North Korean club says focused only on football during rare South Korea ...
- On Wednesday, North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC faces South Korea's Suwon FC Women in the Asian Women's Champions League semi-final, marking the first North Korean sports team to visit the South in eight years.
- Arriving in South Korea on Sunday, Naegohyang's squad navigated complex diplomatic tensions, as the two nations remain technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce.
- Head coach Ri Yu-il and captain Kim Kyong Yong deflected political questions during Tuesday's press conference, with Ri stating, "We will concentrate exclusively on the game."
- Around 3,000 spectators from civic groups are expected to cheer both teams, supported by US$200,000 in Seoul government funding, though no official away supporters are permitted.
- The winner advances to Saturday's final in Suwon to face either Australia's Melbourne City or Japan's Tokyo Verdy Beleza, after 7,087 general admission tickets sold out last week.
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It has been a while since North Korean footballers set foot on a South Korean pitch. And so the women's team of Naegohyang FC from...
'We're here solely to play football'
The coach of the first North Korean sports team to visit the South in eight years batted away questions Tuesday about the prospect of South Koreans cheering his side, saying: "We are here solely to play football." Naegohyang Women's FC will face South Korea's Suwon FC Women in the semi-finals of the Asian Women's Champions League on Wednesday. Interest in the rare North-South clash has been intense and 7,087 general admission tickets sold out wi…
DPRK women's football club coach says team focused only on match in S. Korea
SEOUL, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Head coach of Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women's FC told a press conference on Tuesday that the team will "focus only on the game" in South Korea, one day ahead of their semifinal against South Korea's Suwon FC Women in the AFC Women's Champions League. The team from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) arrived in South Korea on Sunday, marking the first visit by DPRK athlet
The North Korean women's team in Naegohyang placed their suitcases on Sunday in South Korea as part of the Asian Champions League semi-finals.
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