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Portugal-Korea DPR preview
There will be shades of a legendary game from years gone by when Portugal and Korea DPR vie for crucial points in 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Group G on Tuesday. The two sides locked horns for the first and only time 44 years ago in a rollercoaster 5-3 win for the Iberian team, as Eusebio and Co had to pull out of all the stops after going three goals down. The iconic former Portugal striker called that quarter-final at England 1966 “the greatest match in my footballing career”, but the current line-ups would no doubt settle for any sort of victory to bolster their chances of reaching the last 16.
The match
Portugal–Korea DPR, Group G, Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, 13.30 (local time)
After drawing with Côte d'Ivoire last time around, Carlos Queiroz’s charges need to secure their first win of the tournament to brighten their qualification prospects – and not least because their final group game will pit them against Brazil. In particular, Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will be keen to improve his own personal contribution as he attempts to meet the hopes and expectations placed in him by Portugal’s supporters.
He and his colleagues ought to expect fierce resistance from their opponents, however, Korea DPR having kept Brazil quiet until the second half of their opening encounter. It was only after the break that the five-time world champions managed to force their way through the Asian side’s stubborn defences to record a 2-1 success, and coach Kim Jong-Hun will be looking for a repeat of that stout display. Pace will be central to his team’s fortunes, with Rostov striker Hong Yong Jo and Ji Yun Nam among the most dynamic and the latter having memorably found the net against Brazil.
Players to watch
Ricardo Carvalho v Jong Tae Se
The Portugal centre-back delivered a solid performance against Côte d'Ivoire as he and partner Paulo Ferreira formed an impenetrable barrier that the Elephants failed to pass. The Chelsea stopper will now be anxious to help keep a second clean sheet against the North Koreans, for whom Jong could well carry the principal attacking threat. The striker based in Japan with Kawasaki Frontale intends to add his name to the list of scorers at South Africa 2010 and increase his tally of 16 international strikes.
The stat
3 – The number of Asian sides to have tackled Portugal in a FIFA World Cup. The Lusitanians overcame Korea DPR in 1966 and Iran four years ago, but they succumbed to Korea Republic in 2002. Three is also the number of goals Korea DPR managed to put past their upcoming rivals in 1966, still the record total for an Asian team in the global showcase.
What they said
”We’ll have to play higher up the pitch against the North Koreans and take more risks because we need a victory. Obviously we can’t afford to play the way we did in our last match. We got a point against a very strong team and now we’ll approach the next game with a clear goal: to win,” Carlos Queiroz, Portugal coach.
“Portugal are one of the potential competition winners. We started this World Cup against one of the biggest teams in the world and I think there’ll be less pressure against Portugal. We have a real chance of winning this match,” Jong Tae Se, Korea DPR forward.
Voice of the fans
”We can beat the North Koreans, but I think that Carlos Queiroz should change his tactics and that the players need to work better as a team,” FIFA.com user Nunofmluis (Portugal).
The question
Will Portugal prove more effective in front of goal than they managed in their opening match and obtain their maiden win at South Africa 2010? Or will Korea DPR create the upset they came close to pulling off in 1966?
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Portugal 1 - 0 ahead at end of 1st half.
N. Korea looking to play more of an attacking game & was poisoned as a result.
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3-0 now. Real pressure on the Ivory Coast. Them final round games will be pressure.
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3-0 now. Real pressure on the Ivory Coast. Them final round games will be pressure.
4-0
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Amazing Portugal 3-0 up and Ronaldo eh do nothing yet. Anonymous really
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portugal playin some sweet sweet ball.4 nil now.
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Hard luck ivory coast.
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Funny a Portugese friend just say wait he go get involved now we 3-0 up :rotfl: And almost immediately he set up number 4
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Steups, CIV in big trouble
North Korea good for 6 or 7 right now
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Steups, CIV in big trouble
North Korea good for 6 or 7 right now
Yeah that is a hard luck. They could probably score 5 or 6 on this side but that is hard thing to do when yuh know yuh HAVE to do it.
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Best Korea give up or what???
they was looking good in de first half... wha happen?
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7 nil.
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Funny a Portugese friend just say wait he go get involved now we 3-0 up :rotfl: And almost immediately he set up number 4
So said. Ooh Gooud ! Daiz Licks.
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NK like they use up all their energy in the Brazi game. Portugal dominating technically and physically, NK can't keep up
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Ivory Coast toast!!!!!!!!!!! Unless they have money to pay Kim Jong-il to throw the match
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meh team rip up today :beermug: :beermug: :beermug: ;D ;D
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NK like they use up all their energy in the Brazi game. Portugal dominating technically and physically, NK can't keep up
yeah it would appear so and it proves that weaker teams need to be well organized and focus on defending to stand a chance. N Korea came out with a more attacking approach and paid the price but it does not take away from Portugal performance. I still think Portugal only play good against weak sides.
