribable feeling.
Anyway, to sum it up, it was a day I'm grateful for,
and it was the kind of day where I really want to say thank you for watching and cheering on something this unbelievable.
(The next day)
Now we're going to do something really important — we're going to go sign a partnership agreement with our main sponsor for next season.
Our sponsor for next season is a brand called Kim Bok-nam Beer, which has delicious craft anju (drinking snacks), chicken, and beer.
Kim Bok-nam Beer came on board with a big decision on their part, and I want to say I'm really grateful,
and I'm going to do my best to promote Kim Bok-nam Beer a lot going forward too.
I hear Kim Bok-nam's draft beer is really delicious.
But honestly I don't drink much myself,
and our coaches say they've almost never had beer either.
Because if you have money for beer, you'd rather buy nsima or rice with it.
But today we're going to Kim Bok-nam Beer and both me and the coaches are going to enjoy some cold beer and delicious craft anju.
Anyway, let's go meet Chizumulu's 26/27 main sponsor, Kim Bok-nam Beer.
(Kim Bok-nam Beer)
Running a football club in Malawi is really tough.
I'm so grateful this company is partnering with our owner,
and honored to get to meet them together today.
Are you excited for the food we'll try today too?
Yeah, both the food and the beer, I'm all in.
(Met the general manager and team lead from Kim Bok-nam Beer)
I actually saw it on the way over just now, and I enjoyed watching, haha.
My son plays football too, he's in middle school,
so I have even more interest because of that...
That's just my personal interest,
and our CEO separately has interest in various other ways too.
(Held a simple signing ceremony)
Go Kim Bok-nam Beer!
Go Chizumulu~!
We're pretty well known as a place with delicious chicken,
and among beer places, Kim Bok-nam also has a lot of separate anju prepared that you can eat as a meal substitute.
The craft beer is only sold at Kim Bok-nam,
and parents also bring their kids and eat a lot of the various anju together too.
You could think of it as a neighborhood pub that gets quite a lot of family customers too.
A place you can come to comfortably!
(Got a lot of recommendations and ordered)
From the very start you pushed really hard, saying you wanted to sponsor us,
and we ended up partnering — what was the biggest reason you wanted to do this together?
I think it was your positive influence.
Through the mindset and actions you have as the owner, you've shown a lot of positive influence,
and there were parts that aligned well with Kim Bok-nam Beer, so we reached out first to propose working together.
It's an honor, a privilege, and a comfort to be able to come here.
I'm glad to meet you as our main sponsor.
We can't take partnering like this for granted — it's an amazing thing.
(Thank you to the general manager and team lead from Kim Bok-nam Beer for spending time with us!)
(Since it got late, we decided to just have a nice meal among ourselves)
What are you thanking me for?
Thank you.
Thank you for always working hard for the development of Chizumulu United.
This isn't easy.
Thank you for working so hard that it made them trust you.
Since you have to know the main sponsor's name properly, let's say it again.
Kim Bok-nam Beer
To signing our main sponsor~
How's the taste~
Boom up, boom up.
Tastes energizing.
Kim Bok-nam, Kim Bok-nam.
These here are anju — it means food you eat alongside drinks.
This is sweet onion chicken, and this is kimchi fried rice.
How's the onion chicken~
Coach Mac putting on a bit of forced excitement now that the main sponsor's here.
(Now our cameraman gets a drink too)
Ahh.
So cold and refreshing, it was amazing.
The food is really unique.
It's really tasty because of how it's cooked.
If we were a Korean team, sponsoring might've been easy, since they could see us directly, but
sponsoring an African team, Chizumulu? That's not easy.
Coming here, now I understand what you've been doing.
And I understand the meaning of the things you say now too.
You said you couldn't sleep.
No no, I do sleep.
I never said I don't sleep at all.
You said you couldn't sleep today.
Ah, today it's true I didn't sleep. (I was editing all night)
This kimchi fried rice is insanely good.
I asked you before,
whether people here go to some kind of cooking school.
Cooking here's just on a totally different level.
And what's special about Kim Bok-nam Beer here is the way they prepare the food is really unique.
It's really creative.
The beer here is wonderful.
Robert straight up finished a whole glass of beer.
You said you didn't really like beer.
But this one's not that strong either.
And today's a happy day, gotta enjoy it.
(Stir-fried beef brisket with bean sprouts)
These dishes clearly have an obvious verdict.
No need to even ask us how the taste is.
Just look at the empty bowl.
(Pineapple sorbet)
People here really know how to think of everything...
Even conquered the cheese rolled omelet.
You don't have to worry — it's safe here, and Anyang people are kind.
The thing you worry about most abroad is when someone asks this question.
'Where are you from?'
'Give me your papers, why are you here.'
That's the hardest part, but since coming to Anyang,
not the soldiers, not the police, nobody cares about that at all.
Even the soldiers at the stadium yesterday didn't care, they just greeted us.
In Malawi we'd keep getting asked questions,
but here you can't even imagine anything bad happening to us.
We sleep every day like we were born here.
When we're abroad we sleep with one eye open.
We sleep like this.
Because you never know what might happen.
But here, we're living in a completely different reality.
It's a fate we never could have imagined.
I went to my room yesterday and cried.
Thinking about what happened at the stadium.
I never imagined it at all.
Thousands of people clapped for us.
For people like us who have no name in society.
I called my mom yesterday
and told her I was crying because of what's happening here.
I told her I don't even understand what's happening.
I can't explain it in words.
There's no way to express how grateful I am.
We can't even meet Malawi's high-ranking politicians...
So how are we meeting the chair of a Korean city council?
There's the three of us here, plus cameraman Moon, that's 4.
We're happy because of you.
We're happy because of you.
That's the beautiful thing about life.
And some people back home are happy because of us.
That's how it just keeps going.
We're happy because of you, and other people are happy because of us.
So we had a delicious dinner at Kim Bok-nam Beer.
We've had a lot of meals in Korea, and all of them were delicious, but
what's really great about Kim Bok-nam Beer is that they have such a wide variety of anju, so honestly even if you came every day you could enjoy different menus each time,
and enjoy them at a really high quality, so I think that's a strength.
The draft beer is so delicious.
So I had a great meal today too,
and I'll keep supporting Kim Bok-nam Beer a lot going forward.
For Chizumulu's 26/27 season, please give Kim Bok-nam Beer a lot of love.
(See you in the next video)
(Changbakgol, who signed the main sponsorship with Kim Bok-nam Beer yesterday)
Today too, we have meetings scheduled with two sponsors,
Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk, which you all like,
and then a meeting with our kit sponsor, D.EPO.
So we'll be meeting both of them and having various conversations.
Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk is set to continue partnering with Chizumulu next season too,
so we'll probably talk more about the sponsorship.
And with D.EPO, we're going to talk about the clothing coming out next season.
(The shared office space Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk uses)
(Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk is run by a married couple)
(Soymilk handed out right away)
Just a short 3 minutes or so today,
we just prepared a short bit in English about how, and with what mindset, we're supporting Dong-hoon and our Chizumulu friends.
We wanted to convey our feelings a bit.
(Interpreting)
(Starts with a sip of soymilk)
We make a soymilk called 'Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk,'
and our logo is on the back of the jersey.
This is our wedding concept photo, we took it wearing Chizumulu jerseys. (The two of them got married not long ago)
We wanted to share why we decided to support Chizumulu.
When I was young I read a book about Malawi.
The book said that even in difficult circumstances, Malawian people laugh and dance.
I always wanted to be a happy person,
so it was a dream of mine to go to Malawi and see people like you in person.
I went traveling in Africa about 10 years ago.
Unfortunately I couldn't make it to Malawi,
but I visited a few countries like Kenya and Tanzania.
Back then our group loved football so much,
we'd join in and enjoy it together whenever locals were playing.
We couldn't communicate in the same language, but that wasn't a problem,
and I learned that football brings people together as one.
And about 10 months ago I saw a post on the Changbakgol channel,
and it said Chizumulu's team was looking for a sponsor at the time.
So I emailed Changbakgol and said I wanted to sponsor them.
It only took a day to decide.
It's a small sponsorship, but it felt great to be able to support young people in Malawi,
people who love football and chase their dreams.
This story is still going on.
We're not a big company, but
as long as Changbakgol keeps going on this journey, we'll do our best to stay with him until the end.
Zikomo kwambiri (thank you)
(We were so grateful)
I hope our feelings got across a bit...
Yeah, I'm sure it did.
First I want to say congratulations.
Congratulations on deciding to work with our chairman,
you say it's a small sponsorship, but to us it's huge.
You'd know from going there, but the situation in Africa isn't easy.
Our situation isn't that different from the countries you experienced.
We're really grateful,
and if you ever get the chance to come to Malawi with our chairman,
we'll welcome you,
so simply put, welcome to Malawi in advance.
I really want to go.
Thank you, thank you.
Robert: This is really good.
First time trying this...
Mackson: He's already finished his whole cup.
Nobody gives me this — I said I like it.
If you've experienced a lot of different kinds of coffee,
you'll like this too.
It's so delicious and it's nutritious too.
I want to introduce this soymilk to more people in Chizumulu too.
It'll especially help children and elderly people a lot.
I really want to try that.
Catfish with nsima...
There's a dish that goes together like that.
He says he wants to try mulamba.
(The two of them seem ready to come to Chizumulu)
Catfish is really common around Chizumulu.
It'll be delicious ^^
(We talked about various things regarding next season's sponsorship) (The coaches aren't off doing something else, they're watching real-time AI translation)
(Signing ceremony)
So many fans have shown interest,
saying things like 'medicinal soymilk,' 'Malgeun-mul black bean soymilk' and so on.
Honestly, from our position, that's something we're really grateful for too,
because actually, even when we first found out about Chizumulu,
there wasn't much of a sense of it being about promotion, in a way.
It was more that Changbakgol was taking on that kind of challenge, and I think we really empathized with that a lot.
And honestly, in a way, we're not that big a company either,
