World Cup Quarter-Final July 23 1966

Portugal v North Korea

Goodison Park, Liverpool
Portugal 5 (Eusebio 27, 42pen, 55, 58pen, Augusto 78)
North Korea 3 (Seung-zin 1, Dong-woon 21, Seung-kook 22)

Portugal: Pereira, Morais, Baptista, Vicente, Hilario, Graca, Coluna, Augusto, Eusebio, Torres, Simoes.

North Korea: Chan-myung, Zoong-sun, Yung-kyoo, Yung-won, Yoon-kyung, Seung-zin, Seung-hwi, Bong-jin, Doo-ik, Dong-woon, Seung-kook.

Referee: Menachem Ashkenasi (Israel)

Having caused the upset of the the tournament in the previous round by knocking out Italy, North Korea at one stage looked set to cause an even bigger upset when they led Portugal 3-0 at Goodison Park.

Italy had been downed by Pak Doo-ik's goal at Middlesbrough's Ayresome Park, and in the first minute of the quarter-final Seung-zin shook the confidence of a Portuguese side armed with the graceful Coluna in midfield and the deadly Eusebio leading the front-line.

Twenty minutes into the game, Portugal's cause got a severe jault with two further Korean goals in two minutes. First Dong-woon added a second and then the Liverpool crowd were ecstatic as Seung-kook made it 3-0, no doubt swayed by the fact that England would be North Korea's opponents if they made it through.

It is at times like this that you look to great players to prove their worth, and Eusebio underlined his status with an outstanding personal performance to bring Portugal back from the brink of defeat.

By half-time Eusebio had pulled two goals back, the second from the penalty spot, to put Portugal firmly back in the game. Ten minutes after the break, Korea knew the game was up as Eusebio completed his hat-trick to level the scores.

Just three minutes later, Eusebio's superb run down the left-hand side was stopped illegally in the penalty area, and the Mozambique-born superstar lashed the spot-kick home to give Portugal the lead for the first time. Augusto's fifth twelve minutes from time merely served to rub salt in the wounds.

The Koreans left knowing it had taken a masterpiece from one of the world's finest players to stop them, and they had left an indelible mark on the competition. The Italians would certainly never forget them.