I'm Fighting Real Madrid? The South Koreans Lost Their Cool

Aside from Real Madrid, the teams that reached the semifinals of this FIFA Club World Cup were not particularly well-known internationally.

Some of the teams' names had never even been heard by the Real Madrid players.

For example, Real Madrid's opponent was a team from South Korea's K League.

They were called Pohang Steelers and were the previous season's AFC Champions League winners.

Most of the Real Madrid players were hearing of this team for the first time, since they had never dealt with them before.

"Lin, is this Steel or whatever team any good?"

On the training ground, teammates kept coming over to ask Lin Feng about the South Korean team.

There were no Korean players in the Real Madrid squad, so as the only Asian, Lin Feng became the person his teammates turned to for help.

Foreigners' grasp of history and geography was generally quite poor. Some teammates with particularly weak geography skills even thought South Korea was a city in China, leaving Lin Feng utterly speechless.

"They're alright. They're pretty strong within Asia, but in the Big Five Leagues, they probably wouldn't even be able to avoid relegation!"

Lin Feng had heard of Pohang Steelers before. After all, in his previous life, he had often heard their name while following the Chinese Super League.

South Korean clubs were much like their national team—they were the nemesis of Chinese teams.

When Chinese Super League teams faced South Korean sides in the AFC Champions League, they lost far more often than they won, suffering from a severe case of Korea phobia.

He had not paid much attention to the AFC Champions League these past few years, so he did not know whether that condition had been cured.

"I see. Then I'm relieved!"

Once they heard that their opponents were