Soccer Players Cho Gue Sung And Lee Kang In's Moment At FIFA World Cup 2022 Mistaken For A BL K-Drama

The Korean national soccer team might be out of the FIFA World Cup 2022 now, but they have made a lasting impact on the internet.

Not only did “Player 9” Cho Gue Sung (also romanized as Cho Gue Seung) become the internet’s boyfriend, but a moment between him and his teammate has recently gone viral.

After the game, Cho Gue Sung gave “Player 18” Lee Kang In a quick kiss on the lips before hugging him in celebration. The video went viral with 5.7M views and 81.5K likes at the time of writing.

아니 이강인 조규성 뽀뽀하는것도
있다고 이게 있다고 pic.twitter.com/LupNnbWMO0

— 비누 (@ssoap_d) December 4, 2022

A netizen’s repost of the video also went viral with 41K likes. They captioned it, “suddenly im into sports.”

suddenly im into sports pic.twitter.com/iucTaFznq8

— Bumseok Apologist (@REALLYREVIL) December 4, 2022

Netizens were loving the fruity vibes between the soccer teammates.

pic.twitter.com/chD71FCEht

— Boring Logic (@BoringLogic) December 4, 2022

Yet, one netizen’s comment is garnering just as much attention as the OP (original poster). They mistook the moment as a scene from a BL (Boy Love) drama.

Name of BL pls

— sweet creature (@porchita0) December 4, 2022

They asked what the name of the BL was. Some amusingly replied that it was the FIFA World Cup 2022.

😭😭😭fifa world cup 2022

— mentally unstable would be an understatement (@stfuandlsn) December 4, 2022

Another pointed out that this “BL” surely has fan fiction and art inspired by it now. We’re all invested by now!

Lol 😂 well there will be some fanfics/arts coming soon I’m pretty invested now in this “BL” title. 🤓🤣

— 💛OniBL4VIP💚 (@bl_oni) December 5, 2022

A netizen’s post of their screenshot of the hilarious comments went viral too. The tweet below has 188.1K likes at the time of writing, which is more than the original!

this is the funniest thing i’ve ever seen on this app goodbye pic.twitter.com/QHEpYZdgDE

— NEV 🎄 (@aksnevv) December 4, 2022

This viral moment between Cho and Lee has reminded us of many other moments from soccer matches that appeared straight out of a BL! Netizens shared some of their favorites.