and financially it's a bit tough for us too, so there's a bit of that struggle for us as well.
Thinking about it that way, honestly the most important thing when taking on a big challenge like that is financial strength, and I think that's where we really empathized a lot.
So that's how we ended up starting this,
and thankfully, Chizumulu fans remembering us,
and situations where things almost get named after us — we're really grateful for that.
So going forward, we're going into this with the mindset of doing our best as far as we're able to.
(That's how we wrapped up a short but fun meeting with Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk)
(FC Anyang first team training again today)
(Took a lot of notes and learned a lot again today)
(Without a break, headed straight to Bukchon Hanok Village)
(Came to shoot next season's clothing with D.EPO)
This is a tourist spot so you'll see a lot of foreigners here.
Mackson: I can hear English here.
We're going to see the new season's windbreaker and training kit design.
Good, good.
Really good.
(Met the people at D.EPO, who always love Chizumulu)
(If it weren't for D.EPO, who supported the jersey for that really uncertain first season, Chizumulu today wouldn't exist)
This is D.EPO's manager, in charge of D.EPO's clothing and the team sponsorship.
This is D.EPO's manager.
This is the person who first proposed sponsoring Chizumulu.
It was before last season started.
He's watched all our videos so he knows everything about us.
Amma~
This is going to be a huge motivation,
and as coaches, our goal is to grow Chizumulu to the next level.
We don't take this sponsorship for granted, and we're really grateful.
Today the training kit — long sleeve, short sleeve, shorts, long pants — is all ready.
(The coaches who've already picked up a lot of Korean culture)
There's a windbreaker too,
and it'll be given to our entire squad next season.
We're truly grateful from the bottom of our hearts.
(An early reveal of next season's scarf)
Is this real? Is this actually happening to us?
Hard to believe.
Mcfallen, looking filled with immense joy.
Robert joining in too.
(The highest energy since coming to Korea)
(The windbreaker)
(Excited squealing)
Go ahead and feel the logo too.
(A thicker silicone material than last season)
(The training kit has the shape of Chizumulu island subtly worked in)
The detail is insane. (First time seeing the actual thing myself too, today)
What is this detail?
It's subtly pretty, right?
(It shows and disappears like the hologram on a banknote)
No, I think it's fascinating too.
(Mcfallen, the fit devil)
(That's how the fun clothing viewing wrapped up)
(Went straight into filming at Bukchon Hanok Village)
(The weather was great and it went really well)
This is way busier than Anyang, right?
This feels like the center of tourism.
It's quite different from Anyang.
There's a lot of tourists from all over the world.
It's such a beautiful place,
and coming from Chizumulu to see this is amazing.
Have you seen any foreigners in Anyang?
No no, I think it was just us.
But here in Seoul there's a ton of foreigners.
(The highest energy we'd seen so far)
(Took a taxi D.EPO arranged for us to their office)
(Drove an hour through central Seoul and arrived at the Yangjae office)
Everyone'll be here in just a few minutes.
The streets of Seoul...
This is heaven on Earth.
The buildings are so tall and just keep going.
There's screens too,
so this is really Seoul, Korea's capital.
Everyone's excited.
(D.EPO's office)
(A screen welcoming us)
Thank you so much.
(The CEO and all the staff came out to greet us)
(Even a welcome cake)
One, two, three.
Welcome to D.EPO~!
Do you happen to know D.EPO's slogan?
It's 'Make it real.'
Turning everything you've imagined into reality — that's our slogan,
and Season Bluminated, Chizumulu too,
the ultimate goal right now, from tier 3, is to get to tier 1.
We're also a brand starting out small right now, but going forward we'll gradually go more overseas.
since we're a brand aiming to become a global brand, let's build things like that together — I want to say, let's make it real together.
(A commemorative photo you can't skip)
(The CEO was kind enough to take us to a really great buffet)
(Thanks to that we ate so well!!)
So with all today's schedule wrapped up, we came up to the rooftop of my place.
It's been about a year since I decided to become the owner of Chizumulu United.
But things I truly never imagined keep happening like this,
and I can only be so grateful to the subscribers and Chizumulu fans who show us so much interest,
and it feels like a day that gave me a strong motivation to work even harder.
I want to sincerely thank our kit sponsor D.EPO, Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk, Kim Bok-nam Beer, and all our various sponsors,
and I think bringing our coaches to Korea this time was really the right decision.
It seems like a great opportunity for our coaches to understand how I recruit sponsors and how I work here in Korea,
and of course on the football side, joining the first team, U18, U15, and U12 teams, they're learning so much too,
and now our Korea schedule is a bit past the halfway point, and at this point we've already learned so much.
If we keep dedicating ourselves to learning and experiencing a lot in the time remaining, I think there'll definitely be a clear change once we go back to Chizumulu.
(The next day)
Time really flies.
I'm really trying hard not to waste a single day,
and today's Saturday,
and the first team has tactical training and set-piece training, so we're going to sit in on that,
and after that, there's a big K League 2 match today, Suwon vs. Busan, so we're going to go watch that too.
It seems like a great opportunity for our coaches to experience the football of managers like Lee Jung-hyo and Jo Sung-hwan, who are showing great football in K League 2,
and since we're currently competing in Malawi's tier 3, I thought it'd be really interesting to compare and see what Korea's tier 3 is like,
so tomorrow we're planning to go watch a K3 League match, Siheung Citizen FC.
So this weekend's going to be a really busy one too — let's have fun with it.
(Anyang Sports Complex)
(Sat in on first-team training again today)
(The atmosphere was really good)
I learned a lot today too.
Especially I learned well how to train the day before a match,
and how to get players to understand the tactics they'll use.
Han Ga-ram: You're not coming to Gwangju tomorrow, right? / No, I'm not going.
We're going to watch a K3 League match, the Siheung match, haha.
Everyone have a great weekend~!
Is K3 League a league for players under a certain age?
No no, there's no age limit.
(This league used to be sponsored by a company whose owner was named Simama; now it's sponsored by a regional king named Mbelwa, so it's called the Mbelwa League)
(Arrived at Suwon World Cup Stadium)
(A bit late since we came from watching training)
This place is huge.
(Sat up top where the tactics are easy to see)
There's a ton of fans.
Tons of fans and the stadium's huge too.
This really is a World Cup stadium.
Robert: This is K League 1, right?
It's K League 2.
K League 2?
Busan's currently 7 wins, 1 draw, and Suwon's 6 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss.
So it's the 1st vs. 2nd place match.
(Couldn't film the match itself, but we watched an incredible 3-2 game live)
It was really intense.
Companies here seem to support the team really seriously.
The players are really serious too, and the supporters are the same.
It felt like watching Bullets vs. Wanderers in Malawi (Malawi's two most popular teams).
But it was even more intense than that.
And it looked like the coaches really contributed a lot.
It was impressive both defensively and offensively,
and we need to learn and apply tactics like this too.
Defense, chemistry between players, positioning, and so on.
(Once again Yeongil Lamb World, with their delicious lamb, sponsored our meal today — thank you!)
Today's the day we go watch the K3 Siheung Citizen FC match.
We came for lunch, and today we're keeping it simple, we came to the Subway right here.
(Since Subway has English too, everyone picked their own order)
(Everyone ate happily)
The coaches picked their main and the combo was chef's pick.
There's something I always get whenever I come to Subway — flatbread with egg mayo, vegetables just lettuce, onion, jalapeño, and then chipotle ranch sauce — do it like that and it's really delicious, Changbakgol's pick.
(Arrived at Jeongwang Stadium, Siheung Citizen FC's home ground)
This is the away team's bus.
Yangpyeong FC.
There's a bus like this even in tier 3? / Yeah.
So we arrived at Jeongwang Stadium, Siheung Citizen FC's home ground.
I heard Siheung Citizen FC is a team known for really exemplary club operations even in tier 3.
Their results right now are also really great — they've won 7 straight out of 7 matches this season.
I hope it's a day where both me and the coaches learn a lot about running our own team.
Before coming today I checked Instagram and saw they run a lot of different events, so let's enjoy those too, while
we enjoy today's match here at Jeongwang Stadium between Siheung FC and Yangpyeong FC.
I hope we can learn a lot today.
We're a tier 3 team too.
In terms of operations,
what kind of events they run before the game,
how they prepare before the match, and so on,
let's learn a lot from all of this.
(Even though it's tier 3, they had a lot of events prepared)
(If you follow Siheung Citizen FC's Instagram you get a chance at a raffle)
First goal—
(Won 6th place, a Siheung Citizen FC sticker set)
(Mackson)
Yeah, it's stickers.
(Event participation: follow the Siheung Citizen YouTube channel and Instagram)
(A 3-in-a-row sticker) Siheung Citizen FC.
Thank you.
(So many people were kind enough to recognize us)
(A reflex test I'd seen a lot in reels)
But it's really hard, you all try it.
(Mcfallen tries darts)
Hmm.
Coach Mac trying to redeem himself with keepy-uppies.
Ooh, 20 points.
Whoa.
(Robert at least got it in on the first try)
Oh, they're giving out free cotton candy.
(There was a Siheung Citizen FC mock-exam event)
Even if you don't get it right you'll still get a pen.
Let's try it.
This is a quiz about the team, but it's written in Korean so I'll just take it myself.
This is tough...
I'll do my best.
The dreaded grading time.
(Changbakgol starts getting them wrong from question 3 onward)
Thank you~
Still managed to get half right (proud).
(Got the pen)
(The coaches waiting for cotton candy nearby)
This is a snack kids love.
Yeah, you just eat it like that.
It's just sugar, puffed up.
(Robert, the manly type, crushing it down with his hand)
No, if you do it like that it defeats the whole point!!
(Ignored)
How's the stadium?
Pretty good.
What matters most is the pitch itself, right?
There aren't that many seats, but the facilities are great.
Considering it's K3 League, this seems really great.
The pitch condition is really good too.
I think we need to set this as the standard to aim for in our league too.
It's a really impressive stadium.
(Found seats — there were quite a lot more people than expected)
I learned one really important thing —
that both players and fans equally need motivation.
We got a lot of stuff for free over there,
and they even ran a quiz and things.
I think this quiz is a way of directing fans' attention toward our own team.
So the fans get familiar with the players.
I think it'd be interesting to try something like that at our home matches too.
You could put out a quiz like 'who's starting alongside TK,' that kind of thing,
