Portugal were the favorites to win against North Korea but with recent shockers, it could still have been a great game. With 1:0 at the end of first half as with Raul Meireles scoring the opener in the 29th minute.

The game looked like it could go both sides, but after few minutes into the second half – Simao made it 2-0 after 53 minutes and was followed by Hugo Almeida in the 56th to make it 3:0. Just four minutes after that at the 60th minute, Ronaldo cut the ball back to an on-running Tiago, who side-footed the ball into the net from the edge of the 18-yard box to make it 4:0. With 3 goals in 7 minutes, Portugal had it easy.

But that didn’t stop them, as at 81st minute, substitute Liédson made it 5:0 with his first touch of the ball.Ronaldo changed it to 6:0 at 87th minute as he was fortunate to see a goalkeeper’s botched clearance fall perfectly for him to knock the rebound into the empty net (video below).

At 89th minute, Tiago got his second and Portugal’s seventh with a nice glancing header. Final score – Portugal 7 and North Korea 0.

Video Highlights (multiple links, since youTube might take them down due to copyright issues with FIFA) –

With the next match with “sans-Kaka” Brazil, the Portugal-Brazil game might be world cup final material! Watch out for it.