“South Korea has rejected claims by North Korea that it poisoned its players (pictured above) before last week’s 2010 World Cup qualifier in Seoul, as tensions mount over the North’s long-range rocket launch on Sunday.”
“A statement carried by North Korea’s official news agency KCNA on Sunday called the alleged poisoning “a product of (South Korean President) Lee Myung-bak group’s moves for confrontation with the DPRK (North Korea) and a deliberate behaviour bred by the unsavoury forces instigated by it.”
It also accused the match’s Omani referee of bias, adding: “The match thus turned into a theatre of plot-breeding and swindling.”
In Wednesday’s Group Two qualifier, South Korea scored with three minutes remaining to beat the North 1-0, with the visitors furious that Jong Tae-se’s second-half header, which appeared to have crossed the line, was ruled out by the referee.
Kim Joo-sung, (South) Korean Football Association (KFA) international affairs chief, said the accusations were politically motivated and baseless.
“The statement sets a high political tone, not about the sport itself. There’s no need to respond to it,” Kim was quoted as saying by South Korean news agency Yonhap on Monday.”
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hahaha are you serious? freakin commies man…
just look at the player’s faces. do any of them seem at all happy to be representing their country?