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| Left Korea DPR Midfielder An Song Ok (left) and Korea DPR coach Yongbong Hwang, |
By FIDELIS SUKINA
Korea DPR has earned itself the title of the most
successful attacking team in FIFA U20 Womens World Cup in Papua New Guinea.
With just one sleep to go, the tension is building in both
camps, as Korea DPR and France look to leave the shores of Papua New Guinea as
Under 20 Womens Champions.
Statistics show that Korea DPR is leading in goal scoring
with a total of 18 goals in five matches only conceding 6 goals.
France on the other hand ended up in sixth place with only
seven goals in five matches, conceding only three goals.
While France may be seen as the underdogs against the
statistics, they are more than capable of causing an upset, they have taken on
USA in the pool stages and drew with them 0-0 and beat the two most favored
teams in the tournament Germany and Japan to enter the final.
Korea DPR coach Yongbong Hwang may be confident but he is
respectful enough to commend France on their road to the finals.
Hwang has lost to the France team before at the FIFA U17
Women’s World Cup final in 2012 in Azerbaijan where Hwang was the coach of
Korea DPR that went down to France during a penalty shoot out.
“It will be a very interesting game because we have also met
with France in the final of the FIFA U17 Womens World Cup in 2012, and I know
it will be tough.
“They are all fit and have a safe dribble and nice routine
in their game but they do have some weaknesses in their game that we will
target,” Hwang said
Only four members from the France team that beat Korea DPR
during the 2012 FIFA U17 World remain in the current U20 squad and they are
France Captain Delphine Cascarino, fellow mid fielders, Grace Geyoro and Julian
Gathart and Goal Keeper Cindy Perrault.
Korea DPR on the other hand has nine of the girls that were
under the coaching of Hwang who will be certainly out for revenge as they are
eager to take the title this time as the Korea DPRs U20 team.
Choe Sol Gyong, Ri Kyong Hyang, Ri Hyang Sim, Ri Un Hwa, Kim
Phyong Hwa, Jon So Yon, Ri Un Yong, Kim Un Hwa, and Kim So Hyang, will be out
for revenge as Korea DPR look to lift the FIFA U20 Womens World Cup trophy for
the second time, as a nation.
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