Praised the Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz his players after winning a landslide victory elected on North Korea (7 - zero) on Monday's Group G World Cup of South Africa in 2010, blames the losing team's coach Kim Jong - Hon full responsibility for defeat.
And became the Portuguese national team after this win in a good position to qualify to the second round and maintain the impressive home record in the finals where it reached the semi-finals on two occasions out of four posts from previous, and they were in 1966 we lost to England 1-2, in 2006 when he lost to France (zero -1).
Queiroz said, who faced a lot of criticism after a national team to qualify to the finals where I need to supplement the European, "we have a match of high style, we have recorded a lot of goals and deal with the watch it well. We need to make a match of this kind, but it must be do not forget we have not won anything yet. We must now resolve is to qualify. "
And require Portugal to a draw in their final with Brazil in order to cause the latter to the second round regardless of the outcome of the Ivory Coast and North Korea, as they qualify, even in the event of loss because it is unlikely to succeed Didier Drogba and his colleagues in the team, "elephants" in the DC-net Korean, as did Portuguese today.
"We were forced to make some changes to address this discount. We've seen some matches in North Korea, such as the confrontation with Brazil, and we decided to rely on this combination (made three changes to the squad which faced the Ivory Coast, zero - zero)."
The Hugo Almeida, who scored one of the objectives of the seven, said: "We had this game the best. We will not delighted with the only win, but will raise our spirits by the signatories against Brazil. Also managed to score the first goal for me in the World Cup, which is very important. We know that North Korea tough team because they have a solid defense, which is what he saw everyone in front of Brazil. we were able to overcome these difficulties. "
And became a Portuguese team are among the most teams record in one match in the finals, knowing that there are three teams share the record are Hungary, South Korea (9 - zero) during the 1954 finals, and Yugoslavia Zaire (9 - zero) in the World Cup 1974, Hungary El Salvador ( 10-1) in the 1982 World Cup, knowing that the biggest win in the previous version in Germany was for the benefit of Argentina when they defeated Serbia 6 - zero.
The most Tahediva game in finals history witnessed 12 goals between Austria and Switzerland (7-5) during the World Cup 1954.
For his part, carrying North Korea coach Kim Jong Il - Hon full responsibility, adding, "I think the players gave everything they had on the field, but we Anherna tactically and we could not stop them. As a coach, I think that this loss is my responsibility because I did not do I provide players the strategy of good."
The "Rooney Asia," said Jung Tae-se, he said: "We have done the impossible in order to maintain the ball, but the Portuguese were stronger than us. Therefore, registered in conceding too many goals. We have made a significant effort in order to move forward and was doing well in the first half, However, the first goal after a lot of morale. "