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It was an imperfect moment in Uruguay, but by the same token a perfect illustration of why they are so stubbornly difficult to face. In the 81st minute of his match against Portugal, substitute Carlos Sanchez had attempted to release the thrust with a push and move forward, then play the ball directly to a white shirt. Not that Sanchez saw where it ended. From the millisecond, the midfielder realized that his pbad was capricious, he turned immediately and pushed back completely to repel the defense that was about to face another attack forward.
Ball back. Sanchez knew immediately where he was to be, and he did not have to wait.
Such a well-enforced discipline is one of the reasons why Uruguay conceded only one goal in 2018, why it might well have the best defense in international football. Now, and why France may have to wait a long time for any kind of breakthrough in Friday's first quarter-final.
World Cup: Uruguay against Portugal Player ratings
1/22 Fernando Muslera- 7/10
Little to do in the first period, helped by a very strong defense, seemed uncertain under some high late bullets
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2/22 Martin Caceres – 7/10 [19659006] An energetic defender who so upset Portugal on his right, that almost all his attacks and his balls came from the left
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3/22 Jose Gimenez – 8/10
Alongside his teammate Godin, Gimenez looked strong in defense and rarely left unbranded player.
Getty Images [19659014] 4/22 Diego Godin – 7/10
The captain, and the leader, the first goal of Cavani meant that they would face many attacks, he would showed up to his usual and sensible way. 19659007] AFP / Getty Images
5/22 Diego Laxalt – 7/10
Lost possession a few times, but played well for the most part, and worked hard for his team.
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6/22 Lucas Torreira – 7/10
Slight in size, the midfielder potentially linked to Arsenal has taken into account the physiognomy of William Carvalho
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7/22 Nahitan Nandez – 7/10
Another to fight for each ball, he was putting his body at stake for his team, helped by Cavani when he was isolated to the # 39; occasion.
AP [19659026] 8/22 Matias Vecino – 7/10
Working hard and comfortable in possession, despite all the Portuguese pressure.
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9/22 R odrigo Bentancur – 6/10
Showed sparks of his growing talent, but had little direct effect on attacks with Suarez and Cavani in fine form.
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10/22 Luis Suarez – 8/10
A constant threat to the defense as always, as well as providing badistance for the opening of Cavani.
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11/22 Edinson Cavani – 9/10
The best player for Uruguay, his one-two with Suarez that he created and scored was the difference, and he also helped in the defense.
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12/22 Rui Patricio – 6/10
Could not do much about Cavani's goals and was almost the hero late in a penalty call in the additional time.
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13/22 Ricardo Pereira – 6/10
For most of the Portugal game pushed forward while seeking to find an equalizer, and he looked there a threat rather than solid in defense.
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14/22 Pepe – 7/10 [19659006] A danger of the pieces at stake when he is able to evade Suarez and Cavani at the other end, and showed that with his goal in the second half, could have done better for the second.
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15/22 Jose Fonte – 6/10
A theatrical threat, but struggled with an information duo of Suarez and Cavani.
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16/22 Raphael Guerreiro – 6/10
could have done better for Cavani's first goal, but the victim of a good ball, and struggled against Caceres go from the front.
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17/22 Bernardo Silva – 7/10
Had a lot of possession along the Portuguese straight but struggled to find a final ball for Guedes or Ronaldo. He had a lot of energy until the very last moment.
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18/22 Adrien Silva – 6/10
Had little direct impact on the game, kept possession replaced in the second half
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19/22 William Carvalho – 6/10
Comfortable in possession but sometimes Portugal was open on the counter leaving his defense vulnerable. [19659007] AFP / Getty Images
20/22 Joao Mario – 6/10
A danger that goes from the front, he's never afraid to hire someone One and try to make a leap forward. Missing a Final Ball
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21/22 Goncalo Guedes – 5/10
Disappointing, and seemed a bit intimidated by the World Cup scene. Does not seem quite ready for the pressure of a nation at only 21.
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22/22 Cristiano Ronaldo – 6/10
Fighting the soundness of the defense of Uruguay, but still calling for the ball and trying to make it happen. Shoulders the hopes of a nation were too much tonight.
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1/22 Fernando Muslera- 7/10
Had little to do in the first half, aided by a very strong defense,
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2/22 Martin Caceres – 7/10
An energetic defender who so upset Portugal on his right, that almost all his attacks
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3/22 Jose Gimenez – 8/10 [19659006] Alongside his teammate Godin, Gimenez looked strong in defense and rarely left a unmarked player. [19659007] Getty Images
4/22 Diego Godin – 7/10
The captain and leader, Cavani's first goal, meant that they would face many attacks, he would showed on occasion in his usual no-
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5/22 Diego Laxalt – 7/10
Lost possession a few times, but played well for the most of them, and worked hard for his team.
