SHANGHAI, July 30(Xinhuanet)-- Spanish first division league side Real Zaragoza pounced a defensively vulnerable Shanghai United 4-0 to notch the third place of the 2005 Shanghai International Football Tournament here on Saturday.

The match under sudden heavy rain is totally lop-sided, which witnessed a slack Shanghai United team made up of four local clubshad no way to deal with Zaragoza's resourceful offense.

Former Dortmund Brazilian hitman Ewerthon came up glittering inthe first half, making good use of his amazing speed and dribblingskill to threaten United through the time. Ewerthon went close on three occasions, but his every shot was just inches apart form thetarget.

Piti opened the scoring for Zaragoza on 31 minutes when he sidefooted home a loose header from his teammate. Ewerthon doubledthe lead at the end of the first half. The cunning striker initiated a move to lob a clinical pass to find an unmarked Piti inside the box and produced a fine follow-up following Piti's left-foot volley denied by goalkeeper Zhang Chen.

United's best chance in the half was wasted by defender Wu Chenying when his close range shot went a bit wide of the far post.

Zaragoza became much more aggressive after the break, showing some fluent football characterized by bread and butter passing moves. Leonardo Ponzio arrowed an stunning free kick to cruise into the net on 61 minutes. Former Real Madrid winger Savio rounded of the night with a 88th minute drive inside the area to seal victory for Zaragoza. Enditem