Match 30: Portugal x Korea DPR

I eagerly await this match.

 

Portugal will easily kill North Korea 6-0 scoreline here, I guarantee it

 

Hopefully they get in the field too confident,if that doesnt happen ,along side with the nerveaus we can easily beat Korea ,will say 3-0

 

Would be a interesting match. I can't wait to watch C. Ronaldo tear up the N. Korea defense. I wonder if they even seen that kind of footwork in their life time.

 

Am i the only one that thinks that north Korea won't lose by a margin of more than two goals???

 

Nope, I share that thought as well. In fact, I'd be more surprised to see them get demolished 6-0 than to see them win a game 1-0.

 

If the Cape Verde match is anything to go by than a 6:0 result looks extremely unlikely, while a draw is much more feasible.

 

Portugal played it like a training match, and cape verde played like it was their world cup final.

Besides, Portugal have been even worse before, they once tied liechenstein 2-2 in world cup 2006 qualification....then 4 days later smashed Russia 7-1.

Before Euro 2004 they looked in shambles, and ended up playing some great stuff.....

.....then again they dont have the jose mourinho champions league and uefa cup winning backbone to fall back on this time around...


in the end, friendly matches mean shit. We will know what all these teams are made of after the opening matches.

 

Highly unlikely that it will be a thrilling repeat of the 5-3 quarterfinal game in 1966.

Portugal 2-1

 

I very much doubt that will happen, North Korea's plans are probably to have all men defending.

 

If Ronaldo scores in the North Korea match as often as he did in the latest matches for Portugal than I will say North Korea has nothing to worry about.

 

Now since Portugal pretty much could not find a way past Ivory Coast, tying them 0-0, and since North Korea pretty much surprised me by losing to Brazil just barely 2-1, I can see the North Koreans attempting to play defensive game on the Portuguese shutting down Ronaldo, maybe just maybe North Korea can squeeze out a draw against Portugal

 

Portugal lost against Greece in the similar way and they bounced back. It's just a matter of adjustments and tinkering the line-up. Portugal played out of position and you can tell.

N.Korea have a steady D but they only could contain Brazil for that long. Mistakes will happen.

 

But I thought you guaranteed a 6-0 win for Portugal

 

I think Portugal will win this on a similar fashion of Brazil if not better (attention: performance highly dependable of our moronic coach). This doesn't say much about our chances of qualifying to the Round of 16 though.

 

I'm looking forward to watching the North play again. Hell of a performance vs la Selecao.

 

I think the North koreans best chance of a win is against Portugal. You guys were very poor against IC. Also, Ronaldo always gets frustrated against teams that defend very well. The North koreans are going to mark Ronaldo out of the game. Draw is most likely though.

 

If Queiroz grows a brain....

--------------Eduardo-------------
-------Carvalho-----Alves----------
MIGUEL-----------------------Coentrao
--------PEPE------Deco-------------
Ronaldo-------Danny----------Simao
-------------ALMEIDA--------------

Deco controlling things from a deeplaying playmaker position where his lack of pace isnt a deterrent, Danny in his natural position where he thrives injecting pace in midfield, Pepe covering the back 4 and doing defensive duties.

Miguel's pace and skill on the wing pegging opposing players back creating more space for the wingers, strengthening Portugals lethargic wing play vs IC(which was nonexistent for the first time in eons).

Almeida's size and strength against the smaller defenders to tie up the 3 centrebacks NK possess....

Well, the entire portuguese public has their eyes on what sort of performance will be seen now and if Queiroz will make the proper changes.

Portugal has a habit of opening tournaments playing crap, then rebounding, or generally rebounding after dreadful games.

Lost to USA 3-2, beat Poland 4-0

2-2 tie with leichenstein, then thrashed Mostovois/Arshavins Russia 7-1 4 days later.

Opening loss to Greece, the neccesary changes made, and went on a big run(although that squad was infitinatly superior to this one in every single category)

That being said, I just dont see it happening with the coaching and players available imho.

 

0-0 written all over it.

 

This looks much better. We don't have a worthy playmaker, so it's best to let Danny roam free on Almeida's back. In a way, this would be a 4-4-2.

We have more than enough to win against North Korea. But whatever change is made in this match, will have to stick against Brazil too. We just can't afford too many changes in a short space of time.

 

The biggest mistake Queiroz could make is throwing too many men forward to try and break the North Korean defense. Their counters are very dangerous, so there has to be good protection against that.

 

^^This. That is why CQ did not want the fullbacks to come forward. Coentrao usually pushes the ball but he was hesitant. It starts with at the wing, zone defense is hard to break but keep it wide and cross the ball. Brazil had a tough time with it as well but they found a way.

 

-------------Eduardo---------------
Miguel--Carvalho--Alves--Coentrao
----------Meireles--Deco/Pepe------
Ronaldo---------------Simao/Duda--
---Danny/Liedson---Almeida---------

i can see NK parking the bus and as we always have a hard time getting past, we should play a 4-4-2 and i think Playing Duda in his postion would be a good as he has a craking left foot and he has played well this season in spain.