GUNWI, South Korea: It’s lunch break at Seoksan Elementary School and the entire student body has taken to the vast playground for a game of football—with just three players on each side.

“We don’t really have enough people and there’s no goalkeeper, but it’s still fun,” said Lee Jung-Bin, playing on the same side as his sole fourth grade classmate, Kim Dong-Won.

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