"I took part in the eighth World Cup and wore Number 7." "My name is Pak Do Ik" "Pak Do Ik #7" "Right Wing." "He was fast" "He created chances to score" "Han Bong Jin #11" "Pak Sung Jin" "Right Half." "Scored one goal in each of the Chile and Portugal games" "Everyone did well." "Pak Sung Jin #8" "Left half." "Im Song Hwi" "He was good in midfield." "Im Song Hwi #6" "Left Wing." "He had several good chances against Italy" "Yang Song Guk #15" "Goalkeeper Ri Chan Myong" "He is our country's treasured goalkeeper." "Ri Chan Myong #1" "Myong Rye Hyun" " Head Coach " "This is my old lady who has lost all her teeth." "That's why she's become ugly now!" "Rim Jung Son #5" "Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang" "Wolmido v Mount Ryongak friendly game" "My name is Rim Jung Son" "I was Number 5, a defender, for the 8th World Cup in 1966." "My Father was a football player in the past" "I grew up seeing him play all the time." "It was natural for me to play football throughout my youth." "Of course, my father wanted me to be a footballer and I played through primary and secondary school and further education." "In 1957, I started training as a professional football player." "That's how I was brought up as a player." "To compete with the West..." "Myong Rye Hyun" " Head Coach - we believed we had to be mentally determined... physically fit, fast and full of energy." "Our Great Leader stressed that to be an excellent footballer you must run fast and kick accurately." "People in North Korea were working all day and all night." "As sportsmen, we could only train morning and afternoon." "But we did so intensively." "In this way, we could follow the Chollima movement like everyone else." "The football supporters said to us:" "As sportsmen on the football ground do well and we will take care of the North Korean economy.'" "Rim Jung Son" " Number 5 " "We had no idea about the Australian team." "We arrived in Phnom Penh on 13 November and the Australians arrived on 15 November." "We were impressed by Australia's technical skills" "Their individual skills were especially good." "However, we could see they had a weakness." "They lacked teamwork, and they lacked speed even though they were technically proficient." "So we could see a way to compete with the Australian team." "We won the game with a great result." "Our minds were already running to England." "Martin Polley" " Sports Historian " "Martin Polley" " Sports Historian " "When we were on the plane..." "We thought about our Great Leader's teaching to glorify our homeland." "We never imagined we'd see our national flag flying in England." "So when we saw our flag in the English sky as professional players, we felt so proud of ourselves and of our country" "Pak Do Ik's apartment" " Sports Street, Pyongyang " "Right after the war, I worked in a print factory as a laborer." "While I was laboring, I started playing football." "In 1957, I was selected to play for the Pyongyang team." "That was when I turned professional." "I was already 20 years old." "Middlesbrough, England." "In 1959, I was selected for the National Squad." "David Lacey" " Football Journalist " "We composed this song ourselves and took it to England." "The title is: 'The Chollima Football Team'." "Carrying our nation's honor on our shoulders...'" "We are the glorious Chollima football team'" "We can beat anyone even the strongest team'" "We will show others who we are'" "That's right'" "Fight and win'" "Let us raise our national flag to fly in the sky in celebration'" "We knew that Britain had participated in the Korean War." "In other words, we were the enemy." "Charles Amer" " Middlesbrough FC Director 1966 " "North Korea v USSR" "They played wildly, and we were unable to deal with that." "Although we were defeated 3:0 we gained confidence." "We took this confidence into the Chile and Italy games." "I was Number 8 in the 1966 World Cup." "My name is Pak Sung Jin." "I started playing when I was young." "A football team played next to my house." "This inspired me to play." "Pak Sung Jin was very fit and had especially strong Legs." "He tied elastic string round them and stretched his Legs." "He did this every day, a thousand times each leg." "We are here today with the players who took part in the eighth World Cup." "to show respect for our Great Leader, Kim Il Sung." "To be in front of his statue reminds us of his support for football and the love he has shown for us." "Let us pay our respects to our Great Leader, Kim Il Sung." "When we heard of his death, we were all so sad." "Not only the sportsmen and women but the whole country." "This place was flooded with people's tears." "Before we left our homeland, he invited us to see him on June 10th, 1966." "That day, he embraced us lovingly and said:" "European and South American nations dominate international football." "As representatives of the Asian and African region. ." "as colored people, I urge you to win one or two matches." "Standing in front of him now takes me back to that day." "I wish he was still alive." "I really wish..." "I wish he was alive and with us today." "North Korea v Chile" "Unfortunately, we gave away a penalty from which they scored." "It was 1 :0 , with five minutes to go." "If we didn't score a goal the