and if you give a small snack to whoever gets it right,
I learned that could be another motivation for people to come to the stadium.
There's a lot of different activities.
Football is entertainment too, after all.
There'll be things we realistically can't do,
but we can just wait until we're able to,
and I think there are things we can apply right away too.
(Players entering)
(Blue is Siheung, white is Yangpyeong)
(League leaders Siheung clearly created a lot of chances)
(Siheung takes an easy lead from the first half)
(Yangpyeong tried to fight back, but it wasn't easy)
(Siheung's attacks continue in the second half)
(The match ended a bit anticlimactically, 1-0, like that)
Even tier 3 here was quite different from Malawian football.
For one, unlike Malawi, they play on good grass.
Compared to K League 1 and K League 2 it's a bit different too —
I thought it was a bit behind in tactics and maturity.
But compared to Malawi's tier 3,
it's far more developed than us in tactics, physicality, and maturity.
We watched the match well in Siheung and headed back to Anyang.
The match itself wasn't all that exciting content-wise, but
it was still a good chance to see how tier 3 operates in Korea and what the level is like, so I think it was worth it.
There's an Anyang match in Gwangju at 4:30 today,
but it's too far, and the sightlines at Gwangju World Cup Stadium aren't great, so we couldn't go,
but since we've watched this week's Anyang training, it'd be good to watch the actual match, so to watch it, here
we came to a place called the Liverpool Pub, right in front of the coaches' accommodation.
The screen's big here so I thought it'd be good to watch.
(Inside the pub there were a lot of Anyang fans who couldn't make the away trip)
(Anyang striker El Kurano attempts a bicycle kick)
That's exactly the scene we saw in training.
(Anyang goes ahead 1-0)
They scored off that exact set piece from yesterday.
(The exact set piece from training really went in...)
The match is unfolding exactly as the manager planned.
The tactics he wanted to run are showing up exactly on the pitch.
I feel like the manager's going to want even more goals today.
(In the end the match finished with a big 5-2 win for Anyang)
Wonderful.
5 goals!
The training we watched this week came out exactly on the pitch.
The pattern play the manager was talking about showed up too.
It was really good.
So we watched the Anyang match well too, which ended in a big 5-2 win.
Honestly, since we've been following the first-team training this whole time, we saw a lot at the training ground, and seeing what came out of that training actually show up in the real match — I found that really fascinating too,
and I think the coaches must have felt a lot too.
One more piece of good news is that with a big 5-2 win, Anyang's atmosphere will be good,
so when we're doing our training next week, we'll probably get to do it in a better atmosphere, and that's a really good thing too.
Starting tomorrow it's back to Anyang training,
we'll go back into it,
and next week Anyang only has one match on the weekend, so there's a bit more breathing room.
So we decided to set aside some 1-on-1 time with the coaches, and we're going to try to make good use of that too.
Since there's not much time left, we need to soak up as much from Anyang as possible and transplant it into our own team — next week is going to be a week focused on exactly that!
A quick greeting, this is Changbakgol.
The Chizumulu 26/27 season new clothing line that appeared in today's video just dropped, so I'm filming this.
First, my personal favorite, the windbreaker.
The quality's been upgraded even beyond last season's jersey.
The logo's also silicone, printed nice and thick,
and the design has all 3 Chizumulu United colors worked in for an accent.
The material's really great too.
This is a training jersey that'll be great to wear cool in summer,
and it has the shape of Chizumulu island subtly worked in like this.
So depending on how the light hits it, it shows and disappears — this is really slick.
This one turned out really well too,
and in a similar vein there's shorts, a track top, all the way to sweatpants — that's what we've got.
Honestly, depending on the viewer, the price might feel a bit high,
but we put that much extra care into the quality,
and part of the sales proceeds also goes to Chizumulu United,
so it's a huge help for running the team next season too.
So there's a link in the pinned comment and the description,
so please take a look, and if it seems good to you, I'd appreciate it if you considered buying.
So, thank you sincerely for watching today's video too, and I'll be back next time with another interesting one.
Thank you.
There's not much time left before our coaches leave,
they've been focused on football this whole time, joining training every single day and watching matches,
but I thought it'd be good if they could at least see a bit of Seoul before they go,
so today we're going to go check out Lotte World Tower and the aquarium inside it.
As far as I know, the tallest building in Malawi is 12 stories, but Lotte World Tower is over 120 floors.
So it's honestly a height you'd never reach in Malawi,
and I'm really curious what reaction the coaches will have at the observation deck,
and since the coaches, living in Chizumulu, have probably seen a lot of fish, but never fish outside that lake,
I think they'll be curious about that too, so we're going to check out the aquarium as well.
And after that, there's a Chizumulu United fan meetup in Seoul today, so we'll naturally flow into that too.
So today we're going to have a fun time with the coaches in Seoul.
And today, so kindly, Hey Dealer helped support the production of this video,
so we got to go on this Seoul trip with the coaches like this.
Hey Dealer is currently running an event where, if you're lucky, you can get a car for 1 million won.
So I'll introduce that later too.
(Took a bus toward Jamsil)
Arrived after a bit over an hour.
Now we're going to go see Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Korea.
(Could see the tower as soon as we came out of the station)
This is it.
There are people up there?
A commemorative photo right away.
I think it'll look even better from the other side.
That's almost 5 football pitches tall.
(Coming toward the plaza, it was easier to see)
There probably aren't many countries with a building like this.
An excited Coach Mac.
They really know how to build here.
(After the cameraman joined, we headed toward the observation deck)
It has such a futuristic feel.
Honestly I'd never been to Lotte World Tower myself either, and thanks to the coaches this is my first time here too.
The coaches must be excited, but I'm excited too.
They say it takes just a minute to get to the top.
This is insanely fast.
This isn't technology, it's magic, magic.
Zooming up fast.
We're already past the 50th floor.
(After going up and watching a short video, the view opens up right in front of you)
Amazing.
(Once we got up, it was even higher than expected)
This is really high.
Beautiful.
We're at the top of Korea right now.
This is an incredible experience.
What's that bubbly thing in the lake down there?
It's like a small fountain (though it just looks small from here, it's probably huge).
It just keeps spraying water.
Did they install a machine? / Yeah.
People here really know how to build things.
People here are really smart.
Korean people...
(Mackson filming a video to send to his family)
Boom up~
Mackson, let's go together onto the glass floor, haha.
Wait.
Robert, not chickening out, just steps straight onto it.
Mackson just watching.
(Sitting down for a shot)
(Robert playing 'cham-cham-cham')
Cute Mackson...
No problem, thumbs up.
(In the end he came up and got some good photos, haha)
One, two, three, go Chizumulu~
In Korea, you know, every place, every food, every street stays in my memory.
But being able to come up to Lotte World Tower is an honor.
It's been an incredible experience.
Now we're going to go to the aquarium.
It's a place where you can see all sorts of animals that live in the water.
Can't resist a photo.
Such a beautiful city.
This is one of the most developed places in Korea.
For sure.
It's an honor to be here.
This is a building that's competitive not just in Korea but on a world scale.
That's why it's an honor.
I saw an article yesterday (talking to the cameraman)
apparently only 20% of the world's population has ever flown on a plane.
Really made me realize flying isn't as easy a thing as it seems.
(Lotte Aquarium)
(Right after entering) Cichlids?
Cichlids — those are what we have in Malawi.
Not exactly the same as the ones in Lake Malawi, but the colors and things are similar.
Oh, here!! Lake Malawi!! (I got more excited than them)
It says here it's from Lake Malawi!!
This is Malawi...
This one's just straight from Lake Malawi, we have this.
Yeah, I've seen this too.
We can see it right outside our accommodation too.
(Excited to see something Malawi-related in Korea for the first time)
It's nice seeing Malawian fish species here.
I think I caught this once when we went fishing.
Hahaha, yeah.
(Robert delighted like a kid)
Oh, this is mulamba (catfish).
What's crazy is we're people who live by the water — there's so many fish there too, but the fish here I've never seen in my whole life.
I'm really feeling how big the world is.
(Otter)
There are otters in Chizumulu too.
There are otters in Chizumulu?
I've never seen one.
Yeah, if you go to Masiri island there are some (a small island attached to Chizumulu).
Haha, I'll go check next time.
Korean people really love otters.
As you saw, they even brought fish all the way here from Malawi.
It'd be great to set up something like an otter tourism program in Chizumulu.
People could enjoy that in Chizumulu.
This is amazing, I've never once seen a shark.
I'd seen one on TV though.
Why's that stingray so huge...
Isn't that a...
It's a manta, a manta ray, evolved.
(The aquarium's highlight, the beluga whale)
(That's how we enjoyed touring the aquarium)
These are penguins that live in Antarctica.
Do they live in places like Iceland?
No no, places like Argentina,
or places like Cape Town in South Africa too.
But these rock-like structures,
were these built just for this? / Yeah.
(Before we move to the next place, let me quickly introduce one event!!)
Hey Dealer's running a really great event right now, so I want to introduce it.
It's called the 'Bet a Car, Snowball Fight' event, giving you a chance to take home one of 6 vehicles, from a Porsche to a GV70, for just 1 million won.
Bet a car, snowball fight.
If you go into the event page and share the event, the cars show up on this side.
BMW 3 Series (G20), Mercedes C-Class (W206),
I'll try it with the Mercedes C-Class, haha.
Here you have to tell apart a car with a repaired door from one that hasn't been repaired, and you can't tell the difference with the naked eye.
It's scanning — I think I need to check the hint.
Hey Dealer developed a machine called EYE, the first of its kind in Korea, that scans the whole car and finds even repair history that's invisible to the eye.
So they say they actually inspect the vehicle this thoroughly.
Looking at it now, this white part looks like it has repair history — let's go answer.
So I'll go with that guess.
It's the car whose door wasn't repaired, so it's B, right?
Correct~
Looking through EYE, you can really see even minor repair history, which seems really great,
and I think the strength is that even someone like me who doesn't know cars can participate really easily.
