I know I'm bumping an old thread, but...holy crap. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/30/north-korea-footballers-public-mauling
I honestly was expecting something like that.. its disgraceful I know, but that is the way that country is, quite inexplicable for us used to our freedom. You could have understand it by the way they played, they had to win, they had to perform, they engaged every challange like if it was a metter of life or death, not like France / England or Italy did. Unfortunatly for them Footbal is not their main sport and even with that kind of perform it was not easy for them to win.
I'm surprised FIFA would allow this sort of thing. Their policy is that government intervention in football affairs is strictly forbidden, which was shown with Nigeria and France, and is punishable by expulsion from all competitions.
