Big Bang’s TOP (Choi Seung Hyun) sent applause of encouragement to the Korean team, who had been defeated by Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup round of 16.

TOP attended the support event for the South Africa World Cup game in the round of 16 against Uruguay at the Busan Lotte Cinema Centum City on the 26th starting at 11pm, along with Kim Seung Woo and direction Lee Jae Han.

At this day’s game, the first half ended with the Korean team giving up a goal to Uruguay, and although they came back strong in the second half with a goal to tie by Lee Chung Yong, they ended giving up another goal and losing 1:2.

After the game, TOP encouraged the team by saying, “Thank you for fighting so hard,” and “I was happy and had fun, thanks to the Korea Warriors.”

He went on to say, “The Korean team played a better game than Uruguay, but I think luck wasn’t on our side as we were unable to make another goal,” and added, “Just the fact that we made it into the round of 16 gave the entire Korean nation much joy.”
Meanwhile, Kwon Sang Woo, Cha Seung Won, Choi Seung Hyun (Big Bang’s TOP), Kim Seung Woo, etc. have taken on lead roles in Into the Gunfire, a true war story about 71 student soldiers who laid down their lives in fighting to protect Pohang during the Korean War, and attracted a total of 1.5 million viewers as of the 26th.

Source: asiae
Translation: seungie@tumblr