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NK like they use up all their energy in the Brazi game. Portugal dominating technically and physically, NK can't keep up
Somebody was saying that what happens with these samall teams is that they so excited by making the WC that they put on a great first performance but then have a hard time raising their game for the 2nd and 3rd game. They used TnT in 2006 as an example.
That Ivory Coast Korea game will be a war in truth but I feel it mightn't matter becuase Portugal and Brazil will play out a draw. Quieroz definitely playing for a draw and Brazil will be looking to get by without players getting cards or injuries.
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Somebody was saying that what happens with these samall teams is that they so excited by making the WC that they put on a great first performance but then have a hard time raising their game for the 2nd and 3rd game. They used TnT in 2006 as an example.
That Ivory Coast Korea game will be a war in truth but I feel it mightn't matter becuase Portugal and Brazil will play out a draw. Quieroz definitely playing for a draw and Brazil will be looking to get by without players getting cards or injuries.
Could have to do with how things open up in the 2nd game as well. 1st games are always nervy and tentative- more likely to see upsets, and less likely to see blowouts. (That's just my unscientific hypothesis)...
conceding 3 goals in 7 minutes is also kind of a freak occurence that could deflate and destroy any team. The balance of play in the 1st half would not have suggested that kinda thing happening.
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NK like they use up all their energy in the Brazi game. Portugal dominating technically and physically, NK can't keep up
Somebody was saying that what happens with these samall teams is that they so excited by making the WC that they put on a great first performance but then have a hard time raising their game for the 2nd and 3rd game. They used TnT in 2006 as an example.
That Ivory Coast Korea game will be a war in truth but I feel it mightn't matter becuase Portugal and Brazil will play out a draw. Quieroz definitely playing for a draw and Brazil will be looking to get by without players getting cards or injuries.
Actually it may depend on who may win the Spain group. The winner of Spain's group plays second on The Brazil Portugal group.
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NK like they use up all their energy in the Brazi game. Portugal dominating technically and physically, NK can't keep up
Somebody was saying that what happens with these samall teams is that they so excited by making the WC that they put on a great first performance but then have a hard time raising their game for the 2nd and 3rd game. They used TnT in 2006 as an example.
That Ivory Coast Korea game will be a war in truth but I feel it mightn't matter becuase Portugal and Brazil will play out a draw. Quieroz definitely playing for a draw and Brazil will be looking to get by without players getting cards or injuries.
Actually it may depend on who may win the Spain group. The winner of Spain's group plays second on The Brazil Portugal group.
yeah but the brazil group will not know the final standings in the spain group when they play...they could make an assumption after the 2nd round of group matches in the spanish group
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Oh lord ah come back to work and ah like ah fish out of water....the TV 6 stream eh wukking properly, ah cyar pick up the commentary on the radio, FIFA matchcast not wukking properly....oh lawd ah goh dead!!...
:frustrated: :frustrated: :banginghead: :banginghead: :cursing: :cursing: :frustrated: :banginghead:
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Oh lord ah come back to work and ah like ah fish out of water....the TV 6 stream eh wukking properly, ah cyar pick up the commentary on the radio, FIFA matchcast not wukking properly....oh lawd ah goh dead!!...
:frustrated: :frustrated: :banginghead: :banginghead: :cursing: :cursing: :frustrated: :banginghead:
espn gamecast:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=264076&cc=5901&ver=us
and you can check univision for a video link.
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Could have to do with how things open up in the 2nd game as well. 1st games are always nervy and tentative- more likely to see upsets, and less likely to see blowouts. (That's just my unscientific hypothesis)...
conceding 3 goals in 7 minutes is also kind of a freak occurence that could deflate and destroy any team. The balance of play in the 1st half would not have suggested that kinda thing happening.
Wasn't really attributing the nature of the loss to it just the fact that they couldn't repeat the general resoluteness of the first game. Just as with TnT we saw a real drop-off in performance from the Sweden/England games to the Paraguay game.
To be fair though i have been saying that teams like Korea are a bad match-up for this Brazil sdie, not so much for Portugal.
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yeah but the brazil group will not know the final standings in the spain group when they play...they could make an assumption after the 2nd round of group matches in the spanish group
yeah I can't see Brazil easing off a game in a ploy to avoid Spain. That would be folly. Much better to just win your group and go brave.
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To be fair though i have been saying that teams like Korea are a bad match-up for this Brazil sdie, not so much for Portugal.
Agree...
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Brazil is too proud to fear anyone.
Regardless of who is actually the better team, Spain will be more reluctant to play Brazil, than Brazil is to play Spain.
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Funny how no one mentioned the real game changer in this one...for me it was when the lines man called offside on PRK in the 1st half when he was miles onside..2 mins after Portugal scored their 1st...
