Post by account_disabled on Jan 10, 2024 5:08:40 GMT -5
Four years and two days after falling in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Brazil on the Maracaná field, Uruguay has advanced to the quarterfinals of Russia 2018, where France awaits, by eliminating Portugal with a 2-2 win. -1 that Edinson Cavani sealed with a double.
'El Matador', who left the field injured in the 74th minute supported by Cristiano Ronaldo, reached 45 goals with the Celeste in a match in which the Portuguese had turned their eyes to Luis Suárez.
The Barcelona forward, who on June 28, 2014 was no longer in the Brazilian World Cup due to the sad case of the bite of the Italian Giorgio Chiellini, served the pass for Cavani's header in the 7th minute and with cunning and a lot of physical waste he dragged the marks that unhinged the defense of the European champions.
Pepe barely gave Portugal hope with a superb Binance App Users Data header from a pass from winger Raphael Guerreiro when the game was in its 56th minute and put an end to the unbeatable character of Fernando Muslera's goal, which lasted 365 minutes without conceding a goal.
The balance was once again unbalanced by Cavani, this time with a pass from Rodrigo Bentacur, who resolved it with a beautiful touch of spin that left Rui Patricio with no options.
62 minutes passed and the lead seemed like an abyss because Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to be shipwrecked in his loneliness.
Portugal's motto before today's game in Sochi was to improve its transitions between midfield and attack, and provide more balls to Cristiano Ronaldo, but what the disadvantage did was expose its miseries.
The Real Madrid player had to row, sometimes very far from his natural habitat, and when he finally received the ball very close to Muslera, his helplessness increased as he found himself surrounded by a forest of rival legs.
Rui Patricio was to blame for the lead not being wider before the break by spectacularly deflecting a direct free kick connected by Suárez.
And he could have been the hero with his excursions in agony, to capture a header in the pay of his colleague Muslera.
The match ended with pyrotechnics, with drama and passion.
The gentlemanly Cristiano Ronaldo, who deserved so much applause for helping Cavani on his worrying path to the bench, lost patience and received the only yellow card of the match.
'El Matador', who left the field injured in the 74th minute supported by Cristiano Ronaldo, reached 45 goals with the Celeste in a match in which the Portuguese had turned their eyes to Luis Suárez.
The Barcelona forward, who on June 28, 2014 was no longer in the Brazilian World Cup due to the sad case of the bite of the Italian Giorgio Chiellini, served the pass for Cavani's header in the 7th minute and with cunning and a lot of physical waste he dragged the marks that unhinged the defense of the European champions.
Pepe barely gave Portugal hope with a superb Binance App Users Data header from a pass from winger Raphael Guerreiro when the game was in its 56th minute and put an end to the unbeatable character of Fernando Muslera's goal, which lasted 365 minutes without conceding a goal.
The balance was once again unbalanced by Cavani, this time with a pass from Rodrigo Bentacur, who resolved it with a beautiful touch of spin that left Rui Patricio with no options.
62 minutes passed and the lead seemed like an abyss because Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to be shipwrecked in his loneliness.
Portugal's motto before today's game in Sochi was to improve its transitions between midfield and attack, and provide more balls to Cristiano Ronaldo, but what the disadvantage did was expose its miseries.
The Real Madrid player had to row, sometimes very far from his natural habitat, and when he finally received the ball very close to Muslera, his helplessness increased as he found himself surrounded by a forest of rival legs.
Rui Patricio was to blame for the lead not being wider before the break by spectacularly deflecting a direct free kick connected by Suárez.
And he could have been the hero with his excursions in agony, to capture a header in the pay of his colleague Muslera.
The match ended with pyrotechnics, with drama and passion.
The gentlemanly Cristiano Ronaldo, who deserved so much applause for helping Cavani on his worrying path to the bench, lost patience and received the only yellow card of the match.