And you might think, if they're giving it away for 1 million won, isn't there something off about the car,
but they say all these vehicles are top-grade, accident-free cars, all inspected and selected through Hey Dealer EYE.
Since they disclose all this information — invisible repair history, underbody leaks, that kind of thing —
I think you can enter with confidence.
Anyway, back to the video.
But you said you've never been here — how are you finding the way?
Just following the subway station signs, haha.
(Anam Station)
So after looking around Jamsil since morning, we've come to Anam, in front of Korea University, where today's fan meetup will be held.
In about 50 minutes we'll have the fan meetup here with everyone,
and I've put a lot of care into it too,
and D.EPO and Sportour, who ran the event for us, also put in a huge amount of effort,
so I really hope it's a great time.
We're almost at today's fan meetup venue.
It's 2:30 now, and the fan meetup starts at 6.
Fans will start arriving at 5,
and some are coming from really far away, just to see us.
We need to be really grateful and respectful, and I want everyone to always be kind and proactive.
(Arrived at a venue done up all in blue)
You check in your name here and go in this way.
(Photo zone)
(A sponsor wall for next season is set up too) (We're going to bring this to Chizumulu next season)
This is another level.
It feels like an honor, feels like we're respected.
This is another thing I never thought would happen.
It's a huge motivation.
I was showing my wife.
I showed her the big fish,
and she loved it.
My wife's never seen a shark either, so
First off, is everything, the atmosphere and all, okay? / Yeah.
Really comfortable.
D.EPO helped out a huge amount.
Let's make sure Chizumulu fans have the best experience today.
It's thanks to these people that we can do all of this.
(Rehearsal)
Three, two, one.
Hello, everyone~
(There was also a quiz with various prizes prepared)
Chizumulu — Ulsan Hyundai~
Ah, yes.
Ding!!!!
This is a quiz where you look at a photo and guess which player it is.
(There were quizzes with a bit of difficulty like this too)
(The moment it hit 5 o'clock, so many people came)
Well, I always watch every Changbakgol video whenever it goes up,
and coming in earlier I already saw the coaches (on my way to the bathroom),
but I still haven't seen the chairman yet,
so just thinking about seeing him makes my heart race,
and I hope they get promoted for sure next season.
Go Chizumulu~
Do you normally watch the Changbakgol channel a lot?
Yes, I watch it a ton.
It's so fun when I'm bored at home,
seeing them interact with the players,
and travel too,
and running the team is so interesting I watch it every day.
So do you happen to have a favorite player or coach you cheer for?
I like Manto, Benjamin, and Charles,
and as for coaches, I like Mcfallen, Mackson, and Robert, all of them.
I'm excited, and I want to get autographs too, and there's a lot I want to ask, so I'm really looking forward to it.
(I actually saw this for the first time myself while editing — really grateful and motivated by it, thank you)
Once Chizumulu develops a bit more, I think it'd be great if the players could come here too and we could meet them.
And I'm cheering for you.
(They shared all sorts of questions)
(Waiting room)
Are you nervous? / No no.
A scene with not even 1% nervousness to be found.
(A song is playing in the background)
Amma~
It's about 10 minutes before we go in,
and the coaches too,
the mood is really good.
I've only ever seen Chizumulu fans in the comment section, this is the first time seeing them in person.
So I'm a bit nervous, but
also excited and happy to see everyone.
Let's make this fun.
In case anyone's hungry, Kim Bok-nam Beer prepared pizza for us again.
(Introducing myself) I'm the good-looking comedian known for a signature routine from Gag Concert — nice to meet you!!
(Event starts)
(Being welcomed like this... it felt so surreal...)
Hello, everyone.
Thank you for such a warm welcome,
honestly I've only ever seen you all through comments, this is the first time meeting you in person.
So I was really curious what it would feel like,
and seeing you all cheering us on like this, some of you even wearing Chizumulu jerseys, I feel so, so grateful.
Coach Mac.
Honestly, it feels so good to be in the same space with you all.
We've only seen each other on social media until now, but right now we're seeing each other in reality.
It's great to be able to look face to face.
(I interpreted the coaches' words)
Without fans, there's no team.
So it's so great to be able to see you all.
Our players back in Malawi get motivation because of all of you.
Because of you, even when they get injured, they can get back up.
Because of you, the way we travel has changed.
Because of you, what we eat and where we sleep has changed.
It's an incredible thing, things we never even dreamed of.
We're so happy to be with our chairman.
(Coach Mac forgot to introduce himself)
I'm Mcfallen Maputa, Chizumulu's manager ^^...
(Robert's time to introduce Chizumulu)
If you want to come to Chizumulu island in Malawi, all you have to do is travel 11,251 km.
(Also explained the situation before I got there)
(Also talked about last season's achievements)
The season before last we finished in the relegation zone and were at risk of being kicked out of the league,
but we were able to get saved by paying next season's entry fee early, thanks to the help you all gave us.
And last season we developed a lot and finished 6th.
At last week's league awards ceremony, we were selected as the team with the best discipline, so
we even got 500,000 kwacha for it.
So it covered a good chunk of the entry fee, haha.
(There were complaints too) but getting something like this made me feel a lot better about it.
So we're going to work hard again next season too.
(Q&A time)
I picked one carefully, the one I think you'll all be most curious about.
Are Benjamin and TK going into next season with us too?
I think it's something viewers would be curious about, and it'd be nice if you could hear a bit of behind-the-scenes info here too.
In Benjamin's case, a first-division team called Moyale Barracks reached out.
They offered Benjamin the chance to come in for a trial.
Benjamin's dad contacted me,
saying Moyale Barracks reached out like this, what did I think.
Benjamin's really young right now, only about 19, an age where he needs to play a lot,
and going to the first division, it's not even certain he'd be a starter.
Actually this time we brought the coaching staff to Korea like this,
and they learned an enormous amount.
They trained with FC Anyang almost every single day.
Today, coming to Seoul to sightsee briefly is basically the only day off — they kept going along with the first team, U18, U15 teams the whole time, and learned a ton.
So I thought, if he gets this coaching, he could really step up a lot more next season,
so I convinced his father a bit, and he's going to stay with us for next season.
As for TK, I really wanted to keep him too, but he was pretty set on wanting to go try out.
So he went to the trial, but it didn't work out, haha.
(A first-consonant word quiz handing out various prizes)
Long, long, long.
Chitheko Community Ground — a real Chizumulu-know-it-all moment.
(Everyone was a total veteran)
(An event where you do keepy-uppies together with a fan, and if you pass a certain count you win a prize)
(Stopped at 23)
(Fan tries first)
Mcfallen, do it~
(Coach Mac lands exactly 21 and wins the prize)
(Various sponsors donated prizes)
(Such a pretty big carry-on suitcase)
(A framed jersey prepared by Collex)
(I also personally prepared a prize)
Sibo FC — a Super League team based in Lilongwe.
A jersey from a Thai club called Ayara FC.
Have you ever seen a Korean player in the Thai third division?
Sierra Leone Football Association
A Sierra Leone national team jersey I got when I went to do an interview for a Sierra Leone football travel piece.
(A sincere thank you to everyone who helped out that day!!!)
(After the event wrapped up, we spent free time with the fans)
(Everyone said so many kind things and gave so many gifts, we could only be grateful...)
Mcfallen, how was today?
Today was such a special, special day for us.
We got a huge amount of motivation.
It humbled us so much and really motivated us.
This is the first time in our lives being part of an event like this,
it humbled us so much, and I thank God for all of this.
I don't even know if I'm dreaming.
This is such a huge privilege, I've never experienced anything like this in my life.
I'm so grateful, and thankful to our chairman for bringing us here.
(That's how we wrapped everything up nicely and headed home)
It's the afternoon of the next day.
Originally I was thinking of going to Seoul or traveling somewhere today,
because there's an FC Anyang match at 7 tonight, and there wasn't any other schedule before that.
So I was thinking of going somewhere, but then I realized today's actually a holiday (May 2nd).
So wherever we went, it seemed like it'd be way too crowded and chaotic,
and yesterday was actually a really grueling schedule too,
so today we headed out later and took it easy.
So what I thought of was asking the coaches to tell me what they wanted to eat before going back to Malawi.
Mackson and Mcfallen said chicken, and Robert said grilled lamb was the best thing they'd had.
So for lunch today we're going to eat chicken,
and thinking about what to do this afternoon,
since the coaches also like being active,
I was thinking about what they haven't experienced back in Malawi,
and a bowling alley came to mind.
So it'll probably be unfamiliar, but we're going to go bowling together, and if there's time we'll try table tennis too. (That part will be in the next video)
You said you wanted chicken before going, right? / Yeah.
Mcfallen said that too.
Right, so that's why we're going to eat chicken today.
Thank you.
(BHC Chicken)
I got a letter yesterday,
and it said even though they'd come from far away, it wasn't hard at all, and they'd just been waiting to meet us.
I feel like yesterday's meeting opened up a whole new chapter.
We got to understand who's behind us and what's actually happening.
How much everyone's cheering for Chizumulu United.
So after that meeting I felt like I need to work even harder.
We need to shift into a new gear and move forward.
Honestly I was surprised too yesterday (Changbakgol).
And what also surprised me was how big companies are helping us.
It made me feel once again how lucky we are.
What kind of privilege we have.
We're on a tiny little island right in the middle of Lake Malawi.
And we're even a tier-3 team.
Even Malawi's first-division teams are struggling hard to find sponsors.
(The two of them's favorite Korean food, chicken, arrives)
I don't know if what's on the outside is flour or what, but it adds texture when you eat the chicken and makes it delicious.
It's so good I keep eating more and more.
When we go to a restaurant in Malawi, sometimes it's just nsima with a bit of vegetables (okra).
Yeah, I've seen that too.
Sometimes we don't like the way the restaurant cooks it, so we just eat it simply like that.
But here...
It's so delicious.
And you remember that time our players got sick from the food, right?
(...we had to switch which restaurant we used) (though I ate it too and I didn't get sick, haha)
They'd been eating chicken that hadn't even had the blood drained out properly.
So full.
This is our last chicken in Korea, right?
