Portugal Beat Poland 4-0 as Pauleta Scores Hat-trick

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Portugal Beat Poland 4-0 as Pauleta Scores Hat-trick

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Portugal Beat Poland 4-0 as Pauleta Scores Hat-trick

Pauleta scored a hat-trick to help Portugal beat Poland 3-0 in a crucial World Cup Group D match on Monday, the national day of Portugal which also coincided with coach Antonio Olivera's 50th birthday.

In driving rain, the Bordeaux forward received a superb cross from Joao Pinto and shook off a marker in the box, firing a low right-foot shot which Polish goalkeeper Jerzu Dudek got a touch onbut couldn't keep out of the net.

At the 65th minute, Pauleta rolled with the ball into the Polish net after he connected a cross from Luis Figo who had run deep into the right flank.

Pauleta completed the hat-trick in the 77th minute when he dribbled past a Polish defender to find the net.

Second-half substitute Rui Costa put Portugal 4-0 in the 88th minute.

Pauleta almost scored his fourth goal when he rounded Dudek to send the shot to the side netting in the 85th minute.

Costa had a chance to make it 5-0 in the last minute but he took it easy in a shot, which was kicked out by a Polish defender standing on the goal line.

South Korea now top Group D with four points and the United States are second with goal differential. Portugal place third with three points with Poland last with zero.

Teams:

Portugal: 1-Vitor Baia; 2-Jorge Costa, 5-Fernando Couto (c),7-Luis Figo, 8-Joao Pinto (10-Rui Costa, 60), 9-Pauleta, 11-Sergio Conceicao (19-Capucho, 69), 17-Paulo Bento, 20-Petit, 18-Nuno Frechaut (22-Beto, 63), 23-Rui Jorge.

Poland: 1-Jerzy Dudek; 4-Michal Zewlakow (5-Tomasz Rzasa, 71),6-Tomasz Hajto, 15-Tomasz Waldoch (c), 7-Piotr Swierczewski,10-Radoslaw Kaluzny (17-Arkadiusz Bak, 17), 18-Jacek Krzynowek,21-Marek Kozminski, 9-Pawel Kryszalowicz; 19-Maciej Zurawski (14-Marcin Zewlakow, 56), 11-Emmanuel Olisadebe.

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