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6/22 Lucas Torreira – 7/10
Lightweight, but midfielder potentially linked to Arsenal managed the physics of the likes of William Carvalho
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7/22 Nahitan Nandez – 7/10
Another to fight for every ball, he puts his body at stake for his team, helped by Cavani when he is left alone at the # 39, occasion
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8/22 Matias Vecino – 7/10
Hard working and comfortable in possession, despite all the Portuguese pressure.
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9/22 Rodrigo Bentancur – 6/10
Showed sparks of his growing talent, but had little direct effect on attacks with Suarez and Cavani in fine form.
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10/22 Luis Suarez – 8/10
A constant threat to defense as always, as well as providing help for Cavani's first game.
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11/2 2 Edinson Cavani – 9/10
The best player of Uruguay, his one-two with Suarez that he created and scored was the difference, and he also helped in defense.
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12/22 Rui Patricio – 6/10
Could not do much about Cavani's goals and was almost the hero late in the middle of a penalty call in the additional time.
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13/22 Ricardo Pereira – 6/10
For most of the match, Portugal pushed forward looking for an equalizer, and he seemed rather threatened than solid in defense
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14/22 Pepe – 7/10
A danger of putting coins when he is able to evade Suarez and Cavani on the other end, and showed that with his goal in the second half, could have done better for the second Cavani. 19659007] AFP / Getty Images
15/22 Jose Fonte – 6/10
A theatrical threat, but struggled with a duet of information Suarez and Cavani.
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16/22 Raphael Guerreiro – 6/10
Could have done better for Cavani's first goal, but victim of a good ball, and struggled against Caceres to go from the front.
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17/22 Bernardo Silva – 7/10
Had a lot of possession along the Portuguese right, but struggled to find a final ball for Guedes or Ronaldo. He had a lot of energy until the very last moment.
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18/22 Adrien Silva – 6/10
Had little direct impact on the game, kept possession replaced in the second half
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19/22 William Carvalho – 6/10
Comfortable in possession but sometimes Portugal was open on the counter leaving his defense vulnerable. [19659007] AFP / Getty Images
20/22 Joao Mario – 6/10
A danger that goes from the front, he's never afraid to hire someone One and try to go from the front. Misses a Final Ball
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21/22 Goncalo Guedes – 5/10
Disappointing, and seemed a little intimidated by the World Cup stage. Does not seem quite ready for the pressure of a nation to only 21.
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22/22 Cristiano Ronaldo – 6/10
Fighting the soundness of the defense of Uruguay, but still calling for the ball and trying to make it happen. To impress the hopes of a nation, that was too much tonight.
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Didier Deschamps, at least, knows how long it could be. France will not get the gifts it has made against Argentina.
"This Uruguayan team has a very different profile from Argentina," Deschamps said Thursday in Nizhny Novgorod. "We will have to be patient, they are extremely organized in defense, they do not concede a lot of goals, but they also know how to attack and they are very good with their markers." They go from defense to attack with a direct play style that is truly admirable, and have two extremely talented strikers.We must be patient but we will have to have more than patience if we want to beat them. "
This is because there is so much more defensive strength of Uruguay than just defending it, just as there is so much to the potential of the entire football team that a pool of barely 3.4 million people. The recent reappearance of the country as a regular competitor places them once again as the highest bidding of their international game, but it is built on the most robust bases: their constant structures and bottom lines that continually produce center halves like Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez. Just as conspicuously, they are semi-centers that are not really produced in Europe.
This is part of a larger debate, but the relevant point with Uruguay is that they do not develop players through more homogenized academies on this side of the world. Atlantic. There are also their exceptionally intense youth leagues, where winning and losing really means something, and the games can become fierce. As long argued Arsene Wenger, this means that clubs do not only produce universalist midfielders, while the "struggle" of players shapes players in other ways and gradually teaches them lesser qualities. coachables required for attackers and demis. ] You could call Godin's law. The more a player is exposed to such battles, the more likely he is developing abilities that academies do not mention. The type of young defenders produced is hardly the beginning of such a defensive challenge.
Even before that, there is the "garra" fighting spirit that is itself the foundation of their footballing identity, which only encourages In fact, much of the The national identity is itself so linked to football.
This is the country that won the very first World Cup, in 1930, and it is this victory that was widely perceived as ultimately making Uruguay visible to people on the map. The name meant something. It meant success and respect in the real world sport.
This means that if football is the national obsession, there is little where it is as singularly important as in Uruguay.
All of this may seem simplistic, and little more than easy sports psychology, but it should not be rejected as such. This has a profound effect. He added to the defensive defense, the fight against competition, this attitude that the manager Oscar Tabarez has recovered after the 2-1 victory over Portugal. "We have not backed down," said Tabarez. "When I went out on the field, I heard our captain say that we were playing for our fathers, our mothers, our neighbors and our brothers and that we should do our best." [19459148] AFP / Getty Images)
Or, as a person who knows the team well, "it's not a line of four at the back, it's a 3m line!"
