Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium (capacity of 50,000 people) will be held from 5:30 pm (same as Japan time) on the 15th in the second Asian qualifying match against South Korea for the 2022 World Cup (World Cup). ). It is the first time in 29 years that the soccer “North-South Battle” will be held in North Korea. According to the Korea Football Association, there are no spectators.
According to the Korea Unification Ministry, the Korean team could not go to Pyongyang from Panmunjom, which divides the north and south and is on the military boundary, but entered North Korea via China. Also, because the North Korean side did not accept the Korean reporters, the live game was not broadcast in South Korea, and the local Korean football association officials used e-mail to send “breaking news” to reporters in Korea. send. The video of the game will be recorded and handed over to the Korean side and will be broadcast later. (Seoul = Kamiya Kaoru)