Agreed, Portugal is clearly on another level than New Zealand.
Bruno Gama lived up to alot of the hype surrounding him today.
I thought Fabio Coentrao was the standout for Portugal though. Unbelievable amounts of skill from this kid, too bad he had a couple of overly dramatic dives.
Pele looked 5-6 years older than everyone on the pitch as well. Very composed and dictated a lot of the attack.
Zequiniha and Bruno Pereirinha had pretty solid games as well, they were the 4th and 5th best players for Portugal today, and still were better than anyone on New Zealand, that gives you an idea of the skill mismatch.
Still, solid marking by New Zealand, they were pretty tight defensively and they played hard, but were clearly overmatched.
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