SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - North Koreans prepare for World Cup

Record ID: 455105

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - North Koreans prepare for World Cup
  • Date: 9th June 2010
  • Summary: POLICE ESCORT OF BUS CARRYING NORTH KOREAN TEAM POLICEMEN STANDING OUTSIDE STADIUM BUS CARRYING NORTH KOREAN TEAM ARRIVING NEWS CONFERENCE BY KOREAN PLAYER JONG TAE-SE (SOUNDBITE) (English) KOREAN PLAYER JONG TAE-SE, SAYING: "I know lot of things about Brazil because I have teammate of Japanese team, I'm playing Kawasaki Frontale. Three person Brazilians, so I asked him how is the Brazil team now? REPORTER ASKING: So what did he tell you? "He told me, very good team but I don't like Dunga. He don't like Dunga because …. he missed Ronaldinho, a very good player, missed Adriano and Ronaldinho (indistinct) so very angry, very angry with him." NORTH KOREAN TRAINING IN PROGRESS TEAM PASSING THE BALL JONG TAE-SE DURING TRAINING MORE TRAINING RI KWANG HYOK JONG TAE-SE AND KIM KUM IL DURING TRAINING MORE OF TRAINING
  • Embargoed: 24th June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVABCT6K7KPCJWELG8HA8L5MTRKV
  • Story Text: North Korea's World Cup soccer squad prepared for just their second World Cup finals in their history on Tuesday (June 8) with a training session held in Johannesburg.
    North Korea last played in the World Cup finals in 1966 in England where they famously reached the quarter-finals after beating Italy in the group stage. They went on to lose their quarter-final match 5-3 to Portugal, though they had led the match 3-0 at one stage.
    Portugal will again be one of their opponents in Group G, which promises to be one of the toughest groups in the tournament as it also includes Brazil and the Ivory Coast.
    North Korean World Cup campaign gets underway on June 15 against Brazil at Johannesburg's Ellis Park.
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