The coach of North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC has dismissed claims that his team plays "rough" ahead of their Asian Women's Champions League final against Japan's Tokyo Verdy Beleza in Suwon, South Korea.
Suwon FC Women's coach Park Gil-young expressed gratitude to fans after their AFC Women's Champions League semi-final loss to North Korea's Naegohyang, promising to aim for the top again in the WK League and Asia.
Naegohyang Women’s FC, North Korea's first sports team to visit South Korea in 8 years, defeated Suwon FC Women 2-1 in the Asian Women’s Champions League semi-final, advancing to face Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the final.
North Korea's Naegohyang FC defeated South Korea's Suwon FC Women 2-1 in the AFC Women's Champions League semifinals, advancing to the final. The match, played in Suwon, marked the first time women's clubs from the two Koreas competed on South Korean soil.
North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC coach Ri Yu Il stated his team is "solely to play football" when asked about South Korean support for their rare Asian Women's Champions League semi-final match against Suwon FC Women. Tickets sold out quickly, with 3,000 spectators expected.
A North Korean women's football club, Naegohyang FC, has arrived in South Korea for an AFC Women's Champions League semi-final, marking the first visit by North Korean athletes to the South in eight years. The match against Suwon FC Women has generated significant public interest, with tickets selling out rapidly.
North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC arrived in South Korea for the first time in eight years to compete in the Asian Champions League semi-finals against Suwon FC Women. The visit, amid high security and media attention, is seen as a rare cross-border engagement but unlikely to ease broader political tensions.
