North Korean Girls Gone Wild

July 28th, 2006 | by: Daryl |

The Women’s Asian Cup Semi Final between China and North Korea is already infamous. North Korea lost 1-0, and protested a little too much after having a late goal disallowed for off-side. Keep an eye on goalkeeper Han Hye-yong (in blue) who chases the referee to give her a kick after being sent off. The North Korean players then start a water bottle fight with the crowd.

In fairness to Han Hye-yong, referees will often rescind a red card if you kick them hard enough.

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CookieBandit

Wow. (I couldn’t really tell from the video, but it didn’t look like the North Korean gal was offside… maybe because the camera didn’t zoom in soon enough)
http://www.worldcupblog.org daryl

Assuming the off-side call is against the player who receives the flick-on, she’s almost definitely on-side.
Adam Rupolo

Yeah it seemed to be onside to me as well. So 3 for 3, its obviously a wrong call. That being said, suck it up, not much can be done once a referee’s mind has been made up.

I mean Ive never understood the intelligence of soccer players. Has a player EVER changed a referee’s decision? No… so why have so many of them been suspended for trying it? Does anyoe understand?
mightie

wasnt an easy decision but its truly an offside
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