Pak marks 50 years since North Korea's World Cup shock (The Associated Press)

It has been five decades since Pak Du Ik scored the winning goal in North Korea's shocking upset of Italy to reach the quarterfinals at the 1966 World Cup, a match that remains the country's most memorable in football folklore. ''Now, 50 years later, if I think of that time, I was really young ... and although Italy was a very strong team, we beat them, the strong team,'' Pak said in a recent interview with The Associated Press to commemorate the anniversary. North Korea ended Italy's run at the tournament with the 1-0 win at Middlesbrough, England, on July 19, 1966, then lost to Portugal in the quarterfinals.