But North Korea gave them a much harder game than they were expecting and Kim Jong-Hun's side got a goal their endeavour deserved when Ji Yun-nam fired in superbly in the closing stages.

BBC: Brazil 2-1 North Korea

Brazil still had a scare when Ji Yun-nam's brilliant first touch controlled a high ball and took him into space in the Brazil box and he made no mistake with an unerring finish past Julio Cesar.

BBC: Brazil 2-1 North Korea

He is a maverick in a country whose financial institutions have long operated around hak-yeon, ji-yeon and hyul-yun (school, hometown and kinship ties) and government diktat on who to lend to and how much.

CNN: HERE COME THE MAVERICKS