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2011-06-29 China-Japan-Koreas

Norks Claim Soccer Loss Due To Players Being Struck By Lightning

...You can NOT make this stuff up:
"..A couple of second-half goals gave the U.S. a 2-0 win over North Korea and a strong start to their Women's World Cup run. The eighth-ranked North Koreans have the youngest team in the tournament with an average age of 20. Still, their discipline and skill gave the U.S. a lot of trouble in the first half before controversial starter Lauren Cheney justified her selection by heading in the first goal in the 54th minute and defender Rachel Buehler scored a second in the 76th minute.

After the match, North Korea manager Kwang Min Kim shocked the congregated press by revealing that his side isn't just the youngest team, but it is also the only team in the tournament that's been struck by lightning.
From the BBC:

"When we stayed in Pyongyang during training our players were hit by lightning, and more than five of them were hospitalised," said coach Kim. "Some stayed in hospital and then came to Germany later than the rest of us. The goalkeeper and the four defenders were most affected, and some midfielders as well. The physicians said the players were not capable of participating in the tournament.

"But World Cup football is the most important and significant event for a footballer, so they don't want to think about anything but football.

"The fact that they played could be called abnormal, the result of very strong will."

Given the secretive nature of the North Koreans, we may never know if this is true or not. The players aren't allowed to speak to the press, their training sessions are protected by security guards and closed to outsiders, and their public appearances regularly get canceled. Plus, it is curious that Kim only mentioned this freak occurrence after his team lost.
Oh, it's not curious at all...
If it is true, a lightning strike that injured four defenders and disrupted their training could explain why their back line seemed to fall apart in the second half after holding the U.S. scoreless in the first. But even if it's not true, it's still a tremendous excuse that others might now try in everyday life..."

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-06-29 09:28|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 SO, Even GOD doesn't like Koreans?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-06-29 11:33|| 2011-06-29 11:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Lightening or cattle prods?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-06-29 11:43|| 2011-06-29 11:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Youngest, and proportionally thinnest, team.

What I saw was an unsure USA and overplaying NORK in the 1st, NORK likely smoked for second half by the overplay. And whoever that #15 was on the right wing forward was working at will.

My guess is the NORKs got worked in the second half because they are overrated. Too bad, you know you are picked and trained at an early age to nothing but play footsie for uncle il, fed your whole life, feeling like superior NORK should, and in game one get tossed by a bunch of running dog capitalist spoiled American girls who only played one half. Tsk, tsk. Better run harder next time, or you may have culinarians instead of physicians inspecting your health. Oh, Sweden then Colombia? Well, perhaps you will be lucky and be struck by lightning for real.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-06-29 17:08|| 2011-06-29 17:08|| Front Page Top

#4 The American woman's team is pretty good. But then soccer is a girl's game.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-06-29 17:24|| 2011-06-29 17:24|| Front Page Top

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