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During the Korea-Japan World Cup, the soldiers stationed at the 43th guard post on the North Korean side of the 38th parallel and the 301st guard post on the South Korean side were both following the football festivities in their own ways. However, due to differences in their respective political systems, it was much harder for the North Korean soldiers to obtain information. The North Korean sergeant, nicknamed "football expert" (played by Lee Sung-jae), after enduring a bitter public critique of South Korea's so-called capitalist football, secretly led his comrades to use a modified telegraph machine to receive live commentary of the matches sent by South Korean soldiers. The outstanding performance of the South Korean team during the games broke down the ideological prejudices of the North Korean soldiers, who began to cheer for players of the same ethnic background. Soon, the South Korean outpost invited them to play football during their patrols and watched the South Korean team's underdog miracle together on TV. The North Korean soldiers took the risk of being discovered by their superiors to enjoy the joy brought by football, but the situation they were unwilling to face eventually occurred...