Eduardo deserved better

I might be a bandwagon Portugal fan (they are my heritage but I never really pay attention to them except for the big tournaments) but I will admit that for as great as their defense is, their offense is pretty pathetic if they're playing real teams (sorry North Korea). Against Ivory Coast, Brazil and Spain they didn't score a single goal and that clearly won't get it done.

Basically Portugal are frauds until they can develop a few more goal-scorers. Cristiano Ronaldo might be one of the best players in the world but he can't run all over the field and beat multiple defenders every time.

My boys survived the Group of Death (G) along with Brazil but it's only because they're front-runners that ran up the score on hapless North Korea. Awesome. They played well against Spain but once Villa scored, you knew it was all but over.

Portugal

Best moment: The second half vs. North Korea when they scored six goals.

Worst moment: Ricardo Costa's red card late against Spain was undeserved but his bad karma (from a ton of earlier dirty plays) caught up with him and sealed his country's fate.

Best result: Tying Brazil and Ivory Coast 0-0. Both were as boring as watching paint dry or grass grow but it allowed them to leap over the Elephants and get to the round of 16.

Worst result: Call me crazy but running it up on North Korea gave them a false sense of confidence that they could score whenever. Didn't happen ever again so I guess I'm right.

Final tally: 1 win, 1 loss, 2 draws. 7 goals scored, 1 goal conceded.

Best player: Goalkeeper Eduardo plays for Braga, a Portuguese club that I'd never heard of until today, but you better believe he'll be getting paid soon. He made a handful of Grade A stops on Villa and Spain. He had three clean sheets in the group stage and ended up allowing a single goal (that he made the initial save on).

Worst player: The Portuguese offense outside of the North Korea slaughter. With the talent that they roll out, they have to find a way to score some more goals. If they could put a few in, there's no reason they couldn't win a World Cup final. That's fact, not opinion.