One of the features of the desultory draws to the Ivory Coast was that Cristiano Ronaldo was starved off the ball and strayed deeper and deeper into his own half.
His heat map puts his activity level 30-35 yards out from goal, too deep for him to do damage, relying mainly on long distance shots, one of which he almost scored from.
Most of his passes came from holding midfielder Raul Meirelles and Ricardo Carvalho, in positions of disadvantage. Deco and Pedro Mendes were noticeably less effective in passing to their main weapon.
Against the North Koreans, with Deco not taking the field, Tiago and Mendes have to find a way to get him the ball.