Monday June 21, 2010 Group Stage: Group G Finished Green Point Stadium

Portugal 7 - 0 Korea DPR

  • Raul Meireles 29’
  • Simão 53’
  • Almeida 56’
  • Tiago 60’, 89’
  • Liedson 81’
  • Cristiano Ronaldo 87’

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  1. Portugal hit North Korea for seven

    Portugal hit North Korea for seven

    Portugal ran riot as they overwhelmed North Korea 7-0 in rainy Cape Town to leave themselves on the brink of the World Cup last 16. More

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    Time:90'
    • Portugal
    • Korea DPR
    • 90+2' FULL-TIME! Portugal ran riot as they overwhelm North Korea 7-0 in rainy Cape Town to leave themselves on the brink of qualification for the World Cup second round.
    • 90' Korea can't wait for the final whistle.
    • 89' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 7-0 and Tiago adds his second as he plants his header into the far corner after a cross from the left by Veloso.
    • 87' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 6-0 and Ronaldo breaks his barren scoring run. More dreadful defending from Korea and Ronaldo nips in. His shot comes off the keeper, rolls down the back and net of the Real Madrid star before he taps into an empty net.
    • 85' Veloso tries to get in on the act but fires over from 30 yards.
    • 83' So even if Portugal lose their final game to Brazil, the Ivory Coast will need to beat North Korea and overturn a seven goal differential.
    • 82' Korea have now not won their last 10 international matches.
    • 81' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 5-0 as Liedson lashes a volley into the back of the net with virtually his first touch. Ri Kwang-chon makes a complete hash of Duda's cross from the left and the ball pops up invitingly for the sub.
    • 79' Hong Yong-jo's effort runs through to Eduardo.
    • 78' In that match against Ivory Coast, Ronaldo became the youngest Portuguese captain in a World Cup at the age of 25 years and 130 days.
    • 77' Hugo Almeida comes off with Liedson now leading the line after being dropped.
    • 76' Song-Chol Nam replaces Cha Jong-hyok.
    • 75' Duda comes on for Simao.
    • 74' Jong Tae-se lashes one into the side netting from an acute angle.
    • 73' Ronaldo with another shot, the time a low drive that is saved by Ri Myong-guk at the second attempt.
    • 72' Ronaldo charges down the left, cuts inside and unleashes a thunderbolt that flicks off the top of the crossbar. Great strike!
    • 71' Meireles is replaced by Miguel Veloso.
    • 70' Almeida talks his way into the book.
    • 69' A cross from the right is met by Jong Tae-se ahead of Carvalho but the header is just wide.
    • 68' Acres of space down the left again and Ronaldo picks out Coentrao who dinks the ball over the keeper but it drifts wide of the far post.
    • 67' Ji Yun-nam's cross is comfortable for Eduardo.
    • 66' Korea's current FIFA World ranking is 105, making them the lowest ranked team at the 2010 World Cup.
    • 65' Yong-Jun Kim lashes a shot over from 20 yards.
    • 64' Ronaldo picks out Meireles with a sublime pass from the right but somehow the scorer of the opening goal fails to hit the target from eight yards. Should have been five.
    • 63' This looks a question of how many now. Will this game ever been shown in North Korea?
    • 62' Portugal have won all 3 of their matches played on 21 June: 2-0 vs East Germany in 1959, 3-1 vs Denmark in 1966 and 2-1 vs Mexico at 2006
    • 61' Match Image Ronaldo in the rain
    • 60' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 4-0 as Ronaldo springs the offside trap down the left and pulls the ball back to Tiago who sidefoots his shot into the back of the net. Ri Myong-guk gets a hand to it but can't stop it.
    • 59' Ronaldo will be suspended if he receives a yellow card so may be withdrawn soon.
    • 58' Portugal have not won their previous four World Cup matches in regulation time. They are about to break that run.
    • 57' Double change for Korea with Pak Nam-chol and Mun In-guk replaced by Kum-il Kim and Yong-Jun Kim.
    • 56' GOAL PORTUGAL!! Portugal running riot, Coentrao bursts down the left once more and his pinpoint cross is headed home by Almeida.
    • 53' GOAL PORTUGAL!! That is a superb team goal. A cross from the right is chested down by Almeida, he combines with Meireles who slips in Simao and the Atletico Madrid winger calmly slots his finish between the legs of Ri Myong-guk.
