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Wed, 09/10/2008 - 21:42
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Divided Koreas draw 1-1 in World Cup qualifier
SHANGHAI, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea played to a one-all draw Wednesday in the final Asian qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup, tying for the second time this year in their regional qualifier.
Veteran North Korean midfielder Hong Yong-jo scored a penalty in the 59th minute
to give his team a 1-0 lead, but 19-year-old South Korean Ki Sung-yueng rifled a
volley shot just four minutes later to equalize.
The draw helped North Korea consolidate its early lead in Group 2 of the
qualifying round with four points, having defeated the United Arab Emirates last
week. South Korea only has one point after its opener on Wednesday.
The match in Shanghai came after North Korea refused to allow South Korea to
raise its national flag and play its anthem in Pyongyang, the original venue.
The move prompted FIFA to relocate the match to the Chinese city, the second time
the world football governing body made such a compromise. The two Koreas have
remained in a technical state of war since the Korean War ended in 1953.
Veteran North Korean midfielder Hong Yong-jo scored a penalty in the 59th minute
to give his team a 1-0 lead, but 19-year-old South Korean Ki Sung-yueng rifled a
volley shot just four minutes later to equalize.
The draw helped North Korea consolidate its early lead in Group 2 of the
qualifying round with four points, having defeated the United Arab Emirates last
week. South Korea only has one point after its opener on Wednesday.
The match in Shanghai came after North Korea refused to allow South Korea to
raise its national flag and play its anthem in Pyongyang, the original venue.
The move prompted FIFA to relocate the match to the Chinese city, the second time
the world football governing body made such a compromise. The two Koreas have
remained in a technical state of war since the Korean War ended in 1953.