Plus at least 3 of Portugal goals could have been called for Offside...but who cares right? lol
Big Up!
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Funny how no one mentioned the real game changer in this one...for me it was when the lines man called offside on PRK in the 1st half when he was miles onside..2 mins after Portugal scored thier 1st...
Plus at least 3 of Portugal goals could have been called for Offside...but who cares right? lol
Big Up!
Yeah i remember dat. Den de nex raid is when de first goal score.
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Daz my side!
The knock look sweet today, but could have been very different had that NK bullet gone in in the first half. Football is a cruel game. Even though Portugal is my team, NK eh deserve that atall. Dem NKoreans look sad in d crowd boy
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Daz my side!
NK eh deserve that atall. Dem NKoreans look sad in d crowd boy
a lot of journalists do some digging and deducing none ah dem eh actual north koreans oui
on a somewhat related note.... a lil story on meeting the north koreans
[url][/http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/worldcup/article/825872--north-korea-excels-in-injury-timeurl]
man acting frighten oui
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Could have to do with how things open up in the 2nd game as well. 1st games are always nervy and tentative- more likely to see upsets, and less likely to see blowouts. (That's just my unscientific hypothesis)...
If you consider that a blowout is a win by 3 goals or more, since the WC expand to 32 teams:
1st Round
Germany Saudi Arabia 8-0
USA Czech 0-3
Spain Ukraine 4-0
Germany 4 Australia 0
2nd Round
Brazil Morocco 3-0
Italy Cameroon 3-0
France South Africa 3-0
Netherlands South Korea 5-0
Argentina Jamaica 5-0
Brazil China 4-0
Portugal Poland 4-0
Argentina Serbia 6-0
Ukraine Saudi Arabia 4-0
South Africa Uruguay 0-3
Argentina South Korea 4-1
Portugal North Korea 7-0
3rd Round
Morocco Scotland 3-0
France Saudi Arabia 4-0
Bulgaria Spain 1-6
Costa Rica Brazil 2-5
Turkey China 3-0
Saudi Arabia Ireland 0-3
Ecuador Costa Rica 3-0
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Dem boyz should defect one time, imagine going back to Kim after collekin 7?
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Dem boyz should defect one time, imagine going back to Kim after collekin 7?
That easy. Just tell him they couldn't get through on the invisible phone. The imperialist capitalist dogs was blocking the signal.
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Dem boyz should defect one time, imagine going back to Kim after collekin 7?
That easy. Just tell him they couldn't get through on the invisible phone. The imperialist capitalist dogs was blocking the signal.
lol :rotfl: :rotfl:
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1st Round
Germany Saudi Arabia 8-0
USA Czech 0-3
Spain Ukraine 4-0
Germany 4 Australia 0
2nd Round
Brazil Morocco 3-0
Italy Cameroon 3-0
France South Africa 3-0
Netherlands South Korea 5-0
Argentina Jamaica 5-0
Brazil China 4-0
Portugal Poland 4-0
Argentina Serbia 6-0
Ukraine Saudi Arabia 4-0
South Africa Uruguay 0-3
Argentina South Korea 4-1
Portugal North Korea 7-0
3rd Round
Morocco Scotland 3-0
France Saudi Arabia 4-0
Bulgaria Spain 1-6
Costa Rica Brazil 2-5
Turkey China 3-0
Saudi Arabia Ireland 0-3
Ecuador Costa Rica 3-0
I guess my hypothesis was more scientific than even I thought ;D
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Could have to do with how things open up in the 2nd game as well. 1st games are always nervy and tentative- more likely to see upsets, and less likely to see blowouts. (That's just my unscientific hypothesis)...
If you consider that a blowout is a win by 3 goals or more, since the WC expand to 32 teams:
1st Round
Germany Saudi Arabia 8-0
USA Czech 0-3
Spain Ukraine 4-0
Germany 4 Australia 0
2nd Round
Brazil Morocco 3-0
Italy Cameroon 3-0
France South Africa 3-0
Netherlands South Korea 5-0
Argentina Jamaica 5-0
Brazil China 4-0
Portugal Poland 4-0
Argentina Serbia 6-0
Ukraine Saudi Arabia 4-0
South Africa Uruguay 0-3
Argentina South Korea 4-1
Portugal North Korea 7-0
3rd Round
Morocco Scotland 3-0
France Saudi Arabia 4-0
Bulgaria Spain 1-6
Costa Rica Brazil 2-5
Turkey China 3-0
Saudi Arabia Ireland 0-3
Ecuador Costa Rica 3-0
I see the gap in world football real closing here boy. ::)
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Dem boyz should defect one time, imagine going back to Kim after collekin 7?
That easy. Just tell him they couldn't get through on the invisible phone. The imperialist capitalist dogs was blocking the signal.
:beermug: