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N Korean footballers fail to show

godtabh · 2010-06-18 07:50:56

Link Another PR hit for FIIFA. Seems to be one thing after another

18-06-2010 8:50am

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A news report says four North Korean players did not show up for their team's opening 2-1 loss to Brazil at the World Cup.

South Korea's Ilgan Sports newspaper reported on its website on Friday that North Korea originally submitted the names of 23 players to world football's governing body FIFA for the Brazil match, but on game day, it submitted a different team list with only 19 names.

The newspaper identified the four missing players as An Chol Hyok, Kim Myong Won, Kim Kyong Il and Pak Sung Hyok. It said they are not among North Korea's key players.

The newspaper did not cite any sources for the report.

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Another PR hit for FIIFA. Seems to be one thing after another

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#2 18-06-2010 9:08am

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Sounds like the south korean's are making mischief tbh

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#3 18-06-2010 9:09am

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Have they defected?

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#4 18-06-2010 9:15am

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or just sick ?

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#5 18-06-2010 9:21am

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The newspaper identified the four missing players as An Chol Hyok, Kim Myong Won, Kim Kyong Il and Pak Sung Hyok. It said they are not among North Korea's key players.

Well, this is the chap who is a striker but is only allowed to play as a goalkeeper because N.Korea tried to pull a fast one to get an extra striker into the squad. Fifa told him as he was registered as a keeper, he can now only play as a keeper, so there's no point in him going really.

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#6 18-06-2010 10:02am

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I bet they done a runner like the cubans or africans usually do at big sporting events and will turn up somewhere claiming asylum.

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#7 18-06-2010 12:12pm

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I highly doubt it. They have no reason to wait for the world cup to defect, they spend a lot of time abroad. Last month they were all in Switzerland.

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#8 18-06-2010 12:33pm

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~Rebel~ wrote: »

Well, this is the chap who is a striker but is only allowed to play as a goalkeeper because N.Korea tried to pull a fast one to get an extra striker into the squad. Fifa told him as he was registered as a keeper, he can now only play as a keeper, so there's no point in him going really.

Hm. Could a team not play a keeper out of position at all?

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This means war !

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#10 18-06-2010 1:37pm

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Kold wrote: »

Hm. Could a team not play a keeper out of position at all?

Most teams could, but in this case they tried to register a striker as a goalie so they could have an extra striker in the squad, and FIFA caught onto it and said that he would only be allowed to play as a keeper, it's just a one-off incident.

Full thread on it here

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