A Pyongyang-based women’s soccer team defeated a Japanese opponent 1-0 to clinch the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Champions League title over the weekend, concluding a rare visit to South Korea for a series of matches.

The Rodong Sinmun party daily described Saturday’s game between Naegohyang Women’s FC and Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza as “a fierce back-and-forth battle from the opening whistle.” 

Naegohyang’s captain Kim Kyong Yong scored the sole goal of the game in the 44th minute after “skillfully executing the team’s tactical intentions and driving the match forward with vigor,” the daily reported, adding that both teams “competed