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Sung Hyang-Sim (2) getting away from France forward Grace Geyoro (8) during the Grand Final match on Saturday. Picture by Mark Talia
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By FIDELIS SUKINA
The crowd at the PNG football stadium was in roar, when Korea DPR sent in their super substitute player Sung Hyang-Sim on grand final day on Saturday against France.
A crowd favorite in the Korea DPR U20 Womens team Hyang-Sim played her best during the tournament, and her skill and stamina always took center stage.
Sung, who wears the No2 jersey and usually operates on the right side of attack, has gained in maturity and experience
Her speed and stamina along with her resilience in attack has made her a crowd favorite, she is probably the shortest player at a height of 156cm and the second youngest in the team at only 16years of age behind reserve goalkeeper Ok Kum-Ju, who is four months her junior.
Her blistering speed is the biggest problem for the opposition and Korea DPR coach Hwang Yongbong knows exactly when to inject his pocket rocket unto the field of play.
The crowd at the PNG football stadium was in roar, when Korea DPR sent in their super substitute player Sung Hyang-Sim on grand final day on Saturday against France.
A crowd favorite in the Korea DPR U20 Womens team Hyang-Sim played her best during the tournament, and her skill and stamina always took center stage.
Sung, who wears the No2 jersey and usually operates on the right side of attack, has gained in maturity and experience
Her speed and stamina along with her resilience in attack has made her a crowd favorite, she is probably the shortest player at a height of 156cm and the second youngest in the team at only 16years of age behind reserve goalkeeper Ok Kum-Ju, who is four months her junior.
Her blistering speed is the biggest problem for the opposition and Korea DPR coach Hwang Yongbong knows exactly when to inject his pocket rocket unto the field of play.
Her injection into the field is always in the second half around the 60th minute which causes problems for the tiered backline, and she will always push forward for opportunities.
At the end of October, the Korea DPR international helped her side take the honours at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016, a competition in which she collected the adidas Silver Ball and was voted the Live Your Goals Player of the Match in three of their six games.
Within ten days of returning to her home town of Pyongyang, Sung was packing her bags again for another world finals adventure. Her destination this time was the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016.
Her only goal in the tournament came in the 7-0 thrashing of the home nation Papua New Guinea, her pace and her never ending urge to score is passion, as she told FIFA.com.
“I always want to score,” she told Fifa.com . “When I’m out on the pitch I give my all for the team and I always expect to get a goal or to set one up.”
She made her debute for Kotrea DPR at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014 and since then has always improved in her game.
“I let nerves get the better of me on that occasion and I had a lot of respect for the other teams, especially the European ones. They had some very big players who really imposed themselves on me,” said Sung, reflecting on her first World Cup experience
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