North Korea and Japan met for an U17 World Cup match in Qatar this week, with the two sides skipping the usual handshakes during their pre-match greetings in incredibly strange scenes

The Japanese FA have asked FIFA to intervene after North Korean footballers launched punches at their opponents rather than shaking hands. The two teams met in the last sixteen of the U17 World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday.

However, a number of North Korea talents skipped the usual pleasantries of handshakes as the sides lined up, instead choosing to punch the hands of their opponents. Footage of the incident has gone viral, showing Japanese players initially starting to walk past their opponents with their hand raised in the air to exchange high-fives and handshakes.

But as they made their way furthe

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