North Korea

Liverpool is “Worthless.” At least their stock is. A Hong Kong-based sovereign wealth fund hoping to take over financially troubled Liverpool have deemed the club’s stock “worthless.” In related news, the fund also deemed Ryan Babel, Lucas Leiva, and Jamie …

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Football teams wishing to be taken seriously at a World Cup should probably avoid losing all of their group games, especially if they concede twelve goals and score just one in doing so. Registering a striker as a goalkeeper in …

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Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today sees the start of the World Cup proper, with the first (and second) of the last 16 ties taking place this afternoon. It’ll be good to see …

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North Korea 0-3 Ivory Coast 2010 FIFA World Cup 25 June 2010 The Ivory Coast would win their final group stage match 3-0 against North Korea but fail to move onto the next round. It was a dominating performance from …

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Good day all and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. The big(gest) news today is that England’s ‘rabble-rouser’ John Terry, after a full day of brave defiance, has fallen back in line following his ‘player power’ speech …

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Portugal 7-0 North Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 21 June 2010 It was a dominating win for Portugal as they crushed North Korea 7-0 in a Group G match on Monday. The scoring would start in the 29th minute as …

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In a sentence A rout. Less organized in defence, more swashbuckling in attack Compared to their defiant effort against Brazil, North Korea were sloppy at the back. Portugal’s fifth and sixth were gifted by defensive errors. Several of the others …

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As I was sitting at home working, I thought I would watch the Portugal vs Korea DPR game just for the heck of it. Apart from the boring performances both teams tried so hard to put up, it wasn’t long …

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Morning everyone and welcome, welcome, once again welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Apologies if none of today’s news makes sense, I think a part of my brain may have died whilst watching a certain game of …

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Morning everybody, and welcome to the daily Soccerlens World Cup column. It’s day six of the tournament and, without trying to put a downer on the competition so far, there have been a few too many ‘damp squibs’ for my …

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Favourites Brazil kicked off their 2010 World Cup quest after defeating a North Korea side who shocked the five time winners with a spirited and heartfelt performance that will capture the imagination of their supporters back home along with the …

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Brazil 2-1 North Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 Brazil failed to impress in their opening stage match as North Korea made it a much closer match than expected. They were unable to score in the first half …

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