Portugal Came from 3-0 Down to Beat North Korea, 5-3
Competition: World Cup, England 1966
Date: July 23, 1966
Stadium: Goodison Park
Man of the Match: Eusebio (scored 4 goals)
How it happened
Against all the odds, unfancied North Korea stunned Eusebio's Portugal in the opening stages of their quater-final at Goodison Park in 1966. The Asian side held an unthinkable 3-0 lead with just 25 minutes on the clock; thanks to goals from Park , Lee and Yang in the 1st, 22nd and 25th minutes respectively.
Portuguese machine finally kick-started into life. Eusebio led the charge, pulling one back just two minutes later before adding another and then registering his hat-trick on 57 minutes.
He added a fourth just before the hour mark to put Portugal ahead for the first time in the match and the turnaround was complete inside just 32 minutes.
Jose Augusto added a fifth for gloss as the Portuguese breathed a huge sigh of relief while the Koreans were left to wonder what might have been.
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