This one's going to stay in our memory.
Cleared.
(Bowling alley)
I think it's been about 4 years since I bowled myself.
Red is player 1, blue is player 2.
So basically it's a showdown.
Let's just play in the seating order.
(Only gave a rough explanation and they still bowled well)
(Slow but accurate Mackson)
(A really sloppy Changbakgol)
(Coach Mac putting the assistant coach in his place with a strike)
Told you, told you.
(But in the end Mackson won with 87 points)
(Robert gradually finding his rhythm)
(Still, I won with 108 points)
Still, I kept my honor as a Korean.
The last time I bowled was almost 4 years ago,
but still, beating him with almost double the score, I won against Robert.
(After that we took turns and played three more fun games)
I won all of them, nyah.
(The coaches all took turns winning nicely too)
So what's the secret, how'd you win?
Robert: What else, it's magic.
I won because I ate Korean kimchi.
There's a Korean side to me too, haha.
It was fun, haha.
But it takes some strength, haha.
If you throw it hard, even if you only directly hit 2 pins, those pins knock into the other pins and topple them too.
Good thing everyone enjoyed it.
It was so much fun, a really great game.
We had a good time bowling and now it's about 6, which is an hour before today's match against Bucheon starts.
Before the match, Anyang's player Yukichi asked to meet up for a bit.
He said he wanted to give our coaches clothes and cleats his kid used,
he reached out to me personally, and we're going to gratefully accept.
(He was kind enough to prepare a whole bundle for us)
Thank you, thank you.
(He even gave us cleats and sneakers he'd worn himself)
(A reflexive 'thank you' comes out)
Hahaha, I'm not Korean.
Tania's going to love this, haha.
Yeah, we're really lucky.
(Talked a lot about football with player Yukichi)
(We parted ways once it was almost match time)
(Thank you Yukichi, for always treating us so sincerely!!)
Every single Anyang player has been so kind to us.
He's a really humble player.
(Back at Anyang Sports Complex again)
(The first half ended 0-0 with no notable scenes)
(In the second half, Han Ga-ram finally comes on)
Watching 3 matches at Anyang, I hadn't once seen Han Ga-ram, who came to Chizumulu, actually play — but today, finally, I get to see it for the first time.
Han Ga-ram must have wanted to show our coaches how he plays too,
and now that this chance in the last 45 minutes has come today, I'm so glad, and I hope he shows a good performance.
Are you excited to see Han Ga-ram play? / Yeah, of course.
Good luck.
The wave of victory.
Han Ga-ram!
(Down 0-1, feeling uneasy...)
(Then, in the 95th minute)
(A crazy, fairy-tale equalizer from Han Ga-ram)
The man behind the equalizer~~
Han Ga-ram~~~~
Uh, uh, something feels off.
The goal gets disallowed after VAR review.
(There was also a suspected penalty situation at the very end)
Bucheon's number 3 player's holding —
since it was deemed to have no impact on the play, the final ruling upholds the on-field decision.
In the end the match ended in a 0-1 loss.
Argh!
Toward the end of the second half Ga-ram scored a goal, but the referee disallowed it, and there was also a suspected penalty at the very end, but that got waved off too, and we ended up losing 1-0 in the end.
When Ga-ram scored I was so pumped, it would've been great if it had counted, it's really disappointing,
but well, that's football, I guess it can't be helped.
We'll accept it and start fresh tomorrow. (Thank you for today too, see you in the next video!!!)
(Seojo Sports Park, where FC Anyang's U15 team trains)
There's no noise at all here, it's an environment where you can focus purely on football.
You'd be able to focus completely on what the coach says.
It's different from Chizumulu.
Sometimes the bar next to the pitch cranks up the music, so the players have trouble focusing on what the coaches say.
(FC Anyang's U15 players getting ready for training)
Went over and found out what they're doing today.
It's a drill for passing on the diagonal, a drill that builds situational judgment.
The players pass and immediately follow the ball, and by doing that the players themselves become obstacles to passing.
It's a drill about timing the kick a bit later or earlier to avoid the players and successfully complete the pass.
(Training runs for about 2 hours)
We were right in the middle of watching training, and it's really cold out today,
but someone watching from behind us gave us a heat pack, so it looks like we'll be able to watch warmly until training ends.
Robert, this person behind us gave us this heat pack.
If you shake it like this it gets warm.
So it's to keep your hands warm.
Keep shaking it and put it in your pocket.
(It was pretty cold)
(Training kept going until the sky went from purple to completely black)
(A meeting with FC Anyang physical coach Kim Hyeong-rok the next day)
It's called periodization, and it lays out, based on the number of matches in a week, how much training volume and intensity to run and what training to do, broken down by day.
It lays out what training to do — say, playing a match, resting one day, resting two days, and then when there's a match the following week.
This blue part is what's done in the weight room, the gym session,
and it shows what to do in the gym session, what to do on the pitch, and what to do before the match.
So all of that, worked out over the course of a week, what cycle to follow — it's all laid out on this one sheet.
So once you play a match, you need at least 48 hours of rest, recovery time,
and from what I've tried so far, the most ideal thing is doing recovery exercise the day after the match, and then resting the day after that — the reason that's most ideal is,
for the players who played the match, they do recovery exercise right the next day, and then for the players who didn't play,
the players who didn't play do team training together on that day, with extra supplementary training added in,
and from the day after that they rest together.
(Learned a lot of concepts we'd never even thought of before)
The red here is matchday, and the other colors are different types of training.
We sometimes play on a Tuesday and then go ten days without a match.
Looking here, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 — there's an 8-day gap between matches, and depending on how many days are between matches, what training you do and how gets determined.
(Learned in great detail for over an hour how to run training going forward)
This is really core knowledge, and I hope I can use this as a really good foundation.
Sometimes we don't pay any attention at all even if a player is exhausted or fatigued.
We don't even really know what we're talking about and end up saying the wrong thing.
I'll put this knowledge to good use and apply it to the team.
Thank you sincerely, physical coach Kim Hyeong-rok!!
(Back at Seojo Sports Park again)
(We learned like this almost every day, alongside the youth training)
(The next day)
Today's the last day of April.
Now there's only 5 days left before we go back.
Does it feel like time's going fast?
Robert: For me, time is going way too fast.
Super, super fast.
Everything we're doing in Korea is memorable.
Every place, every street, every food.
I'll even miss the electricity.
There's no power outage here at all.
I asked because time's going way too fast for me.
I don't even know how 20 days went by.
I'm curious about that too.
You're getting used to Korea now, right? / Yeah.
I can just walk around this area now.
I'm going to miss kimchi.
Hahaha, really?
Gimbap too.
Now we're going to take the subway for about 45 minutes to Seoul.
(Getting through the ticket gates is second nature now too)
(The subway's become second nature too)
(Arrived at Jongno 3-ga)
(The building where Chizumulu's sponsor 'Puma' is located)
This is the building.
(Visited to talk about next season's sponsorship)
Puma's been helping us since last season.
So grateful to get to meet them in person like this today.
It's a good day.
Thanks to Puma, the players get to enjoy cleats and the coaches get to enjoy sneakers too.
(Meeting with the person in charge at Puma)
Is everyone doing well in Korea? / All good.
Enjoying it a lot.
The food's great, and everyone's been so kind to us.
It's amazing that wherever we go, people at the stadium recognize us.
This is our manager here,
and she's a huge Chizumulu fan.
Puma is a brand that's really serious about football,
and especially has great relationships with a lot of African countries.
They're also the kit sponsor for a lot of African national teams.
We hope you like our products and want to keep this partnership going forward.
These products are really hard to come by.
They really last a long time.
Before, we used other cleats,
and since the ground's so hard they'd break down quickly.
So Puma cleats have been a huge help.
Even after using them for months, they're still fine.
I can only be so grateful.
We've learned so much in Korea so far, and I hope we finish the remaining 2-3 days well too.
I think we can achieve our goal of getting promoted to the second division.
I believe it'll go according to plan.
So many people are really cheering for this team, haha.
There'll be a bit of pressure too.
Football is ultimately something you prove with results.
We need to show Korean fans that we're giving our absolute best.
Wherever we went, Pohang, Daegu, there were fans everywhere.
We can't disappoint them.
In the first match we played wearing Puma cleats last season,
we got our first away win of last season (1-0 vs Chisapa).
The motivation we got from the new cleats must have been huge too.
I want to give a round of applause as a thank you.
The cleats we gave you last season were actually made for natural grass,
but the pitch conditions where Chizumulu plays are always different.
So for this season we prepared cleats with a different type of stud.
(First, one pair given to each of the coaches)
(Low-stud cleats you can wear even on dry ground)
An excited Mackson.
I'll take a photo for you.
No no, take a video.
The guys suddenly filming an impromptu challenge.
I never expected Puma to welcome us like this,
and it's given me, given us, a lot of motivation.
Because of this we'll be able to reap even more results going forward.
Thank you.
Immediately back to Anyang.
Do you know what Mom's Touch is? / No.
You're about to find out.
We don't have much time right now so we're going to eat quick and go.
The beef burger — is this why you brought us to Mom's Touch?
The classic Sai burger.
(They loved the corn cheese so much at the sashimi place last time, so I ordered corn salad too)
Good, good. Really good.
How's the taste~
The taste of pure bliss.
This is absolutely not scripted.
I'm going to miss this...
I'm going to miss this.
Officially, from Mac, the number one Korean food: corn salad, corn cheese.
Is it because you're used to corn? (Malawi's staple, nsima, is made from corn flour.)
I think it's more about the way they cook it here.
I think the mayo's the kicker.
We enjoyed the burgers too.
Anyang Sports Complex, where we commute every day.
(The manager welcoming us)
GK coach Choi Ik-hyeong: Come here for a second.
(He personally asked for a compilation of Chizumulu's conceded goals and analyzed them at home for us)
This is a throw-in — right now he's here, here? The ball's here, and this isn't bad, because he's trying to come out, so it's not bad.
What matters is the next situation — the defender clears it, but even after clearing it he just stays in that same spot. Look at his positioning as he moves.
