North Korean goalie banned for a year after conceding dubious goal

Back in September, a video was doing the rounds of North Korea’s Under-16 goalkeeper inexplicably allowing Uzbekistan’s keeper to score past him.

If you haven’t seen it already then click on the play button above before reading any further.

OK, so we can all agree that the goal is very…errr…suspect. Not only does goalkeeper Jang Paek Ho miss the flight of the ball – and by some distance – but he then halfheartedly chases the ball back towards his own goal, falling over not once, but twice.

If he really wanted to prevent Uzbekistan from taking the lead in such a hilarious fashion he really could have done so.

And this was obviously the view taken by the Asian Football Confederation, which has imposed a 12-month ban on Jang and North Korea Under-16 coach Yung Jong Su.

The goalkeeper’s ban means that he will now miss the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in India next October.

Oops!