Early and eventful awakening for the teams concerned. A few hours before the start of the World Cup 2023the national teams based in Okinawa, Japan, were awakened at 4 a.m. with an emergency evacuation alert, triggered by a missile launch sent from North Korea.
This launch immediately prompted residents of this city of approximately 150,000 people to take shelter. About 20 minutes later, the Japanese government informed the population that the projectile had left the area, thereby lifting the emergency alert. In the aftermath, Pyongyang announced that his second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit had failed.
Alert without consequence for the smooth running of the start of the 2023 World Cup. The press conferences and the training sessions of the eight teams presented in Okinawa took place as planned. The tournament starts tomorrow and also takes place in the Philippines and Indonesia. No damage was reported.
The incident still made an impression, including that of Luka Doncic. ” Everything is fine, except that I didn’t get much sleep last night because of the alarm. This alarm was madness. I saw the missile coming, it was a little scary », qualifies the Slovenian superstar.
More fear than harm therefore for him and his partners, who start their competition on Saturday against Venezuela, in a group F also composed of Georgia and Cape Verde.