This is exactly what I was talking about the other day at training, about not backpedaling — this is where it shows up.
He can't see around him, he can't see whether there's an opponent behind him.
When the opponent's about to strike a shot and the ball's in front, the moment the impact happens, the goalkeeper's basic stance needs to already be there — feet set — that's the normal position that needs to happen,
but looking at it now, the legs... they've already leaned to one side.
It's a goal that could've been saved — a bit of a shame.
The meeting starts.
After the meeting, either I take this out to the pitch, or we do it briefly after training.
(Joined the first team's video meeting ahead of their upcoming match against Bucheon)
(Straight back to analysis)
(When punching it) the action was too strong — he only needed to stay ready lightly, but the action was way too big.
He needs to make contact with the ball, but since the action's so strong, both the player and the ball come in strong, and it just goes past him.
Robert: Can you explain this part a bit more? About the positioning here...
I'll explain this once we're outside — it'd be better to explain it out on the pitch, in the goal itself.
(After that we met with Anyang's video analysts and got help in various ways)
(Watching from the stands made the training easier to see)
That thing we talked about with crosses at Bisan last time — if the body's like this,
what I can see is only this much, but if it's like this, I said you can see the whole picture.
It always has to be this stance.
The opponent threw it in short, and we cleared it, and it went back — so what do you need to do? That's right.
You need to drop back.
That guy earlier only dropped back this much, just one step.
And on top of that his stance was like this — he needs to open up.
Try backpedaling to catch this — you can't even see what's behind you, try going in this state.
You could easily jump and catch this.
Whenever there's a cross or corner situation like this, he only ever opens up this much, so he can't catch a ball going over him at all.
Just think of it as sending it over to that side.
Doing it like this, it's not easy.
But just try catching it with your hand.
It's going the same way either way.
But direction-wise, matching where the ball's coming from and sending it out with a tap sends it higher and further.
Not with your back turned here, but
the ball should always be above your head.
Q: Why do you always have to catch the ball in front of you?
Because if it's behind you, you can't see the ball.
Even after going out, quickly bring it into your line of sight, catch it, and pull it in.
The best thing is to catch it up top and bring it in, into your body.
Throw it to me.
Just lightly.
You can throw it a bit further too.
You take off on one foot either way — this is what has to happen.
Practice this on both sides like this, and practice coming out the same way in front too.
(Couldn't fit everything in, but he taught us so much about set pieces and goalkeeping)
He says he understood it all.
(The staff member found us a spare tactics board stand too)
This isn't staying fixed like this right now, but if you fit the tactics board in, it'll stay fixed.
Thank you so much.
(All we could give in return was material for their reels...)
(If you're curious, check FC Anyang's Shorts, haha)
(The day before departure, with rain drizzling down...)
Today's original plan was a hike to pray for Chizumulu's promotion.
When we make a wish, we go hiking, reach the summit, and unfurl a banner, right?
So we were going to do something similar, in the spirit of praying for Chizumulu United's promotion, but
since it's raining today and it could be dangerous, we couldn't go hiking.
So thinking about what to do instead,
there's a match today at 2 between Seoul E-Land and Gimpo FC.
Seoul E-Land's home ground, Mokdong, is about 30 minutes from here,
so we'll go there,
and today there's an event called the Han River Floating Ground, together with Flap Football.
This is really fascinating — they float buoys on the Han River and set up a futsal pitch right on the water.
So we get to kick a ball on the Han River, a real once-in-a-lifetime kind of experience,
and for now we've arranged to play together with subscribers.
I've only told them this much, I haven't told them we're kicking a ball on the Han River itself, so I'm curious how they'll react.
They really enjoyed bowling yesterday,
so I thought it'd be good to try another indoor sport too,
and we're going to stop by an unmanned table tennis place for a bit.
Let's start the day off exciting.
(The unmanned table tennis place is quiet since it's morning)
It's unmanned here, so you just pay and use it right here.
Paid for 30 minutes.
(Once you pay, the screen goes up like that)
(For a first time, the coaches are actually pretty decent)
(The coaches clearly love sports)
(Changbakgol, a former member of Anyang Seojung's Monday table-tennis club, farming easy points)
(Just from playing for 30 minutes their skill already improved, haha)
Today's result: Mcfallen beat Mackson, Mackson beat Robert, and Robert beat Mcfallen, so it's an even three-way tie, haha.
(Mokdong Sports Complex)
This is Seoul E-Land's home ground.
K League 2 and K League 1 don't seem all that different.
(The cameraman who came to film again today)
They've never welcomed me like this even once.
(Jealous)
(Seoul E-Land vs Gimpo FC)
(A crazy match with over 16 minutes of stoppage time given)
This is the last match we watch before leaving Korea, and we're getting the full package.
Today, on top of 5 yellow cards, two red cards, a penalty, and even a retaken penalty — we got to enjoy a heaping serving of it all.
Fun stuff.
(Straight to a grueling push toward Yeouinaru Station)
Today there's a festival called the Seoul Spring Festival happening,
and there's an event at a football pitch that's part of it.
Mackson, brimming with enthusiasm.
(A photo at the Han River)
We arrived at the venue early and are looking around the nearby booths,
(There were a lot of interesting-looking booths)
(Won some Hongcho)
(An event where you get a souvenir if you catch the ball)
Thank you.
Warm-up.
An experience like this is really hard to have in Africa.
It's amazing, everything's new.
Even if we stayed two months here in Korea,
I feel like we could do something new every single day.
Let me tell you how today's matches work.
There'll be 4 teams total.
Team Mcfallen, Team Robert, Team Mackson, Team Changbakgol.
Those 4 teams will play each other in a round-robin format.
Each team will also have 4 Chizumulu fans added to it.
Our team's going to win today.
We're going to win.
One more thing — today's pitch is on the river.
On the river?
I've never seen this either, it's a temporarily built pitch.
Coach Mac asking for a photo under the bridge.
Today's pitch is right there.
(Landing)
So fascinating.
It's on the water.
(Greeted the people we'll be playing with today)
Thank you so much for coming from far away to play football with us at Chizumulu, and I hope you all make a lot of fun memories today. Thank you.
(Thank you also to Flap Football for setting up an occasion like this!!)
We're going to split into teams of 5-5-4.
Team Robert, Team Changbakgol, Team Mackson, Team Mcfallen.
We'll do it like this, and play a round-robin, 15 minutes each.
So the team that finishes 1st overall will get next season's Chizumulu jersey (not out yet).
So I hope everyone has a fun time today~
You'll play rock-paper-scissors with me, and starting from whoever wins, you go to whichever team you want.
(The elite Team Changbakgol)
We have to come in 1st.
You all carry us.
(Irresponsible)
(Match 1: Team Changbakgol vs Team Mcfallen)
(Changbakgol getting bussed around)
Changbakgol, a former starting goalkeeper from Yongin University Nammun Taekwondo, controlling the tempo of the match.
(If this were the World Cup, that'd be a corner kick by the 7-second rule)
(Team Changbakgol not letting Coach Mac's mistake slide)
(Mcfallen ran hard, but)
(A complete win for Team Chang)
(Next match: Mackson vs Robert)
(Player Changbakgol, gassed after just one match)
My stamina's really bad, so I can't run long, but playing like this with the fans was so much fun,
and playing 6 matches, 15 minutes each, with the best team getting next season's Chizumulu jersey — so it's really intense.
It feels like we're building a meaningful memory together with our coaches and the fans, and it's fun.
(Getting on Mackson's case)
(Since it rained, the ground was pretty slippery)
(Match 2 goes easily to Team Mackson)
How was the first match?
So exciting and fun,
I felt like I was part of the fans' lives, playing and breathing together with them, and I enjoyed it.
(Olivier Chang-lu)
Since he's not helping on defense, he just gets exploited immediately.
(Got crushed mercilessly by Team Mackson)
Now it's time to show something, the last match, vs. Team Robert.
A sloppy backheel.
Whoa, Robert's opening goal.
Changlu retreats immediately.
Team Chang chases it down.
(Changbakgol creates his first crucial chance of the season)
Taking all the credit.
(Player Changbakgol scores after some scrappy play)
I wanted to try this.
(A brace)
Wanted to try this one too.
(After a fierce final exchange, the overall win in the end went to Team Mackson)
It was so much fun, this was my first time doing something like this, it was a great experience — it would've been even better if our team won, but
that's football, haha.
This was my first time playing football on turf like this, it was so slippery, if it hadn't been slippery I would've scored a lot more, haha.
It was great to be able to spend time with fans in Seoul,
and just having them cheer for us gave us a lot of strength and energy.
(Bought some snacks at the convenience store in case anyone was hungry)
Soft-boiled egg, no complaints, delicious.
(The festival's highlight, the fireworks)
(They lit up our last night in Korea)
Rain on the last day.
Time really flies.
We did so many different things.
I told Mcfallen yesterday,
that you planned the schedule so well.
You could really feel how much thought you put into it.
We didn't have a single day off.
Every day was packed with different programs.
That's why the days flew by.
If you'd just had us rest at the hotel and left it at that, we'd have had a lot of thoughts about it too.
Planning 3 weeks isn't an easy thing.
You said you already had the whole thing planned out.
I thought you were just joking.
Even today's schedule was locked in a month and a half ago.
It's so great that everything ended without any issues,
and now tomorrow, pack our bags well,
and we can head back to Malawi.
It's also lucky that nobody got sick.
So with everything wrapped up, we came back to Anyang.
Tomorrow everything wraps up, and it's bittersweet.
The coaches leave tomorrow evening,
so tomorrow morning we've arranged a tactics meeting with the U15 manager,
and after that we'll join first-team training briefly and say our goodbyes,
and have a final meal together before leaving.
There was a lot planned — there was the fan meetup,
today's football event too,
training together with the first team too,
and we visited various K League matches too,
and everything ended smoothly without any hitches,
and above all I'm so grateful that our coaches didn't get sick and adapted so well this whole time.
If there's one thing I can say for sure, it's that I'm now convinced our team is going to change a huge amount next season,
and while I can't be certain we'll finish 1st,
