Scotland got their Euros Under 17s Finals campaign off to a disastrous start after they were pummelled by Portugal in Israel.
Brian McLaughlin's side are the only British nation at the Finals and hopes were high after two fine qualifying campaigns.
But they lost a goal in the eighth minute and it was an uphill struggle from there in Lod after trailing 3-0 by the interval.
Celtic youngster Magnus Mackenzie netted a fine goal to reduce the deficit, but naive defending when they were trying to chase the game saw the talented Portuguese add two more goals in what was a harsh lesson for the Scottish youngsters, who were outclassed.
Scotland got off to the worst possible start when they went a goal down after just eight minutes. An ambitious overhead kick from Jose Rodrigues was blocked by Manchester United 's Louis Jackson and fell perfectly for Portugal and Benfica starlet Ivan Lima, who lashed the ball into the net past Rangers keeper Jacob Pazikas.
And the young Scots were undone again in the 26th minute when Lima put on the burners to escape from Rangers ' Greig Allen on the left wing and Braga's Rodrigues gave Pazikas no chance.
Scotland were unable to deal with the pace of the Portuguese attack and the third goal wasn't pretty viewing for another Manchester United defender Jack Kingdon. He got skinned on the right wing and when a cross eventually came in from the other flank, the ball bounced up and hit his arm in the box. Benfica's Joao Veloso converted the resulting spot kick with eight minutes still to play to half time.
Rangers striker Rory Wilson, who has been strongly linked with a move to Aston Villa, came close to reducing the deficit before the break but was forced wide.
McLaughlin brought on Hibs' Ethan Laidlaw and Motherwell's Lennon Miller in a bid to try and stem the flow of Portuguese attacks and Miller was involved in Scotland pulling a goal back in the 62nd minute when he swept the ball out wide.
Celtic's Mackenzie drove forward, cut inside and produced a superb right foot finish into the corner of the net to give Scots some hope.
Miller forced a fine save from Portugal keeper Diego Fernandes from a free kick, but from the resulting corner, Scotland somehow had their furthest back player midway in Portugal's half and Afonso Moreira ran 70 yards unchallenged before finishing.
Portugal's fifth goal came in the 73rd minute when Rodrigo Ribeiro produced a fine finish with the young Scots' heads well down.
