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DPR Korea crushed depleted India 4-0 in a one-sided match at the Dashrath Stadium to end the group phase with a 100% record while India meekly bowed out having failed to score int heir three matches.
While the match was academic with the DPR Korea having already sealed their place at the top of Group B and India playing for nothing but pride having lost their previous two matches, the defending champions showed no mercy to the 2008 winners and went ahead after just three minutes.
Jang Kuk-chol provided a clever back pass to unmarked Jon Kwang-ik who coolly guided the ball past Indian keeper Subhashis Roy Chowdhury, who was playing his first match of the tournament.
The Koreans scored their second goal after Subhashis’ weak attempt to clear a Ri Chol-myong cross fell into the path of an unmarked Ri Kwang-hyok as the Koreans went 2-0 up with ten minutes of first-half left to play.
India’s solitary chance of the entire match came in the 38th minute but out-of-form striker Sunil Chettri, who was later replaced by Sathyan Sabeeth, fired the ball over the cross bar, with DPR Korea keeper Ri Myong-guk a mere spectator throughout the game.
The Koreans’ dominance continued after the break as Pak Nam-chol scored his second goal of the tournament when he dribbled past three Indian defenders and Subhasish to put the ball in the empty net and make it 3-0 in the 59th minute.
Ri Chol-oyong, creator of Korea’s first goal, registered his name in the score-sheet in the 68th minute with a brilliant header to seal the comprehensive 4-0 win.
DPR Korea will meet Palestine in Friday’s semi-finals after Group A winner Turkmenistan takes on surprise package the Philippines, who eliminated Tajikistan with an impressive 2-1 come-from-behind win.
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