North Korean women beat South Korea “in football”

The first North Korean sports team to go to the South in eight years reached the finals of the tournament AFC Women Champions League In football, Nagohyang FC defeated Suwon FC 2-1 on Wednesday in Suwon in the semi-finals.

27 players and 12 members of the North Korean women’s team “Negohyang” arrived at Incheon Airport. South KoreaOn Sunday, take a plane ChinaThere are no direct flights between the two Koreas.

And the group walked North Korea With cold faces in the airport they arrive at the hall in silence, avoiding showing signs of friendship or closeness, ignoring the crowds of South Koreans who were singing to welcome them, unlike the last visit of the North Korean athletes in 2018 when they smiled when they received them and were given flowers at the airport, according to the American newspaper “The Washington Post”.

The facial expressions of the North Korean team members show the tension between the two Koreas, especially when they are left behind. North Korea About his goal of unifying the two Koreas, declaring Seoul an “enemy” and closing the door to negotiations.

North Korean teams are strong contenders in women’s football in Asia, and enjoy strong support from the North Korean leader. Kim Jong Un.

The tour was a sensation in South Korea, as all tickets for the nearly 7,000-seat Suwon City Stadium, south of Seoul, were sold out in just one day.

Allied groups also held up signs welcoming the North Korean delegation at the airport, while the city of Suwon encouraged its workers to create a “flower path” on the bus ramp as a welcome gesture, according to South Korean newspaper Joongang Ilbo.

People were busy watching the broadcast of the team’s games, and their attention was drawn to the players wearing my brand of shoes”NikeAnd Adidas, despite international sanctions on North Korea are supposed to ban sales of foreign brands there.

On the other hand, the tour group looked very cool. The members of the delegation wore uniform suits and skirts, and wore a red necklace with the faces of the first two leaders of the Kim family on their left chest, and they did not even listen to the South Korean groups that came to welcome them at the airport.

During the pre-match press conference, coach Ri Yeo-il and one of the players kept their faces blank and answered questions about the South Korean players’ reaction to their arrival.

“We came here to play this game. We will focus on tomorrow’s game and the upcoming games,” said Re.