both me and the coaches, I think we've gained plenty of drive to give it everything we've got.
We'll do our best to wrap up this last stretch well.
(The morning of the last day)
(A tactics meeting with the U15 coaching staff before departing)
Manager Lee Seung-hee: How are you thinking about your best XI for next season?
We used 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 in most matches.
We try a lot of passing in the attacking third, and counter-attack aggressively too.
This time we brought in some good tall players, physically strong too.
We're going to keep the same system as last season, but we're thinking of trying 4-2-3-1 too.
According to FC Anyang's video analysts, since the ground isn't that good, doing build-up play like this that we practice here has its limits, so for dead-ball situations,
they said practicing a lot and doing pattern play well there would probably help a lot.
I have a similar thought too.
The environment for passing play isn't really the best, and passing play works by advancing step by step through numerical superiority, but honestly, rather than that method,
I think dropping the ball as close to the opponent's goal as possible and creating scoring chances by winning dead-ball situations or 50-50 duels up front is actually a bit more suited to us.
I agree too.
We also have to consider the players' football understanding — here they go through under-12,
under-15, under-18, and keep building their football understanding along the way,
but that's not the case in Malawi, so there could also be a limit to how much players can grasp the tactical side.
(Had various tactical conversations)
(Talking tactics for kickoff)
At kickoff, first give it to this guy, and everyone up front goes and fights for it — that's the tactic.
(Also showed us various reference videos)
Coach Mac expressing his gratitude again today.
We might have gotten in the way of you running your team,
but thank you for welcoming us so warmly from the very first day.
The knowledge you shared will come back as good results someday.
Honestly, when it comes to the players, the chairman and manager know best, so I'd appreciate it if you just take this as a reference.
By any chance, watching our matches, was there a player who impressed you the most?
Every time I watch, through number 6's crosses (Benjamin),
TK scores headers,
and Charles doesn't seem like an overwhelmingly fast player, but
he holds the ball steadily and slips in a killer pass that leads to a goal — I always picture those kinds of moments.
It's hard to pick just one, but I do think they're players with real character.
If Chizumulu works even harder and becomes a team with its own distinct identity, I think each player's individual value will rise too.
(A huge thank you to FC Anyang's U15 team, who helped us so much throughout the whole trip)
(Last first-team training)
(Thank you to everyone at FC Anyang who always treated us like family)
Manager Yoo Byeong-hoon: I hope this became a good memory in Korea, and that you stay healthy after you go back and get good results so everything you want works out well.
Take this guy with you too (Han Ga-ram).
From this morning's U15 tactics meeting,
to the last first-team training,
we spent the last morning fully too,
and now this is our last meal at the restaurant,
we came to eat the samgyeopsal we loved so much on our first day, one more time.
(Samgyeopsal that felt so awkward on the first day)
(Now they can grill it themselves)
(The humming man)
Demolished.
(After the meal we came to see Han Ga-ram for a bit)
How's it feel, getting to see your family again now?
It feels like we just got here yesterday.
I'm sad we couldn't spend more time together.
It probably won't be within the next 1-2 years, but someday I'll definitely go back to Malawi.
Next time I'll go to Chizumulu island itself.
He must be busy, but Ga-ram still went out of his way to prepare gifts for us...
Not just you three — I bought one for Mike too (the Chizumulu staff who stayed behind).
This is a jersey I bought yesterday,
I hope they like it.
How do you say 'don't feel too much pressure'... 'You don't have to feel pressure' — if you feel too much pressure, it can lead to a bad result.
Of course you should carry a sense of responsibility, but
I believe you all can do it.
So many Korean people, me, all our players, everyone on FC Anyang's staff — we're all watching Chizumulu, and always cheering for a good result.
Alright, let's go.
Robert with an oddly sour face.
Mackson: I guess he's thinking about kimchi and gimbap.
As you go through life, you think about where you'll get to meet good people.
People who look at life from a perspective similar to mine —
we found people like that at one point in our lives, and now we have to leave them this soon.
Mackson: Anyang's manager is so humble.
Robert: And having to go back to a tough place again.
If you want to say something to someone you have to shout...
(Checked our luggage at the hotel)
Even the last day is really busy.
We've said our final goodbyes to Han Ga-ram, and now we're heading to my place to pack.
Since it's for going back to Malawi, there's not just one or two things to pack, so it's probably going to take a while.
Operation Pack Everything begins.
(3 hours later)
(Packed this much)
After about 3 hours of what was basically a war, we packed most of the luggage,
the Ethiopian Airlines flight the coaches are taking
allows two 23kg checked suitcases per person, plus one carry-on.
So we've packed the carry-on plus one each, 3 total, and the remaining 3
we're going to put in the cleats and balls Puma sent over via courier,
and add in a bit of the balls and training gear FC Anyang prepared for us, currently at Anyang Sports Complex.
It's been really busy all the way up to departure day, so my head's spinning, but
let's try to wrap it up well for now.
To mark the end of the first half of packing, black-bean soymilk handed out.
Robert, the black-bean soymilk lover.
You should be their ad model.
And a huge thank you to King God General Biggy Carrier, who supported us with 6 of these large suitcases, letting us travel so comfortably.
Since we didn't have time with all the packing,
we simply ordered duck barbecue delivery from my uncle's duck restaurant (Juwon Duck and Pork Belly BBQ).
Let's just have a simple dinner, guys.
Why's it called 'small dinner'?
It's a small dinner, so we call it small dinner.
This is what a small dinner looks like when it's just usipa and nsima.
We have to eat fast before the delivery gets here.
This is roasted duck.
You give us duck just the same way we gave you duck in Chizumulu.
It's delicious eaten together with chives.
Delicious.
(Grandma brought out fruit too)
Wait, this doesn't even have any bones.
It's cooked so well.
This doesn't even taste like duck, it tastes like beef.
Robert: The chairman keeps denying that Korea has some school that automatically teaches every citizen how to cook.
Next time I come to Korea I'm eating this first.
Looks like he likes it.
Mom: Are they any good with chopsticks?
They're good with chopsticks.
They're better with wooden ones than metal ones, haha.
(The courier arrives)
It was a war.
(FC Anyang was kind enough to drive us all the way to the airport...)
It was a war.
(Picked up the balls and tackle pants at the pitch)
(Incheon Airport)
(Reporter Jae-yeong from Footy Jae-myeong came to get a departure interview)
(He was kind enough to prepare gifts too, like red ginseng and a jersey)
(A huge thank you also to FC Anyang's Moon Byeong-heon and Kim Du-heon, who helped us like it was their own business the whole trip)
Let's get promoted!
We'll give it our all.
(Interview)
We have to leave a place where we always felt secure and loved.
It's sad.
But we have to accept it and go back to Chizumulu, run the team.
We're grateful to have met Korean people who laughed with us, loved us, and cheered us on,
and especially grateful for the love you showed us.
I know so much is being invested for Chizumulu to succeed, and we, and I, don't take this for granted.
Thank God for letting us be a part of this,
this is a privilege.
Other Malawian coaches, even at big clubs, don't get an opportunity like this.
Sometimes we might act differently from what's expected, and if we do, I hope you'll forgive us.
We're not perfect, so we might go astray sometimes, but forgive us,
and I'll pray that you make it to Malawi safely too.
Thank you for everything you've given to our lives.
You've brought us so many changes.
We didn't just learn football here.
We learned a lot about how people live, about the culture too.
But among all that, football was still our main purpose.
Football's the kind of thing where anything can happen, but
I'll do my best so that someday Chizumulu reaches the second division.
I'm so grateful to FC Anyang too.
Even though we bothered them so much, they welcomed us, loved us, and spent time with us.
The way manager Yoo Byeong-hoon and the other coaches treated us,
we could never have experienced that in Malawi.
But here...
Thank God.
Since I wanted to stay here longer, time really flew by.
But Malawi is my home, so I have to go back.
It was such a great journey,
and I'll pass on the knowledge I gained here to our players well.
Korean culture was impressive, people were really kind.
I want to bring this culture back to Malawi and create change.
If God allows it, we'll be able to come back again someday.
Thank you, Korea.
By the way, apparently there's a bit of a delay.
Takeoff was originally 12:20 and boarding was 11:35, but
now boarding's been pushed to 12:10.
It might be chaotic in Addis Ababa, just like when we came.
Since the original transit time is 1 hour 25 minutes,
when we get to Addis, people are probably going to be shouting again for us to run to catch the next flight.
Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, fast, fast, fast!
Get ready, brace yourselves.
It's sad, but at the same time I want to hurry back and apply what I've learned.
It was an incredible experience,
and I learned a lot especially about how people respect one another.
What I learned from Korean people is that if you don't do something properly, it's no different from not doing it at all.
That's what I felt during my time here.
Korean people seem to consistently manage their time well, and they always follow through on what they set out to do.
We need to change in a lot of areas — discipline, time management, and more.
I really hope we get promoted next season,
and I hope this becomes an opportunity to come back to Korea again next time, build up more knowledge, and grow our capabilities in every area of life.
And of course, I'm grateful to you too.
See you soon.
So that's how the coaches' Korea schedule wrapped up completely.
It's a really complicated feeling — on one hand, having finished all the planned schedules like this,
being able to send them off to Malawi well makes me happy, glad, and relieved,
but also, after spending so much time together, it's sad to see them go.
As you saw in the videos,
we really learned so much,
and in parts that weren't even filmed too, from FC Anyang's coaching staff, and just from living daily life in Korea, we really learned a huge amount.
Next season, well, football aside, I think there'll be a lot of change on other fronts too.
We're going to prepare for next season in a way that's fun, enjoyable, and also serious.
So, thank you sincerely for watching today's video too, and I'll be back next time with another interesting one.
I'm truly sorry that my own shortcomings kept me from uploading consistently. See you from Malawi.

