After Korea Republic qualified for their seventh consecutive FIFA World Cup™ finals, coach Huh Jung-Moo expressed his hope that history will be made by Korea DPR also making next summer's showpiece.
The Taeguk Warriors confirmed their place at South Africa 2010 by beating United Arab Emirates 2-0 in Dubai with Park Chu-Young opening the scoring in the fifth minute and Ki Sung-Yeung sealing the victory just before the break.
"Our first objective was to win this match and I am happy we managed to do that," said Huh.
"We now have two home games left, so we can play them free of any worries and perhaps try a thing or two."
The result took the Asian Zone Group B leaders to 14 points from six matches with their remaining two qualifiers both to played at home.
Korea DPR, for their part, were held to a goalless draw by Iran in Pyongyang which left them second on 11 points from seven matches. Saudi Arabia, on ten points, have a game in hand.
Huh underlined that he would like to see his country's northern neighbours join them in South Africa and have both Korean teams at a FIFA World Cup finals for the first time ever.
"I personally hope that North Korea can qualify with us to the finals because it will be the first time in World Cup history to have this," he said.
"I'm really happy that we made it to the World Cup finals. We played well and we are all satisfied with a performance that saw us win and ensure a place in South Africa in 2010.
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