Buoyant Korea eye last 16

16 June,2010 07:54 AM IST |   |  AFP

Poker-faced North Korea coach Kim Jong Hun still has his eyes on a second-round berth for his unfashionable side after their fighting 2-1 loss to Brazil.


Poker-faced North Korea coach Kim Jong Hun still has his eyes on a second-round berth for his unfashionable side after their fighting 2-1 loss to Brazil.

Despite not coming away with any points from their tough opening game, coach Kim is still chasing glory for his team from the secretive communist north Asian state at the South African tournament. "In order to reach our goal, we have to win our matches," Kim said. "I can't reveal our strategy, in the next five days before the next game we are going to prepare and review it and we will decide then if we are going to attack or defend more.

Winning is the objective, but our aim is to win through to the second round."

Kim jumped for joy when Ji Yun Nam scored. "If you saw me being happy at our goal, it is because we showed that we are capable of scoring against the Brazilians and that is something to be proud of," he said.

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