FIFA Disciplinary Committee's Unreasonable "Decision" Refuted
Pyongyang, May 6 (KCNA) -- Cheyuk Sinmun (sports newspaper) of
the DPRK Friday in a commentary termed the "decision" taken by the Disciplinary
Committee of the FIFA against the behaviors of Korean spectators an unreasonable
one. The commentary says: Recently the committee took a disciplinary step
against behaviors of spectators after the matches between the DPRK team and the
Bahraini team and between the DPRK team and the Iranian team.
The "decision" calls for holding the match between the DPRK team and the
Japanese team in a stadium without spectators in a third country, instead of
having it in Pyongyang on June 8 as scheduled, and imposing a fine upon the DPRK
team. The disciplinary measure taken by the FIFA Disciplinary
Committee against the behaviors of spectators after painting them as a
"disturbance" and considering it as an established fact is lashing the Korean
people into great fury because they deem the national dignity as their life and
soul. It was a prejudice that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee
"branded" the just actions of spectators as a "disturbance" or "commotion". The
DPRK Football Association in a statement of its spokesman protested against the
unreasonable behavior of the referees, sent video tapes on which the unfair
refereeing is recorded to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and its members
received and watched them. And the committee exceptionally invited a DPRK
delegation to hear from it the principled request for dealing with the
unreasonable behavior of the referees. The committee, however, turned it down
and adopted such a harsh "decision" against the DPRK team.
The soccer history does not record such awfully unfair refereeing as what
happened during the matches held here. If the FIFA
Disciplinary Committee allows such partial refereeing to go on, this will cast a
darker shadow on the development of the world soccer in the future.
The committee should sternly punish those who partially
refereed the matches and apply sanctions against them. The committee has left a
blot on its history by taking such an unjust "decision" against the DPRK team
which took just actions while respecting rules concerning discipline instituted
by the FIFA.
What should not be overlooked is that the
committee could not properly fulfill its duty because it more attentively
listened to an "advice" made by Japan. This is the comment of the world public.
No sooner had the committee made the unreasonable decision
than Japan proposed to have Malaysia as the venue of match before any other
country. It is the ulterior motive of Japan to trounce the DPRK team by creating
a favorable environment for it come what may. Japan is running so wild to
achieve its aim, unaware that it has become a laughing-stock of the world.
If it is true that the dignified FIFA Disciplinary Committee
accepted Japan's "advice," it would be an irretrievable historic mistake
committed by it. It is our hope that the FIFA Disciplinary
Committee will reexamine the issues related to the above-mentioned case and make
a wise judgment for the sake of its authority, the development of football and
the future of the FIFA. We will closely follow the future
attitude of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
So, they threaten their neighbors with nuclear arms, launch a missle towards japan last week, and have a good old fashioned riot at the last soccer match. And they wonder why they won't get another game played on their soil?
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