    • 53' A great low cross from Coentrao but Almeida can't turn his effort goalbound, he is just ahead of the near post and was under pressure.
    • 52' Jong Tae-se's deflected strike is held by Eduardo, stooping low to his right.
    • 51' Carvalho is penalised for a foul on Jong Tae-se on the edge of the penalty area.
    • 50' Ronaldo's long-range drive is fumbled by Ri Myong-guk and then he fails to collect the rebound before eventually claiming at Mendes' feet at the third attempt.
    • 49' Korea fail to clear their lines but when the ball is squared to Ronaldo he only manages to put his shot into the crowd from 20 yards.
    • 48' Hong Yong-jo cuts inside onto his left foot and hits the target but his shot dribbles through to Eduardo.
    • 47' Tiago's 20-yard curler is tipped over the bar by Ri Myong-guk.
    • 46' No changes to either side at the break. The rain has abated just for now.
    • 45+2' HALF-TIME! A lively encounter in the rain with 15 attempts on goal and Portugal lead at the interval.
    • 45+1' No-one is tracking the runs of Meireles.
    • 45' Simao skins the full-back but his cross is a whisker away from Meireles.
    • 44' Fabio Coentrao's cross deflects off Pak Chol-jin and Almeida's attempted flick towards goal is unsuccessful.
    • 43' WiroV: "The pitch is soaking wet and it's raining really hard, players are slipping away all the time."
    • 42' Ronaldo drags a 20-yard shot wide of the far post. A glimpse of his quality.
    • 41' Meireles' cross is cleared by Ri Kwang-chon.
    • 40' It is his longest scoring drought since earning his first cap in August 2003.
    • 39' Ronaldo has not scored for Portugal since February 2009, a streak of 11 consecutive international matches, and he has been very quiet.
    • 38' Hong Yong-jo's effort hits Carvalho's face in the wall.
    • 37' Mendes scythes down Pak Nam-chol on the edge of the penalty area and is booked.
    • 36' But they play it short and fail to get a ball into the penalty area.
    • 35' Hong Yong-jo forces a corner.
    • 34' A terrible mistake nearly gifts Meireles a second. Pak Chol-jin's clearance hits An Yong-hak and falls to the midfielder but he drags his effort wide from close range.
    • 33' Match Image Ronaldo runs with the ball
    • 32' Since Carlos Queirós has been in charge, Portugal have kept 18 clean sheets in 23 matches. Not a good omen for Korea.
    • 31' Simao cuts inside from the right flank but picks the wrong option and the ball runs out of play.
    • 30' Remember if Portugal win today they will only need a draw against Brazil in their final game to reach the second round….and a defeat might even be good enough.
    • 29' GOAL PORTUGAL! Meireles times his run to perfection and the Porto man lashes his shot under the outrushing Ri Myong-guk. Great through ball by Tiago.
    • 28' Portugal are on a streak of 17 consecutive unbeaten matches. Their record is 19, set between March 2005 and July 2006.
    • 27' Meireles' chip towards Almeida is headed away by Pak Chol-jin.
    • 26' Another opportunistic shot from distance but Ji Yun-nam, the scorer against Brazil, fires high and wide on this occasion. Another Meireles effort from outside the box and deflected for a corner. Again the set-piece delivery is woeful.
    • 25' Another opportunistic shot from distance but Ji Yun-nam, the scorer against Brazil, fires high and wide on this occasion.
    • 24' Meireles drags a 20-yard shot wide.
    • 23' Great defending from Cha Jong-hyok to deny Almeida a free header at the back post.
    • 22' Portugal win the second corner of the match but Raul Meireles's delivery fails to beat the man at the near post.
    • 21' North Korea are giving this a real go today and An Yong-hak's 20-yard drive skids narrowly past the far post.
    • 20' A lively opening 20 minutes with seven efforts on goal.
    • 19' The ball skids off the surface but Ri Jun-il is able to clear a cross from the right at the second attempt.
    • 18' Another chance for Korea, a powerful diagonal drive from Hong Yong-jo is pushed away by Eduardo straight to Pak Nam-chol but he can't keep his header down from point blank range.
    • 17' The surface is slippery as it is absolutely lashing it down now.
    • 16' Pedro Mendes' long-range effort is charged down.
    • 15' Chance for Korea but Jong Tae-se can't bring down the delightful dink over the top in the penalty area.
    • 14' Almeida's shot is no threat to Ri Myong-guk.
    • 13' Dubbed the 'People's Wayne Rooney' by Asian media, Jong's bustling, all-action style keeps defenders on their toes for 90 minutes. The Japan-based striker is his team's main goal threat and needs no invitation to have a crack at goal.
