Amorim… smile! North Korea-Japan was postponed and Morita returns to Alcochete early – International

The game between North Korea and Japan, qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, which was supposed to be held on Tuesday, the 25th, in Pyongyang, was postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances”, the Asian Football Confederation announced this Friday. Football (AFC) via official statement.

The continental organization informed that the meeting, in Group B of the Asian qualifying zone for the next World Cup, will be played on neutral ground, without revealing the reason, a day after North Korea informed that it would not be able to host the game between the two teams, everything indicates, confirms the Japanese press, to a bacterial outbreak that is causing strong reactions in the local population, in this case in Pyongyang, the country’s capital.

“[A Coreia do Norte] told us that the match cannot take place in Pyongyang and they asked us if it could be held in Japan”, revealed on Thursday the president of the Japanese Football Federation, Kozo Tashima, explaining that he was not, however, in a position to accept the request and resolve the dispute immediately.

In this way, and according Record managed to find out, the Japanese internationals have already been given leave, and they will begin to return to their countries: as far as Portugal is concerned, the lion Morita, but also the Casa Pia futbeo player, Soma, will return to work sooner under the orders by Rúben Amorim and Gonçalo Santos, respectively.