Raul Meirelles is the surprise attacking weapon. In fact, he has been in better scoring position than Hugo Almeida, the centerforward.
The Portugal goal came as Tiago pushed in a beautiful ball that split the North Korean defense and Meirelles not breaking his stride pulled the ball past Myong Guk.
Ricardo Carvalho has been a rock on defense and also turned on the attacking intensity in the initial minutes. Its almost as if Portugal are using Ronaldo and Almeida as a front to uncover their deeper attacking threats.
Tiago and Pedro Mendes have been on the money in their passing distribution.
The North Koreans have looked dangerous on the counterattack but seemed to have faded towards the end of the first half.