    • 12' Jong Tae-se tries his luck with a 35-yard free-kick but miles over the bar.
    • 11' Decent hit from distance by Cha Jong-hyok but he just cuts across the ball slightly and his 25 yard shot whistles past the post. Eduardo was worried.
    • 10' Simao's cross from the right goes behind for a goal kick.
    • 9' Beautiful reverse pass and Hugo Almeida is wrongly flagged for offside, he was level with the square Korean defence.
    • 8' This is the fourth time that Portugal have met an Asian opponent, they have won twice and were defeated by South Korea in 2002.
    • 7' Carvalho meets the corner but his header strikes the post. Ri Myong-guk came off his line but was nowhere near the delivery from Simao.
    • 6' Simao Sabrosa's cross is deflected behind for the first corner of the match.
    • 5' Carvalho now heads clear in his own penalty area.
    • 4' Korea fail to deal with Raul Meireles's cross from the left and Ricardo Carvalho, who has made an ambitious run forward, shoots wide on the turn.
    • 3' Early run from Ronaldo and his deflected shot is held by Ri Myong-guk although it was moving quite a lot in the air.
    • 2' Miguel slips over early to underline the amount of water that has fallen on the pitch.
    • 1' Jong Tae-se kept in the tears during the anthem this time as we get underway in Cape Town.
    • 12:25 Referee Pablo Pozo of Chile leads out the teams at a wet and windy Green Point Stadium.
    • 12:20 It was only the second time a team had won a World Cup match after overcoming a three-goal deficit. Austria did this before in 1954 against Switzerland (7-5). The Swiss also gave away a 3-0 advantage.
    • 12:15 North Korea took a 3-0 lead over Portugal in the World Cup quarter-final at Goodison Park in Liverpool 44 years ago before losing 5-3. Re-live that memorable day
    • 12:10 Portugal should take on razor-sharp opposition at the World Cup with bushy moustaches, according to 60,000 web users following the team's fortunes in South Africa. A campaign on Facebook, the social network site, has called for Carlos Queiroz's men to adopt the traditional Portuguese 'tache rather than remain smartly clean shaven like Cristiano Ronaldo.
    • 12:05 "This is unbelievable. I never thought the World Cup could be so joyous," said 74-year-old Adelina da Silva, who was born in Madeira, which has some 250,000 inhabitants, but moved to South Africa as a child. Many of the Madeirans in South Africa arrived as economic migrants in the 1960s.
    • 12:00 Cape Town's Portuguese, almost all of whom trace their links back to Madeira, have travelled en masse to Green Point stadium to welcome their island's most famous son, Cristiano Ronaldo. "Welcome home Cristiano Ronaldo," read a banner, carried by one of the hundreds of fans who gathered at the local Vasco da Gama football club, started by the Portuguese community in 1980, and named after the Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope.
    • 11:55 North Korea, who won many admirers for their tenacious approach in an opening 2-1 defeat by Brazil, were unchanged.
    • 11:50 Cristiano Ronaldo, seeking his first international goal for 16 months, spearheads Portugal's attack in a game they need to win by as many goals as possible before facing Brazil. Ronaldo, who was harshly shown a yellow card in the opening game, would miss that last group match if booked.
    • 11:45 Deco is absent with a hip problem and makes way for Tiago, as he did during the second half of the opener against Ivory Coast when Simao came on for Danny. Up front Hugo Almeida replaces Liedson while Miguel comes in for Paulo Ferreira at full back.
    • 11:40 Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz made four changes, opting to start with Tiago and Simao Sabrosa in place of the injured Deco and Danny in midfield.
    • 11:35 Teams - Portugal: 1-Eduardo; 13-Miguel, 2-Bruno Alves, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 23-Fabio Coentrao, 16-Raul Meireles, 8-Pedro Mendes, 19-Tiago, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Simao Sabrosa, 18-Hugo Almeida. /// North Korea: 1-Ri Myong-guk; 5-Ri Kwang-chon, 2-Cha Jong-hyok, 13-Pak Chol-jin, 3-Ri Jun-il, 8-Ji Yun-nam, 11-Mun In-guk, 17-An Yong-hak, 4-Pak Nam-chol, 10-Hong Yong-jo, 9-Jong Tae-se.
    • 11:30 Portugal meet North Korea in Cape Town, in a rematch of perhaps the most remarkable game of any played at the World Cup finals.

