The match between the two Korea? '' It was like a war '' – Football

As Son Heung-Min recounts on his return home, the match between North and South Korea on Tuesday in Pyongyang was contested in a very strange atmosphere.

The match between North Korea and South Korea on Tuesday in Pyongyang, in the frame of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, promised to be special. It has been. The derby between these two countries officially at war was not seen by big-world and for good reason. The meeting was held in camera and was not televised. The North Koreans left a DVD to the South Korean federation but the images of the game would not be exploitable …

His Heung-min, captain of the Taeguk Warriors, told of his journey across the border and the draw (0-0). "The match was very aggressive, so much so that it is a huge chance to come back without being hurt. The North Korean players were very sensitive and aggressive, there were a lot of big insultssaid the Tottenham striker to the press, on his return home, to Incheon.It was like a war", even claimed the vice president of the South Korean federation, Choi Young-Il.

Infantino helpless

The two countries compete regularly in the context of Asian competitions (especially among young people), but meetings are always scheduled in the South or in another country. North Korea, for example, "welcomed" South Korea to Toyko at the 2017 East Asian Cup. On Tuesday, it was only the second Korean derby in history played in the North. .

The South Korean delegation also discovered with surprise that the meeting was played without any spectator … "We were expecting 50,000 people in the stadium but nobody came. The stadium doors did not open. I was really surprised. I was told that people might not want to see the matchChoi Young-Il, FIFA's President Gianni Infantino, also asked North Koreans for explanations without being able to change the situation …