NK-football coach sentenced to hard labour

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THE North Korean football manager has been punished for the team's humiliating World Cup campaign by being made to work on a BUILDING SITE by the country's hard-line regime.

Coach Kim Jong-Hun and his players faced a SIX-HOUR grilling from 400 government officials when they returned from South Africa.

The country's pint-sized leader, Kim Jong-Il was furious after watching his team of minnows lose all three matches in the tournament - including a 7-0 thrashing by Portugal.

Jong-Hun and his 23-man squad of players plus backroom staff were ordered to attend the World Cup inquest at the People's Palace of Culture in the capital, Pyongyang.

And he was sentenced to hard labour - despite the rank outsiders only making their first appearance in the tournament since 1966.

During the grilling, Jong-Hun was also stripped of his membership to the Workers' Party of Korea, headed by crazed dictator Kim Jong-Il.

And was punished for "betraying the trust of Kim Jong-Un", loony Kim's son and his heir apparent after the side finished bottom of the mini league dubbed "the group of death", which included Brazil and Portugal.

A South Korean intelligence source, quoted in the Chosun Ilbo newspaper said: "In the past, North Korean athletes and coaches who performed badly were sent to prison camps.

Considering the high hopes North Koreans had for the World Cup, the regime could have done worse things to the team than just reprimand them for their ideological shortcomings."

The North Korean national side and their coach are the latest in a long time of players and managers who have been punished following poor results in this year's World Cup.

The whole French team, who failed to win a game, has been suspended for their next match after they walked out of training following a bust-up with former coach Raymond Domenech.

And the Nigerian president was so angry about his country's results he suspended his nation's football team from international competition for two years.

The decision was later reversed after pressure from world football chiefs at FIFA.

A number of managers quit or were sacked following the tournament, including Argentina boss Diego Maradona and Italy's boss Marcello Lippi.

However, despite their shambolic World Cup performances England's players were pictured on luxury holidays with their stunning WAGs just days after their humiliating 4-1 defeat to Germany.

And Three Lions boss Fabio Capello has managed to keep his £6 million-a-year job - making him the highest paid football manager in the world.

Meanwhile, the North Korean boss is being forced to work between 12 and 14 hours a day lugging heavy material around a building site in the poverty-stricken hermit state.


He was punished because his team gave the regime hope when they were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Brazil in their opening game.

Following their impressive display, Kim Jong-Il decided to screen the Portugal game on state TV - the first live broadcast ever in the secretive state. But they were thumped 7-0.

After their return they faced the grilling from politicians and the man who commentated on the match, Ri Dong-Kyu.

All the players were then allegedly forced to blame their coach for the defeats.

Only two players avoided the inquisition - Japanese-born pair Jong Tae-Se and An Yong-Hak - who escaped by flying straight to Japan from South Korea after the tournament.

Earlier, reports in South Korea stated that the 7-0 defeat - one of the heaviest in World Cup history - was a result of direct orders from Kim Jong-Il to switch to a ruthlessly attacking strategy.

The tiny tyrant is a keen sportsman himself and claims to have scored 11 holes-in-one in a single round of golf.
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3075665/N-Korea-boss-gets-hard-labour.html


Oh shit. And some of us were joking about it after the match against Portugal. :(
 
Ouch... It is insane what kind of country North Korea is. Are the players going to get punishments (besides the public embarrassment) too?
 
Too crazy to be true. Sounds like something Lord Farquar would do.
 
Smiles and Cries said:
FIFA really should just ban NK from the sport that way no one suffers when they cannot send a team out
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I agree.

Yesterday someone said FIFA should ban them for the public berating... I didn't agree then, but I do now.

If coaches are at risk of going to jail for sports failure, this is no longer just a game. FIFA is complicit unless they respond.
 
And the Nigerian president was so angry about his country's results he suspended his nation's football team from international competition for two years.
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Unless they cash a check for him and send him the money back before it clears?
 
Im worried about the goal keeper.
 
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First side to make the finals for donkeys years and the coach is sent to the camps? That's some NK logic right there.
 
FIFA needs to ban North Korea from all international competition for at least a decade.

Considering the high hopes North Koreans had for the World Cup
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:lol High hopes? Against Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast? :lol

Only two players avoided the inquisition - Japanese-born pair Jong Tae-Se and An Yong-Hak - who escaped by flying straight to Japan from South Korea after the tournament.

Earlier, reports in South Korea stated that the 7-0 defeat - one of the heaviest in World Cup history - was a result of direct orders from Kim Jong-Il to switch to a ruthlessly attacking strategy.
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The Japanese or South Korean media need to ask Jong Tae-Se to comment on all of this.
Also, the bit about Kim ordering the team to change their strategy is interesting.
 
Feathers said:
First side to make the finals for donkeys years and the coach is sent to the camps? That's some NK logic right there.
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That's a fantastic point. You finally have a decent team, why are you destroying it?
 
LakeEarth said:
If this was for sure, does FIFA have the right to not allow NK to play in the World Cup next time?
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They can ban them from international football altogether, FIFA don't look too kindly on governments intervening with the national football team.
 
Spike Spiegel said:
All the greens look like this, though:

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Heh, even so. His claim is that he took up golf, mastered it in his first attempt, and then retired forever. :lol
 
However, despite their shambolic World Cup performances England's players were pictured on luxury holidays with their stunning WAGs just days after their humiliating 4-1 defeat to Germany.
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However, despite their shambolic World Cup performances England's players were pictured on luxury holidays with their stunning WAGs just days after their humiliating 4-1 defeat to Germany.
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Are they suggesting Fabio Capello should be in a labour camp?
 
TacticalFox88 said:
Can't we just carpet bomb Pyongyang and be done with it? Fuck.
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Yes, let's solve the problem of people getting treated badly by bombing them all to death. Truly the American way.
 
Slo said:
Heh, even so. His claim is that he took up golf, mastered it in his first attempt, and then retired forever. :lol
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Well he is the Dear Leader for a reason. Tiger bows at the feet of Dear Leader. What his people probably did was put golf balls in the holes at 11 of the things and then he hits it, walks to the hole and a ball is in there. :lol
 
I knew this team was fucked when I heard NK aired the team's 0-7 beating nationwide. Can't embarrass Kim like that without severe repercussions.
 
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