Female Cheering Team Accompanied', defeats Taiwan 2-0 with offensive soccer
North Korea's men's soccer has appeared in an international tournament for the first time in five years. He won the first game and made a good start.
North Korea, led by head coach Shin Yong-nam, won 2-0 against Taiwan in the first Group F match of the men's football at the Hangzhou Asian Games at Zhejiang Normal University Stadium in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China on the 19th.
Since 2020, North Korea has imposed border blockade measures to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak from becoming more serious. The 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games were the last. He also missed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to COVID-19.
At that time, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) took issue with North Korea's behavior that did not attend the Tokyo Olympics and suspended it from participating as a country in the IOC-hosted competition. North Korea also failed to participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The punishment was lifted on December 31 last year.
North Korea, which appeared at an international competition for the first time in five years, won the first match. He took out a 4-4-2 formation and showed offensive soccer that drove opponents from the start. In the first seven minutes, Ri Jo-guk scored the first goal.
In the 12th minute of the first half, Kim Kook-jin received a cross and scored an additional goal to run 2-0. North Korea, which set the tone, did not allow a point until the end and won the game.
On this day, North Korea also accompanied a beautiful female cheerleader to help the team win. When North Korea scored, they raised their arms and rejoiced.
North Korea was in Group F along with Taiwan, Kyrgyzstan and Indonesia. It will play the second group match against Kyrgyzstan on the 21st.