Recently the Chinese websites and forums are filled with the talks of North Korea National football team are going to be sent to coal mine as punishment if they lose at the World Cup.? Is this true?? Netease talked about this “as a not verified news” on June 17 after North Korea’s 1-2 loss to Brazil.? Some sites claimed this news came from U. S. blogs and small websites. This article from IFeng talked about a “rumor” found on a Team Liquid forum posted by a Romanian:

最近在中國的網(wǎng)站和論壇上，網(wǎng)民熱議著朝鮮球員可能在世界杯失利后受到下礦挖煤的處罰。真相抑或謠傳，一時(shí)眾說紛紜。17日朝鮮2比1負(fù)于巴西后，網(wǎng)易談及挖煤處罰，稱其為“未證實(shí)之傳聞”。一些網(wǎng)站聲稱此傳聞來源于美國博客和一些小站。鳳凰網(wǎng)一文稱，“謠傳”始于Team Liquid論壇上一個(gè)羅馬尼亞人的帖子：

“As I was turning in to see the second half of the Argentina vs S. Korea game, I heard the newscaster for TVR1( Romania’s national TV station) talking about four north Korean players gone missing from world cup.? It is believed that they have fled in order to avoid going back to North Korea.”

“當(dāng)我開始收看阿根廷和韓國的下半場比賽時(shí)，我聽到TVR1（羅馬尼亞的國家電視臺(tái)）的播音員談?wù)撜f朝鮮有四人失蹤。人們相信他們這么做是為了逃離朝鮮?！?/div>
The article also stated that a former North Korea assistant coach said “If we lose, they will be punished, some players will be sent to work at a coal mine.”

此文還稱一名曾任朝鮮國家隊(duì)助教的人士透露“如果我們輸球，球員將被懲罰，一些人將被送去煤礦挖煤?！?/div>
Ironically, North Korea was knocked out of their hope of advancing by Portugal again after the huge 0-7 loss.? According to News Times (AP), It was supposed to be North Korea’s revenge match against Portugal which for the first time was aired live in North Korea.

諷刺的是，朝鮮隊(duì)的小組出線之夢(mèng)正是被葡萄牙的一場7比0的屠殺所擊碎的。據(jù)News Times(AP)，這本來是朝鮮的復(fù)仇之戰(zhàn)，朝鮮官方更是對(duì)比賽做了現(xiàn)場直播。

"The Portuguese won the game and now have four points. We are ending our live broadcast now," a Korean Central Broadcasting commentator said, quickly cutting to footage of factory workers and engineers praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

“葡萄牙贏得勝利，積分達(dá)到4分。我們現(xiàn)在將結(jié)束直播，”朝鮮中央社的評(píng)論員說，接著電視訊號(hào)迅速轉(zhuǎn)到工人和工程師熱情贊揚(yáng)領(lǐng)袖金正日的畫面。

After the 7-0 humiliating loss, Chinese Netizens were sure that the poor North Korean football players are going to be sent to coal mines now, hence these photo-shopped Kuso pictures of North Korean football players as coal miners circulated on forums like MOP and Tianya.

朝鮮0比7的慘敗之后，中國網(wǎng)民們確信朝鮮球員將被送至煤礦。貓撲上流傳著朝鮮球員身著礦工裝束的PS圖。

True or not, I guess we can never be sure what really goes on with this mysterious North Korean football team in the mysterious country.

真相？謠言？也許誰都不知道這神秘之國的神秘之師將會(huì)面對(duì)什么。