North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC head coach Ri Yu Il (L) and his player Kim Kyong Yong (R) leave after a press conference at Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon on May 19, 2026, ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final football match against South Korea's Suwon FC Women. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC player Kim Kyong Yong speaks during a press conference at Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon on May 19, 2026, ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final football match against South Korea's Suwon FC Women. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC head coach Ri Yu Il (centre L) and his player Kim Kyong Yong (centre R) attend a press conference at Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon on May 19, 2026, ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final football match against South Korea's Suwon FC Women. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC head coach Ri Yu Il reacts during a press conference at Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon on May 19, 2026, ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final football match against South Korea's Suwon FC Women. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC head coach Ri Yu Il speaks during a press conference at Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon on May 19, 2026, ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final football match against South Korea's Suwon FC Women. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

An Iranian shopkeeper shows off a football jersey supporting the Iranian national football team in the upcoming 2026 World Cup, in his sports shop in Tehran on May 18, 2026. Iran's national football team was headed to Turkey on May 18 to play a final friendly match and apply for visas to fly to the United States for the 2026 World Cup, Iranian media reported. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

An Iranian shopkeeper shows off a football jersey supporting the Iranian national football team in the upcoming 2026 World Cup, in his sports shop in Tehran on May 18, 2026. Iran's national football team was headed to Turkey on May 18 to play a final friendly match and apply for visas to fly to the United States for the 2026 World Cup, Iranian media reported. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

TOPSHOT - North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC players arrive at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on May 17, 2026, ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final football match against South Korea's Suwon FC Women. A North Korean women's football team arrived in South Korea on May 17, marking the first visit by a sports team from the isolated country to its southern neighbour in eight years, to play in the Asian Champions League semi-finals. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)