North Korea will open their Asian Cup 2019 commitments against Saudi Arabia, in a high-profile match from this tournament, on Tuesday.
"As you can see in the grouping, all the strong teams are in group E, and we can not only trust luck, because every match in this group is very important to us, so we have to do our best in all games," said Kim Yong Jun, North Korea coach.
"Of course I'm expecting to have a better result compared to the previous tournaments, I have told the players that they have to be together and work in a team spirit, we will play for 90 minutes and every one have to do their job."
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