The match was telecasted Wednesday evening in Korea.

Feeling sorry about their team's loss in the match, viewers have become convinced that it would win the remaining matches.

Pak Tu Ik, 74, who played a big role in defeating the Italian team in the 8th World Cup finals in 1966, told KCNA that he was happy to see the Korean team making a good job in the match with a powerhouse.

He went on:

At around the 88th minute of the match Ji Yun Nam kicked a nice goal after taking a pass from Jong Tae Se.

I hope that our team will produce a new myth of Songun Korea in the tournament to live up to the expectation of the Korean people.

Kim Yong Gyu, 45, a researcher of the Academy of Sports Science, said the strong mental power displayed by the Korean footballers in the first match with Brazil, which won the World Cup five times, betokens good results of the Korean team in other matches.

Han Song Chol, 23, a student of Korea University of Physical Education, said he was impressed by the Korean team playing the match with confidence and expressed his belief that it would beat Portugal and Cote d'Ivoire and enter the knock-out stage.