Mexico - North Korea friendly

Mexico beat North Korea

TORREON, Mexico (AP)—Javier Hernandez scored the winning goal in the 69th minute to lift Mexico to a 2-1 victory over North Korea in an international friendly Wednesday.

Cuauhtemoc Blanco gave Mexico a 1-0 lead in the 51st minute, scoring on a perfectly directed, 20-meter (yard) free kick in the match between two teams headed to this year’s World Cup.

North Korea equalized in the 57th when Choe Kum Chol scored from a left-footed, bouncing shot that was poorly played by Mexico keeper Guillermo Ochoa.

Mexico used the match to try out uncapped players with Blanco and goalkeeper Ochoa among only a handful of players for Mexico sure of inclusion in the World Cup squad.

South Africa denies World Cup labourer report

Football officials today denied reports that North Korean labourers were working on football stadiums across South Africa in preparation for the World Cup.

South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported yesterday that about 1,000 construction workers from reclusive North Korea, which maintains strict control on its citizens’ travels, have been sent to help build and renovate stadiums across South Africa.

World Cup officials and construction firms in South Africa today dismissed the South Korean newspaper report as “groundless”, saying not a single North Korean worker was involved, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

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Mexico - North Korea, livestream ?

Check this website later today for livestream of North Korea`s friendly against Mexico

International Friendly Preview: Mexico vs. North Korea

Who: Mexico vs. North Korea
What: International friendly
When: Wednesday, March 17, 10:30 p.m. ET
Where: Territorio Santos Modelo, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
TV: Telemundo

North Korea

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Comment : I doubt that all foreign based players will be in Mexico ?

Nigeria friendly on 29. May ?

Nigeria friendly will likely be played on 29. May in London and not in April.

It could also be in Spain where North Korea are having a training camp in May.

Daily Champion

North Korea also got a scheduled match against Greece on 25. May.

The Nigeria match is not confirmed and Honduras FA website reported on 6. March that they will play North Korea on 30. May.

Honduras FA website

Nigeria friendly ?

BBC Sport report that Nigeria will play a friendly on 14. April in Pyongyang.

Dont really make any sense that Nigeria would play North Korea on Non FIFA match date, where they cant field any foreign based players ?