North Korea's football manager has been punished for the team's World Cup flop by being made to work on a building site, according to The Sun.
The report said Kim Jong-hun, 53, will be grafting as a laborer for up to 14 hours a day.
The coach received his sentence after he and his players faced a six-hour grilling from 400 officials of the Communist country's hardline regime, the daily reported.
Kim was also stripped of his membership of the Workers' Party of Korea, led by pint-sized Kim Jong-il.
The Sun said the dictator was furious as the team lost all three matches, including a humiliating 7-0 thrashing by Portugal.
What made it worse for the tiny tyrant was his decision to allow that match to be shown on state TV after North Korea's narrow 2-1 defeat by Brazil in their opening game.
The North Korean team’s manager, players and backroom staff were ordered to a World Cup inquest at the People's Palace of Culture in the capital Pyongyang when they returned from South Africa.
 |
| North Korean striker Jong Tae-se shed tears ahead of a match with Brazil during the World Cup in South Africa. (Yonhap) |
 |
| (AP-Yonhap) |
The players were then allegedly forced to blame their coach for the defeats. Kim was being punished for "betraying the trust of Kim Jong-Un", Kim's son, the report said.
댓글 없음:
댓글 쓰기