"I woke up at dawn today to watch the broadcast, and you played in a calm manner, " Lee is reported by South Korean media to have said to Yang in the call.

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"Today I just woke up and you know how some days you really don't feel right, " he said.

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Then almost overnight I was a guy who woke up and looked at a map with his friends saying where do you want to go today: Cambodia or Indonesia?

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