Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
LINEUPS:
Portugal (433): Eduardo, Costa, Coentrao, Carvalho, Alves (Pepe 60'), Mendes, Tiago (Liedson 80'), Meireles, Ronaldo, Simao, Danny (Almeida 57')
North Korea (451): RM Guk, CJ Hyok (NS Choi 45'), Nam, Jin, RJ Il, Chon, Jo (Myong 65'), Hak, Se, PN Choi (Kim K Il 84'), MA Guk
The effort put in by a very lackluster Portuguese team was not going to break down this highly determined North Korean side and in fact could have even lost the game. Portugal controlled a lot of game but their constant passing without penetration led to few real goalscoring chances, and it wasn't until stoppage time in the first half that Ri Myong Guk was truly tested when he stopped a good header from Alves.
Guk would again keep the game scoreless when, at full stretch, he prevented Jo from scoring on the breakaway. Prior to this the North Koreans had some shots of their own. Pak Nam Choi felt ambitious and tried his luck from thirty yards, sending it well wide, but their golden chance came to Jong Tae Se who was completely unmarked in the penalty area; his shot saved very smartly by Edurado.
Portugal 0 - 0 North Korea
Goalscorers:
None
Discipline:
POR Simao 18' (sus)
PRK Jo 48'
POR Ronaldo 74'
POR Costa 84'
POR Pepe 90'
Man of the Match:
PKR Ri Jun Il
| GROUP G | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| North Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
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