Results from yesterday’s warm-up games:
June 6 in Foxboro, Mass.
Portugal vs. Mexico 1-0
June 6 in Harrison, Calif.
Greece vs. Bolivia 2-1
June 6 in Salvador
Croatia vs. Australia 1-0
June 6 in Sao Paulo
Brazil vs. Serbia 1-0
June 6 in Moscow
Russia vs. Morocco 2-0
June 6 in Tampa, Fla.
Japan vs. Zambia 4-3
June 6 in Mainz
Germany vs. Armenia 6-1
While Brazil had more possession, they gave the ball away cheaply on numerous occasions and struggled to contain the Serbia counter-attack.
Coming off the first loss of the Miguel Herrera era, a 1-0 defeat to Bosnia on Tuesday, Mexico appeared to be headed to an exciting draw against FIFA's fourth-ranked team.
But there was just one minute too many in the game for Mexico, as the North Americans were stunned when Alves scored on a header off a free kick in the 93rd.
“It was an extraordinary game,” said Mexico coach Miguel Herrera, who seemed upbeat despite the loss to a Portugal team playing without its biggest star, Cristiano Ronaldo (leg injury).
“The game demonstrated and the team demonstrated that they can do big things but we have to finish our attacks,” he said. “But, we can’t lose a game in the last minute. When you are dominating in a game you can’t lose a game in the last 30 seconds.”
Bento worried by 'struggling' Portugal
"We struggled, mainly at the beginning, with Mexico's attacks," said Bento, whose side face Germany in their World Cup opener on June 16, followed by USA and Ghana in a very competitive Group G.
"It's going to be a balanced group with four strong teams so it's going to be very difficult for us, but we will fight to the end to achieve our first goal, which is to reach the knockout phase. We still have a few mistakes that we need to correct before the World Cup."
Patrice Beaumelle’s sides were looking comfortable and cruising to a potential 2-1 win until period of madness in the last 16 minutes of the second half in which fans were treated to a four-goal exchange of fire.
The evening did not start well for Fabio Capello's side, as Denis Glushakov was injured in the warm-up after pulling a muscle and was replaced in the starting lineup by Igor Denisov.
Fellow midfielder Roman Shirokov was still unable to start and faces a race against time to recover from injury before the World Cup gets underway.
Kone's goal in the 21st minute was Greece's first in 358 minutes since Konstantinos Mitroglou's score in a 1-1 draw against Romania in November.
Greece lost 2-0 to South Korea in March and drew 0-0 against Portugal and Nigeria in the past week.
Konstantinos Katsouranis added a 54th-minute second as the Greeks ended a four-game winless streak before a crowd of 11,024 at Red Bull Arena.
Australia was compact throughout but a concern is the team's inability to threaten in front of goal, ahead of its World Cup meeting with Chile next weekend.