In the Portugal-New Zealand match, Ronaldo who was voted Man of the Match for the third time opened scoring via a penalty in the 33rd minute.
During the early stages of the second half, Portugal were dealt a blow when Pepe picked up a booking which will sideline him for the semi-finals, and they were given a reminder that New Zealand were still active in the game when Wood saw a goalbound effort cleared off the line.
He made no mistake, and Manchester City new boy Bernardo Silva added a second for Portugal before half-time.
While Chile and Germany are now top of Group B, Australia or Cameroon could yet progress to the knockout stage with an unexpected victory on Sunday.
Portugal and Mexico now await the top two teams from Group B, with world champions Germany and South American champs, Chile favourites to qualify from there.
Portugal removed any doubt from its match with the Oceania representative with two goals scored in a four-minute span in the first half.
In today's other match, European champions Portugal brushed aside New Zealand 4-0 at the St Petersburg Stadium.
Mexico squad in the last 20 matches lost only twice, having won 13 wins and 5 matches in a draw.
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Portugal came to life after a Ronaldo header thumped against the underside of the crossbar in the 26th minute. Porto midfielder Herrera fired in a deep cross to the far post where Araujo lifted the ball over Akinfeev and into the opposite corner. Ronaldo shot high to Marinovic's left as the goalkeeper dived right.
"It's less than 72 hours to recover, it's not easy", said the coach, who steered his team to the Euro 2016 title over seven games in a 27-day period in France.
Marinovic impressed and made eight saves, using his big body to block second-half shots by Andre Silva and Nani.
Cherchesov will not want pity for his players, but that is the position this current Russian Federation squad finds itself in after this underwhelming campaign in the warm-up tournament for next year's World Cup.
Santos fielded an attacking line-up packed with experience and resisted the temptation to rest Ronaldo with Portugal still requiring a point to qualify and vying with Mexico and Russian Federation for top spot.
New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson called it "an incredible sign of respect" to see the strong Portugal lineup on arriving at the stadium.
New Zealand stuck to their task and did not let the quick-fire double deflate them, despite knowing they were staring at their third defeat from three games at the tournament and their 11th in 12 games played at Confederations Cup tournaments.
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