  • Summary

    • 89' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 7-0 and Tiago adds his second as he plants his header into the far corner after a cross from the left by Veloso.
    • 87' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 6-0 and Ronaldo breaks his barren scoring run. More dreadful defending from Korea and Ronaldo nips in. His shot comes off the keeper, rolls down the back and net of the Real Madrid star before he taps into an empty net.
    • 81' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 5-0 as Liedson lashes a volley into the back of the net with virtually his first touch. Ri Kwang-chon makes a complete hash of Duda's cross from the left and the ball pops up invitingly for the sub.
    • 72' Ronaldo charges down the left, cuts inside and unleashes a thunderbolt that flicks off the top of the crossbar. Great strike!
    • 68' Acres of space down the left again and Ronaldo picks out Coentrao who dinks the ball over the keeper but it drifts wide of the far post.
    • 64' Ronaldo picks out Meireles with a sublime pass from the right but somehow the scorer of the opening goal fails to hit the target from eight yards. Should have been five.
    • 60' GOAL PORTUGAL!! 4-0 as Ronaldo springs the offside trap down the left and pulls the ball back to Tiago who sidefoots his shot into the back of the net. Ri Myong-guk gets a hand to it but can't stop it.
    • 56' GOAL PORTUGAL!! Portugal running riot, Coentrao bursts down the left once more and his pinpoint cross is headed home by Almeida.
    • 53' GOAL PORTUGAL!! That is a superb team goal. A cross from the right is chested down by Almeida, he combines with Meireles who slips in Simao and the Atletico Madrid winger calmly slots his finish between the legs of Ri Myong-guk.
    • 50' Ronaldo's long-range drive is fumbled by Ri Myong-guk and then he fails to collect the rebound before eventually claiming at Mendes' feet at the third attempt.
    • 47' Tiago's 20-yard curler is tipped over the bar by Ri Myong-guk.
    • 44' Fabio Coentrao's cross deflects off Pak Chol-jin and Almeida's attempted flick towards goal is unsuccessful.
    • 34' A terrible mistake nearly gifts Meireles a second. Pak Chol-jin's clearance hits An Yong-hak and falls to the midfielder but he drags his effort wide from close range.
    • 29' GOAL PORTUGAL! Meireles times his run to perfection and the Porto man lashes his shot under the outrushing Ri Myong-guk. Great through ball by Tiago.
    • 23' Great defending from Cha Jong-hyok to deny Almeida a free header at the back post.
    • 21' North Korea are giving this a real go today and An Yong-hak's 20-yard drive skids narrowly past the far post.
    • 18' Another chance for Korea, a powerful diagonal drive from Hong Yong-jo is pushed away by Eduardo straight to Pak Nam-chol but he can't keep his header down from point blank range.
    • 11' Decent hit from distance by Cha Jong-hyok but he just cuts across the ball slightly and his 25 yard shot whistles past the post. Eduardo was worried.
    • 7' Carvalho meets the corner but his header strikes the post. Ri Myong-guk came off his line but was nowhere near the delivery from Simao.
    • 4' Korea fail to deal with Raul Meireles's cross from the left and Ricardo Carvalho, who has made an ambitious run forward, shoots wide on the turn.
    • 3' Early run from Ronaldo and his deflected shot is held by Ri Myong-guk although it was moving quite a lot in the air.
    • 11:35 Teams - Portugal: 1-Eduardo; 13-Miguel, 2-Bruno Alves, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 23-Fabio Coentrao, 16-Raul Meireles, 8-Pedro Mendes, 19-Tiago, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Simao Sabrosa, 18-Hugo Almeida. /// North Korea: 1-Ri Myong-guk; 5-Ri Kwang-chon, 2-Cha Jong-hyok, 13-Pak Chol-jin, 3-Ri Jun-il, 8-Ji Yun-nam, 11-Mun In-guk, 17-An Yong-hak, 4-Pak Nam-chol, 10-Hong Yong-jo, 9-Jong Tae-se.

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Line-up

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • Eduardo
      • Miguel
      • R. Carvalho
      • Bruno Alves
      • F. Coentrão
      • P. Mendes Yellow Card
      • Tiago Goals×2
      • Raul Meireles Goal Substitution Out (70′)
      • Simão Goal Substitution Out (74′)
      • Cristiano Ronaldo Goal
      • H. Almeida Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (78′)

      Subs

      • Paulo Ferreira
      • Ricardo Costa
      • M. Veloso Substitution In70′
      • D. Fernandes
      • Beto
      • Deco
      • Duda Substitution In74′
      • Danny
      • Pepe
      • Liedson Substitution In78′ Goal
      • Ruben Amorim
      • Rolando

    • Starting line-up

      • M. Ri
      • J. Cha Substitution Out (75′)
      • C. Pak Yellow Card
      • J. Ri
      • K. Ri
      • Y. Ji
      • Y. An
      • N. Pak Substitution Out (58′)
      • I. Mun Substitution Out (58′)
      • Y. Hong Yellow Card
      • T. Jong

      Subs

      • S. Nam Substitution In75′
      • M. Kim
      • M. Kim
      • Y. Kim Substitution In58′
      • K. Kim Substitution In58′
      • N. Pak
      • K. Ri
      • K. Kim
      • C. An
      • C. Ri
      • K. Choe
      • S. Pak

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