Pyongyang, October 14 (KCNA) — The DPRK team beat its Yemeni rival 1:0 in their second match of the second-stage preliminaries of the Asian region for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was held at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on Tuesday.
Now the DPRK tops the rankings of Group H with four wins and one draw in five matches.
At around 10th minute of the Tuesday match, DPRK’s Jong Il Gwan scored a goal on penalty kick.
Inspired by the enthusiastic cheering, the DPRK footballers overpowered the Yemeni opponents in the whole time of the match.
After the match, Ameen Ali Alsuaini, chief coach of the Yemeni team, told reporters that he’d like to say congratulations to the Korean team for doing such an enthusiastic game.
Kim Chang Bok, chief coach of the DPRK team, said the team would pay up to the trust of the local people by winning the preliminary matches.