Portugal vs. North Korea 7-0. Does this mean anything? Is Portugal tough, or is North Korea simply vulnerable?

Portugal lost to Brazil in 10 in 2008 1 16 games unbeaten, but it was unbeaten in four consecutive World Cups (excluding penalties). Queiroz rotated four starters, Miguel replaced Ferreira as the right-back, Tiago replaced the injured Deco, and only Cristiano Ronaldo was kept in the attack line. Almeida and Simao started, while Lederson and Danny became substitutes. Jin Zhengxun followed closely in the first round. The only encounter between the two teams before was the World Cup quarter-finals 44 years ago. Portugal lost three goals in a row and reversed 5-3. North Korea is still the only Asian team that scored three goals in a World Cup.

The game was played in the rain, and four cities in a row played against North Korea's You Sebbio. When playing the national anthem, the Portuguese team wore black armbands to mourn the death of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Jose Saramago last Friday. In the opening 3 minutes, C Luo Zhonglu broke through 2 1 m and his left foot volleyed past Pak Chol Jin's body, which was confiscated by Li Mingguo. In the 4th minute, meireles crossed from the left and met two defenders, which reflected at Carvalho's feet. Carvalho turned and his right foot volley was12m higher than the goal.

Portugal almost scored in the seventh minute! Simao kicked the corner from the right, but goalkeeper Li Mingguo missed the ball. Carvalho headed the goal 7 meters from the goal and hit the near post. 1 1 min, Zheng Dashi broke through the interception cross on the left, and Che Zhonghe, who followed on the right, missed the near post with his right foot 30 meters in front of the door. Then Zheng Dashi's long-range free kick directly hit the door higher. 13 minutes, Almeida's left foot and right foot missed the near post. In the first 14 minute, Zheng Dashi failed to stop the header in the penalty area and missed the opportunity. Then Mendes' long-range shot was blocked.

Che Zhonghe hurt his right wrist while trying to grab the ball. In the first18th minute, Yong Jo Hong's small-angle volley from the right was blocked by Eduardo, and Pak Nam Chol headed the goal near the penalty spot. In the 2nd1minute, Ernst & Young Huck shot his left foot 24 meters away from the right gate and slipped off the far post. Two minutes later, meireles missed from the left, then Li Guangchun cut in from the left and volleyed his right foot at the far corner 28 meters in front of the door.

Meireles's long shot hit the left post of the defender. Portugal took the lead in the 29th minute! Tiago's right rib went straight to the right of the restricted area, and meireles inserted his right foot volley in time at a distance of 1 1 m from the gate. The ball enters the near corner from Li Mingguo's left armpit, which is 1-0! This is his sixth goal in 36 national team games.

Chilean referee Poso showed Pak Chol Jin the first yellow card, which is also the first yellow card of North Korea in this World Cup. In the 35th minute, not far from the clearance of the North Korean central defender, meireles missed the left post with his right foot volley at 10 meter in front of the door. In the 39th minute, Mendes shoveled Pak Nam Chol and was given a yellow card warning. Yong Jo Hong hit Renqing with a free kick 24 meters in front of the door. In the 42nd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through the front of the restricted area on the left and volleyed his left foot wide of the far post.

In the second half 1 minute, Tiago shot from the left over the crossbar, and then Yong Zuhong got a yellow card. In the 47th minute, Eduardo confiscated Yong Jo Hong's low shot with his left foot 24 meters in front of the door. Then Simao made a low pass on the right, and Cristiano Ronaldo pushed his right foot 22 meters in front of the door. In the 49th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo shot low with his left foot 27 meters away from the gate, causing Li Mingguo to miss the ball. Almeida followed the shot, but it was offside.

Yong Jo Hong took a free kick from the left, and Eduardo confiscated Zheng Dashi's low shot from his right foot 25 meters in front of the door. Then Zheng Dashi was trampled on his ankle by Miguel. In the 52nd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo made a direct pass from the left. Almeida threw off the defender before Tentrang's low pass, and his left foot missed the near post 6 meters from the front point.

Portugal expanded the score in the 53rd minute! Miguel made a 50-meter oblique long pass from the right, meireles stopped the ball in the chest at the front of the restricted area, Almeida returned it to meireles, and meireles stuffed it to Simao from the right. Simao pushed his right foot 8 meters in front of the door and went out from the goalkeeper Li Mingguo's crotch, 2-0.

Then Jun-ll Ri shot his left foot high. In the 56th minute, after Tiago went straight to the defence, Trent made a cross from the left and headed into the net 6 meters in front of Almeida, 3-0! Jin Zhengxun replaced Pak Nam Chol with striker Jin Jinyi and Wen Renguo with midfielder Jin Yongjun. In the 60th minute, meireles made a direct pass, and Cristiano Ronaldo cut into the penalty area offside and returned. Tiago's right foot shot in the penalty area was thrown to the lower right corner by Li Mingguo, 4-0!

C Ronaldo almost assisted again in the 64th minute. He rolled the ball on the right and sent it to the back point. Meireles missed his left foot near the post 8 meters in front of the door! In the 55th minute, Yung Zuhong returned, and Jin Yongjun volleyed his left foot 22 meters in front of the door. In the 68th minute, Coentrao counterattacked the ball from the left, C Ronaldo stabbed the restricted area, and his left foot missed the far post 7 meters in front of Coentrao. 1 minute later, Che Zhonghe crosses from the right, and Zheng Dashi heads the ball wide of the right post.

Almeida's fight for the top was violated. He complained to referee Poso and was given a yellow card warning. Velloso replaced the hero meireles. In the 7th1minute, velloso, who just came out, took the ball back to the defense in the backcourt. Cristiano Ronaldo's left rib broke through 25 meters away from the door and his right foot volleyed and hit the upper edge of the crossbar. 1 minute later, velloso passed straight to the right side of the penalty area, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal with his right foot volley in front of the door 16 meters. In the 73rd minute, Zheng Dashi missed the near post from a small angle on the right.

Duda replaced Simao, Zhe replaced Zhong He, and Lydesson replaced Almeida. Zheng Dashi pushed and missed the edge of the restricted area. Portuguese icing on the cake in the 8th1minute, Duda made a low pass from the left and Li Guangchuan made a mistake. Ledeson, who just came out, volleyed 5-0 with his left foot. In the 87th minute, velloso's long-range shot with his left foot was higher, and then Rydsong stole the ball in the frontcourt, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a single goal, 6-0. In the 89th minute, velloso made a cross from the left and Tiago headed the ball into the far corner, 7-0.

Portugal (4-3-3): 1- Eduardo/13- Miguel, 6- Carvalho, 2- Bruno Alves, 23- Coentrao/19- Tiago, 8- Mendes,/Kloc-0.

North Korea (5-1-3-1):1-Li Mingguo /2- Chezhonghe (75' 16- Nanchengzhe), 13- Pak Chol Jin, 3-Jun-ll Ri, 8- Chi.