SBS' 'Girls Who Hit Goal' garnered attention with the black-and-white match between 'FC Balladream' and 'FC Wonder Woman', taking first place in Wednesday entertainment viewership ratings.
According to Nielsen Korea, 'Girls Who Hit Goal', which aired on the 26th, had a household viewership rating of 6.9% (based on the metropolitan area) and a 2049 target audience rating of 2.5%, which is an indicator of topicality, ranking first overall in 2049 and the most popular entertainment show in household viewership ratings. took first place. In particular, the highest viewer rating per minute rose to 8.9% in Minseo's last full-body save scene, which saves 'Baladream' from the risk of being discharged.
On this day, a match was held between 'FC Balladream' and 'FC Wonder Woman' in the 3rd Challenge League, where promotion and release cross paths in each game. 'Wonder Woman', who earned 1 win in the last match against 'Gookdae Family', focused on set-piece practice in preparation for the match against the strong team 'Baladream'. Coach Ha Seok-joo described this strategy as a “rifle unit” and prepared five types of set-piece tactics for the confrontation with ‘Baladream.’
On the other hand, 'Baladream' lost once in the game against 'Streaming Fighter', and if they lose this game as well, they cannot avoid being released. Coach Jeong Dae-se introduced the new 'high-speed soccer' tactic, which involves raising the tempo and speeding up the tiki-taka, into team training. Coach Jeong Dae-se, who insisted on ‘soccer where happiness comes’ in the first game, said in this game, “I felt that we had to play cold-blooded soccer. “I don’t think it’s good to just have fun in a situation where there is a risk of being kicked out,” he said, pledging to win the ‘Wonder Woman’ game with ‘cold soccer.’
The first half began, and 'Baladream' took the spirit of 'Wonder Woman' away with a quick quick attack according to the tactics prepared in advance. In the kick-in situation, coach Jeong Dae-se joined in and passionately led a fast attack, which surprised his wife Myeong Seo-hyun, and Bae Seong-jae also couldn't hide his surprise, saying, "I've never seen soccer played at such a fast tempo." In addition, 'Baladream' embarrassed 'Wonder Woman' with various variations of set-piece tactics. Gyeongseo's surprise shot headed towards the goal, but Kisum overcame the crisis with a tip-toe save with amazing reflexes.
An opportunity came to 'Baladream', which had a fast tempo throughout the first half. In the 7th minute of the first half, Gyeongseo's quick attack before 'Wonder Woman' could form a defensive line was caught by Seogi, and Seogi gave 'Baladream' the first goal with a left-footed shot. After the first goal, 'Bala Dream' continued to threaten 'Wonder Woman's' defense with the passing play of the Gyeong Seo-gi duo.
After the first half, Coach Ha Seok-ju said, “Seo-gi and Gyeong-seo played the most today among all the games they have played so far,” and encouraged the players, saying that if they attack ‘Baladream’, which has low stamina, they will definitely have a chance. Coach Jeong Dae-se changed his strategy to pass-oriented build-up soccer, taking into account the players with low stamina.
In the second half, ‘Wonder Woman’ took the lead from the beginning. 'Wonder Woman' took the opportunity by putting pressure on 'Baladream', which had lost much of its stamina, and threatened 'Baladream''s goal with a sharp set piece. Not to be outdone, 'Baladream' also tried to score an additional goal with Gyeongseo's surprise shot, but it was blocked every time due to goalkeeper Kisum's animal-like saves.
‘Baladream’ goalkeeper Minseo also shined. Seo Moon-tak's handball foul gave 'Wonder Woman' a decisive free kick opportunity to turn the game around. Hongja shot the pass given by Kim Hee-jung. The ball slipped through Minseo's hands, but Minseo threw his whole body to protect the goal until the end. The moment when goalkeeper Minseo saved 'Baladream''s lead and saved the team from the danger of being kicked out was the 'best minute', recording the highest viewership rating of 8.9% per minute.
As the second half came to a close, both teams felt the limits of their stamina, and despite muscle cramps, they held on to their strength until the end and hit shots. Gayoung Kim's turning shot at the end was blocked by Minseo's fingertip save and could not lead to an equalizer, and the game ended at 1-0, giving Balladrim its first win of the season.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr