Cristiano Ronaldo finished his 16-month international goal served and drought notice of his harsh capabilities by inspirational Portugal to a vigorous victory against North Korea.
The biggest-ever World Cup success, Portugal’s seven-goal win, Now Ivory Coast needing a victory over North Korea and a nine-goal swing in their favor.
Portugal will be eligible with a point in opposition to Brazil and Ronaldo, who made one, scored one and hit the cabinetmaking in this game, was the fabulous performer.
Queiroz the Portugal coach was clashing in his pre-match press conference on Sunday, first claiming that his team had large respect for the North Koreans before insisting that his players would be looking to increase their goal divergence with a vigorous victory.
North Korea was prepared at the back and their counter-attacking was aggressive and crisp. But Portugal, completely aware of the ramifications of a breakdown to win this game, grabbed the lead on 29 minutes when Raul Meireles gave a surprising pass from Tiago the finish it deserved from 12 yards.
Portugal’s goal gave the Koreans a distinctive disadvantage; such is their reliance on their defensive discipline.
Simao doubled their lead on 52 minutes with one more low-strike from close range before Hugo Almeida completed it 3-0 with a dominant header from Fabio Coentrao’s cross two minutes later.
Tiago then added one more on 60 minutes when he directed Ronaldo’s cross into the net from 12 yards. Ronaldo worked up the crossbar on 71 minutes before replace with Liedson completed it 5-0 nine minutes later.
But the goal that the Green Point Stadium had been distracted to witness came on 87 minutes when Ronaldo pounced on a back pass before slotting past goalkeeper Ri Myong Guk.
Korean humiliation was ensured, but Tiago compounded their depression with a header to make it 7-0 two minutes later.
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