19 May

POHANG  Steelers  FC  of  the  Republic  of  Korea’s  League  (K-League) will play two friendly matches in Myanmar, according to the Myanmar Football Feder-ation (MFF).

The K-League team will play a  friendly  match  against  Myan-mar National League Club team on 28 May at 5pm, and U-22 na-tional  football  team  on  30  May  at  5pm  at  Thuwunna  Stadium  in Yangon.

The  friendly  matches  are  highlighting  the  friendship  be-tween Myanmar and the Repub-lic of Korea. Myanmar Posco In-dustrial  Company  is  primarily  sponsoring  the  matches,  along  with the MFF.

A  Korean  cultural  enter-tainments  programme  will  be  performed  during  the  friendly  matches, and a lucky draw pro-gramme will also be held for foot-ball fans.

Football fans can attend the friendly matches free of charge, said the MFF officials.

Looking  back  at  the  histo-ry  of  the  team,  on  28  February  in 1994 the K-League Club, with its  former  name  Pohang  Atom,  played their first friendly match against  Myanmar  Football  Fed-eration’s selected team at Aung San Stadium in Yangon.

At  that  time,  the  K-League  Club defeated the MFF’s selected team 3-1.

The  MFF  selected  team  was  lined  up  with  national  foot-ball stars, including goal keeper Aung Kyaw Kyaw, defenders Soe Naing,  Saw  Ba  Myint,  and  Tin  Myo  Aung,  and  midfielders  Soe  Moe Kyaw, Nyunt Win, Kyi Lwin, Than Toe Aung, and Mg Mg Oo, and strikers Win Aung and Myo Hlain Win. The winning goals for the K-League team were scored by  Korean  national  team  star  players, and substitute midfielder Kyaw  Min  scored  a  consolation  goal  for  the  Myanmar  team.—Lynn Thit (Tgi)