Yu Jong Hyang became the greatest goalscorer in FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup history as she led North Korea to a 6-1 victory over Poland in their Morocco Group B tie on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jong Hyang netted a brace, taking her all-time tally to 12 goals as DPR Korea made it two wins out of two to lead the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ri Ye Rim begun the scoring for the defending champions, firing in from close range in the ninth minute after Ri Ui Gyong’s cut-back had been intercepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They doubled their advantage in the 29th minute when a loose ball in the box fell for Yu (pictured above)<\/em> who smashed in via the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Partner-in-crime Kim Won Sim then got in on the act when she sent an outrageous outside-the-boot effort into the top-left corner 40th. Won Sim was on-hand again in added time to hammer home a Ri Ye Rim cut-back for 4-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poland could have been forgiven for going into their shells in the second half but came out fighting and pulled a goal back almost immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zofia Burzan’s slide tackle saw the ball fall to Nicola Galuszka 25 yards out, and the substitute sent a scorching first-time effort into the top corner just after the restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It wouldn’t begin a comeback, however, as Yu headed in from a corner in the 53rd minute to notch her 12th tournament goal and surpass Venezuela’s Deyna Castellanos as the tournament’s all-time top scorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ri Ui Gyong then stole in to volley home the goal her performance merited in the 58th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost sure of advancing, North Korea next meet Nigeria on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Germany beat Morocco 4-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nigeria beat Ouerto Rico 2-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n North Korea beat Poland 6-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Argentina beat New Zealand 2-0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yu Jong Hyang became the greatest goalscorer in FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup history as she led North<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t