North Vs South Korea: Qatar World Cup Qualifiers, The Strangest Kind Of Football

Two Asian countries, North Korea and South Korea,
who are still technically at war, will on Tuesday go
head to head as they seek to qualify for the 2022
World Cup Qualifier in Qatar.
According to the records, this will be the first
football derby between the two countries since
1990.
And as it used to be the case the past, the match
was either played in South Korea or a third country
but this time around it would take place in North
Korea capital, Pyongyang.
The strange part of it is that the match will not be
broadcast live and also there will be no fan from
South Korea, and no foreign media in the stands,
according to BBC.
“Football is the most popular spectator sport in
North Korea and sports are hugely important for the
North,” Andray Abrahamian, Senior Adjunct Fellow at
the Pacific Forum, told the BBC.
“It provides a focal point for pride and patriotism. In
a sense, it’s pretty similar to how other countries
use sports for social purposes”