North Korean media reported on the match in which the North Korean team defeated Japan in the women's under-20 Asian Cup with large headlines, showing high interest in the match against Japan.
On the 10th, North Korea played against Japan in the final match of the first round of the Under-20 Asian Cup, which is being held in Uzbekistan, and won 1-0, advancing to the semi-finals.
Japan also lost to North Korea, but passed the first league in 2nd place and advanced to the semifinals.
On the 11th, one day after the match, North Korea's Labor Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun ran a headline that read, ``Our players beat the Japanese team and advance to the semifinals.''
The article also describes the scene in which the team scored, saying, ``At around the 22nd minute of the game, our team's player number 20 hit the opponent's goal with an accurate shot.''
North Korea is scheduled to play Japan on the 21st and 26th of this month in the 2026 Men's Soccer World Cup Asian qualifiers, which will be held in a home-and-away format, and has shown high interest in the match against Japan. Ta.