Cristiano Ronaldo Wins One For Democracy

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Cristiano Ronaldo finally scored. So did Raul Meireles, Simao Sabrosa, Hugo Almeida, Liedson and Tiago (twice).Portugal put on the most dominant performance of the World Cup on Monday, knocking in a flurry of second-half goals and routing North Korea 7-0, a win that puts Portugal on the brink of advancing to the round of 16 and means the Koreans won't make it out of group play."It was a great day for Portugal and Portuguese football," coach Carlos Queiroz said"The players are really happy with the way they played, the attitude for the game, the beautiful football, the beautiful goals."Those goals came in bunches.Simao, Almeida and Tiago all scored early in the second half, after Meireles' 29th-minute goal gave Portugal the lead.Liedson, substituting for Almeida started another run with a goal in the 81st.Ronaldo ended his goalless streak the 87th minute, and Tiago added his second goal two minutes later.

This isn't as much of a victory for Portugal as it is for the rest of the world.  I hate Italy and France but you'll see me wearing their colors whenever they take on North Korea. And this isn't anything I have against the asians just because they want to eat my cat. This is a beef I have with North Korea and Koreans in general. The Southies(south koreans) are good people. We'll sit down and have a beer with some saki some day and talk about how silly this little beef was. But it's no dice for the PRK. Like there is no way that Kim Jong Il is gonna be able to hide a 7-0 thrashing from the papers. No form of propaganda can save that assault. I'm just afraid for the players of North Korea because there's no chance in hell that they're not facing the gas chamber after this game.