When the Korea-Japan World Cup kicks off in 2002, a North Korean squad leader stationed at the DMZ is frustrated that the political situation is preventing him, a football enthusiast, from enjoying the games. One day, the squad comes face to face with their archenemy—an armed South Korean reconnaissance squad—while they patrol the DMZ border! Tension is short-lived, however, when they find common ground in their mutual football fever. Eventually, secret radio communications begin, with the South suggesting the North Korean squad listen to match broadcasts with them through radio transmission. But the Frequency Monitoring Team detects the squad’s discreet correspondence with the South Koreans. Refusing to get his men involved, the squad leader turns himself in—and fearing for their leader’s life, the squad devises a plan for his escape.