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First Time Flying — African Football Coaches' Chaotic 25-Day Korea Training Trip

2026-07-08 · Changbakgol

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Chizumulu United's coaching staff — manager Mcfallen, assistant coach Mackson, and team doctor Robert — fly for the first time in their lives to spend 25 days training alongside K League 1 side FC Anyang, taking in Korean food, culture, sponsors, and a hero's welcome from Chizumulu fans along the way.

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The chairman brings Chizumulu United's three coaches to Korea for a 25-day training exchange, most of it spent shadowing FC Anyang's first team and youth squads through tactics meetings, set-piece drills, and matchdays, alongside sit-downs with the club's physical and goalkeeper coaches. Between sessions the trip becomes a whirlwind tour of Korea: first flights and first subway rides, Seoul Land and Lotte World Tower, K League matches in Daegu, Pohang, Suwon, and Siheung, a ceremonial kickoff and jersey exchange with FC Anyang, sponsorship meetings with D.EPO, Puma, Kim Bok-nam Beer, and Malgeun-mul Black Bean Soymilk, hospital checkups, a barbershop run, and a fan meetup where the coaches are met with a welcome none of them expected. The trip closes with a packed final day of goodbyes, a home-cooked send-off dinner, and a promise to bring everything learned back to Chizumulu ahead of the promotion push.

#vlog#fc-anyang#korea-trip#coaching-exchange#behind-the-scenes

Cast

Lee Dong-hoon

Chairman

Mcfallen Mafuta

Head Coach

Mackson Thundu

Assistant Coach

Robert Mzizimanga

Goalkeeper Coach / Team Doctor

Mantoh Kamanga

Defender (C)

Benjamin Nyirenda

Midfielder

Charles Deya

Midfielder

Harry Barton

Forward

Timothy Katapa

Forward

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