memory of North Korea in the World Cup would disappear forever." "Before the goal, I saw the crowd waving our flags and shouting, 'Korea!" "'" "That lifted our spirits." "I also thought about our Great Leader who was waiting for us." "I felt in my heart..." "I had a light from the darkness." "The police were there to make sure no-one came onto the pitch." "This showed how much the English people loved us especially those from Middlesbrough." "It still remains a riddle to me the people of Middlesbrough supported us all the way through." "I still don't know the reason why." "After the game, the Mayor of Middlesbrough came to see us and I shook his hand." "He said, 'Tremendous stuff I have never seen such an exciting game!" "Asian football is invigorating.'" "He said, 'Who is Number 8?" "I want to shake his hand.'" "Oh my close friend," "Let's sing together" "Even though we were" "Born in different places." "Even though time passed," "And the landscape changed" "Our friendship will never change." "When I play football, I am the goalkeeper" "Like the army guards the security of the country." "Without a brilliant goalkeeper the team cannot achieve victory even through there are 10 others doing their best." "That's why I prefer goalkeeping." "We are in Panmunjom." "North and South Korea have been divided for more than 50 years." "That's why we are suffering." "This concrete is the military demarcation Line." "It is fifty centimeters wide and five centimeters high." "My boss, Kyung Yang Ho thinks that if the North and South became a single team we would do very well." "Our two countries are spilt." "It makes development of our sports, politics and social system difficult." "I was the goalkeeper" "Ri Chan Myong in the Eighth World Cup." "In 1953, while in middle school I started playing football." "Pyongyang was flattened by American bombs." "There was nothing left." "We had to live in the air raid shelters." "We could hardly find a ball to play with." "It was a difficult time to train." "Even basic survival was difficult." "But I desired it." "Counter attack, that's the best solution." "I am not tall and I have small hands." "Therefore, I had to be especially fit" "So I could jump the distance." "I would practice jumping so the crossbar came to here." "I had quite rough hands." "Now I don't play any more, and they are soft again!" "Just as animals evolve, his hands have changed from rough to smooth!" "DPRK Mass Games - Annual spectacle since 1946 to honor "Eternal President" Kim Il Sung featuring 100,000+ performers." "In the run up to the World Cup we were on good form." "After we beat Chile in our first game, we thought" "Well, we're pretty much through.'" "Then when we lost against Russia, we really started to worry." "Strangely, we had the sensation of it being a great day..." "That probably influenced the situation negatively rather than calming it." "But we were convinced that with only needing a draw we wouldn't have any problem." "against a side which we believed to be, and was, inferior." "Before the Italian game, our victorious mood was such that even if we were faced with a huge mountain we could demolish it and march right through." "When the match kicked off, Italy made a powerful, attacking start." "The goal seemed to be jinxed against us none of our shots went in." "This meant for us that the whole game became negative." "We weren't able to turn it around." "So every minute of the 90 minutes was negative." "We missed three chances at the start of the game." "We become scared of losing." "Then our team-mate was injured, and there were no substitutes back then." "So we had to play with ten men." "That's no excuse, of course Italy should beat Korea with ten men." "But it was the worry and the insecurity we all felt... which stopped us performing the way we could." "I moved so I could use my right foot which is always more accurate." "I kicked the ball straight back into the net." "I was so happy, I wanted to repeat Pak Do Ik's motion." "The first reaction was one of anger of helplessness of wanting to react we did react, but in the wrong way." "We didn't think clearly, we were taking risks." "We were all playing as individuals instead of just playing calmly and letting our quality come through." "Perhaps we were too young to think of that" "In the dressing room at half time, the players were full of resolve." "We knew what the Great Leader expected from us." "Behind me was the goal, which was small." "But behind the goal was our nation." "If I conceded a goal, the reputation of North Korea would fall." "We would have failed in the task set us by the Great Leader." "Therefore, I guarded the goal with my life." "It was an intriguing battle." "Our defenders were under enormous pressure but we reminded ourselves that we could win." "There was nothing to say, so the best thing in that situation was silence. ." "because at that moment, we were all responsible." "From the coach to the last player, we all felt responsible." "for having created something so negative which then actually proved to be negative for Italian football." "I think a lot of us cried in the locker room that day." "It was a disaster!" "Now we can laugh about it but back then, what was awful was arriving at the airport with