A friend told me to watch Heading to the Ground (you know who you are). She said that DBSK’s Yunho plays a soccer player in this Korean drama. Soccer convinced me to watch it. Plus it features Go Ara as Yunho’s leading lady.
Yunho is Bong-gun, a soccer player with the potential to represent Korea in the World Cup. But because of a past crime, his future as a player was bleak. Things changed when he met Kang Hae-bin (Go Ara), a rookie sports agent who was willing to gamble on him.
Bong-gun and Hae-bin seemed to be made for each other but there are some people bound to be hurt along the way. One of them is Bong-gun’s childhood friend Yeon Yi (Lee Yoon Ji). She secretly loves Bong Gun and didn’t see that Dong Ho (Kim Jae Seung), Bong Gun’s teammate, was in love with her.
But the main antagonist of Heading to the Ground is lawyer Jang Seung Woo (Lee Sang Yoon). The writers did a good job with this character. You would really hate the guy all throughout the series. He made Bong-gun’s life miserable.
Another interesting character from Heading to the Ground is Byul, played by Bang Joon Seo, who is Bong Gun’s younger sister. She’s only six year old but she acts older than her age. The Cassies, I mean Bong Gun’s fans were funny kids as well.
After going through all sixteen episodes of Heading to the Ground, I could say that it is a fun drama to watch. In the end everyone’s happy except for the evil lawyer . After Hae Bin finds out that he was the one who committed the hit-and-run and blamed it on Bong-gun, she got angry. The chairman finds out about it and don’t want to see his face again. In the end, Yeon Yi gets Dong Ho and Bong Gun gets Hae Bin. Even the coach and the manager became a couple.
I wish that Heading to the Ground had more soccer scenes although the sports scenes were well-made and looked real. Overall, it was an interesting and enjoyable drama series. I’m wondering why it got low ratings in Korea.
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