HANGZHOU, China — North Korea football coach Sin Yong-Nam defended his players after several clashed with match officials on the pitch after their 2-1 defeat to Japan in the Asian Games quarter-finals in Hangzhou on Sunday (Oct 1). North Korea captain Jang Kuk-Chol and team mate Kim Kyong-Sok remonstrated heatedly with referee Rustam Lutfullin after the final whistle, pursuing the...
HANGZHOU, China — North Korea football coach Sin Yong-Nam defended his players after several clashed with match officials on the pitch after their 2-1 defeat to Japan in the Asian Games quarter-finals in Hangzhou on Sunday .
With the confrontation drawing in the assistant referees and several security staff, the North Korean coach also ran to his players to try to defuse the situation. Waving his arms and shaking his head, an angry Kang argued with the referee before Yuta Matsumura slotted home from the spot in the 80th minute to see Japan through at the Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium.
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