everyone waiting for us." "Some tried to get out one way others another way it was very ugly." "There were various exits from the airport but people were throwing tomatoes eggs, they threw all sorts." "I was lucky, I managed to get out without them seeing me!" "I was quick!" "Firstly, our Great Leader had instructed us to win one or two matches." "We felt we had achieved this task." "We felt proud of our achievement." "Secondly, I could imagine how happy the people of our nation would feel." "Our sporting heroes fulfilled our nation's wishes." "People poured on to the streets to celebrate and cry. ." "even though it was the middies of the night." "As for myself, I was a train driver." "There was no radio on the train, so I couldn't hear the news live." "But when I heard we had won, I would work harder than ever because of the excitement." "It was so good, I cried." "It was historic." "We fulfilled the miracle of Asia's dream." "If we analyze why Italy lost the game." "firstly, they lost the mental battle." "Secondly, after they conceded a goal to us, they tried to hurry to score." "That meant they played individually, not as a team." "Teamwork triumphed over technical superiority." "Over the desk were many strange objects, pictures and things." "Looking at them made it difficult to stay there." "By insisting stubbornly, I was allowed to share a room with Han Bong Jin" "At night, when I looked outside, I could see a chapel." "Inside was a statue of Jesus on the cross with scary nails in his palms." "In the middle of the night, this chapel was lit by a spotlight." "It was the first time we had seen such things." "They caused us to worry and fear, and we couldn't sleep well." "I took part in the Eighth World Cup." "I am number 15, Yang Song Guk." "In our generation, everyone recognizes my face." "Younger generations recognize me by my name, Yang Song Guk. ." "hero of the Eighth World Cup." "We are proud to have Yang Song Guk here as our manager." "With your help, we have won a National cup every year." "We are proud of you." "Thank you." "Carrying the nation's honor on our shoulders." "We are the glorious Chollima football team." "We can beat anyone, even the strongest team." "The tournament was now at the knockout stage." "We scored one, then two, then three goals, and the crowd went mad." "After I scored the third goal, it was 3-0 and we had a feeling of victory." "After I scored the third goal, it was 3-0 and we had a feeling of victory." "Eusebio took the ball from the net and running back placed it in the centre circle." "He boosted his team's morale and made them positive." "It completely turned them around." "Against the strong Portuguese attack we lacked the strength and energy to match them." "Furthermore, due to a lack of experience we didn't know how to hold on to our lead." "In other words, we didn't know how to manage the time efficiently." "Eusebio was an outstanding player especially good at middle and long range shooting." "He was strong, powerful and flexible" "I wasn't a good enough goalkeeper to save his shots" "I conceded five goals." "Leading 3-0, then defeated 5-3 it was very disappointing." "But we were proud of ourselves for getting to the quarter-final and we felt like winners for such a glorious victory rather than losers, even though we lost the game." "For years, rumors circulated in South Korea that the North Korean team had been imprisoned on their return to Pyongyang." "This was allegedly due to womanizing and excessive drinking at a party to celebrate their victory over Italy." "The North Korean players totally refute all these allegations." "When we arrived in Pyongyang we were welcomed home like national heroes." "We said sorry to the citizens of Pyongyang." "We wished we could have done a better job." "These are newspapers from North Korea." "Our players came back to our country with great honor for our nation." "so we all welcomed them." "Another headline says that Pak Sung Jin plays like magic and the goalkeeper plays like a spiritual god" "If I have a traffic offence and the traffic warden sees Pak Do Ik on my ID, they let me go straight away." "We achieved what we did due to the support of our people." "So far, I haven't done that much for my country." "When I visit a football stadium it reminds me of the victorious moment of the Eighth World Cup in England." "I see a ball, and my leg wants to kick it in a reflex action." "I'm physically old, but my mind is lively." "I still feel like playing." "I wish I could play now as I did back then." "Of course I can do it..." "I'm very good!" "Like this?" "Trying to look young." "He's the fittest for his age." "I don't think I'll make it to 65." "We see each other quite often, at birthday parties." "We relive our memories." "At our birthday parties, we invite friends and family" "But especially other members of the 'London Club'" "The English people took us to their hearts and vice versa." "I learned that football is not only about the winning." "Wherever we go playing football can improve diplomatic relations and promote peace." "English language SRT subtitles ripped  edited by 72HW of the Gaijin Otaku Gundan" " Cinema Division 72HW sends Special Thanks out to FSC, ADC, MVG, kLOOFy, SaruDama and to my loving my wife!"