'It was like war,' says South Korea after Pyongyang match

Soccer Football - 2022 World Cup Qualifier Round 3 - Group H - South Korea v North Korea - Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea - October 15, 2019 South Korea's Hwang Hee-chan in action. Picture taken October 15, 2019. Yonhap via REUTERS

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea were happy to have made it back from Pyongyang in one piece after Tuesday's brutal 2022 World Cup qualifier, with a Korean FA official describing the physical encounter as being "like war".

The game, the first between the two teams on North Korean soil in 30 years, ended in a 0-0 draw and was played out in front of empty stands. There was no broadcast of the game after the North refused to screen it live