It's from such sounds that there are things like Lucas Torreira looking to get their hands on a ball that is on the ground against Portugal, to get an intervention that could interrupt a opposition attack, or the defensive work of their star strikers in Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani. "He does not know who we are or what we need to do to succeed in football," Suarez said with great accuracy about Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, after the attacker spoke very complimentally. about his teammate Atletico Madrid, Godin, and his love for Uruguay.
As far as such an atmosphere could ignite the enemy, it also fostered a more endearing out-of-field spirit among the Uruguayan team. Those who are familiar with some key players say that it is a "really calm group" who knows and understands himself, sits and plays cards together. "There is a beautiful innocence in this group and a strong bond."
This only further reinforces the links between the positions on the bench, with the familiarity of the greater defense that Godin and Gimenez play together for Atletico – and that in a defensive system as sophisticated as Diego Simeone [19659142]. all this, they also have their own managerial sophistication, and someone called in reality "El Maestro": Tabarez.
Having first been responsible for Uruguay for the 1990 World Cup, he is a man who has managed more international matches than anyone in the world. history. This vast experience did not let the 71 – year – old man stuck in old ideas like everyone else at such stages of his career, but rather brought a measured level of calculation to his work. have seen everything before.
France vs Argentina: 19659159] 1/24 France
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2/24 Hugo Lloris – 6 out of 10
Could not do anything for the wonderful purpose of Di Maria, and a cruel deviation on Messi Strike
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3/24 Benjamin Pavard – 8
At 22, he has shown great experience and kept Di Maria quiet, for the purpose that Di Maria has reached the joy of Pavard on the left. Scored a screamer to equalize, and brought France back into the match.
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4/24 Raphael Varane – 7
Could do little for the individual goal of Di Maria, and played well
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5 / 24 Samuel Umtiti – 7
With only Messi to compose in a fake new role in the first half, had little to do, with the
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6/24 Lucas Hernandez – 6
He did well with most of the players he met, but against an informed player could be a weakness in the quarter-finals. [19659007] Getty Images
7/24 Paul Pogba – 8
After a slow start, he grew up in the game and pulverized wonderful pbades at Griezmann and Mbappe. Finally showed his huge potential
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8/24 Ngolo Kante – 7
Calm and composed in possession, seems to have time on the ball even in a crowded midfielder. [19659007] Corbis via Getty Images
9/24 Blaise Matuidi – 8
His experience and his reading of the game prevented Banega and Messi from combining as they did against Nigeria, and he is going to be a big short in the quarter after picking up his second yellow of the tournament.
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10/24 Kylian Mbappe – 9
The star of the first half , his pace and power deserve the penalty, and left Otamendi and Rojo in his wake, before adding two goals on his side.
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11/24 Olivier Giroud – 7
A quiet projection of the singer. Fought to connect with Griezmann, and a few inches to connect with a cross Pavard. He fought to the end and gave everything
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12/24 Antoine Griezmann – 8
Calm from the penalty spot for the opening and caused some problems with his pace. Struggling to combine with Giroud with his last ball, but performed well overall.
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13/24 Argentina
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14/24 Franco Armani – 4 [19659006] Committed too early for Griezmann's penalty, rooted on the stroke Frank who hit the bar, should have done better for the second of Mbappe. Judged to be the best of three Argentine goalkeepers – not on this poster
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15/24 Gabriel Mercado – 5
Lucky to escape a yellow card for a Challenge on Kante, and one of many to look uncomfortable against the French pace in attack, lost his discipline towards the end.
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16/24 Nicholas Otamendi – 6
Well done with Giroud, but looked vulnerable with the rhythm and power of Mbappe and cheating Griezmann
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17/24 Marcos Rojo – 4
From hero to villain, at fault for the French penalty, and looked at his depth against the French flying Mbappe removed at halftime.
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18/24 Nicolas Tagliafico – 6
One of the best Argentine defensemen despite his inexperience, he also tried to advance everywhere he could
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19/24 Cristian Pavon – 6 [1965900] 6] One of the players who bore the burden of trying to support Messi, but the combination of a French defense and Kante sitting in front of him left little to place
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20/24 Javier Mascherano – 6
A yard short of pace, and his midfield pbades that once looked on the genie, now just take too much time and retreat.
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21/24 Enzo Perez – 5
A first half calm, and replaced by Aguero early in the second half.
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22/24 Angel Di Maria – 7
All that has been for a while while now, inconsistent, but has the talent to change a play, and his shot will be up there for the purpose of the tournament.
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23/24 Ever Banega – 6
Struggled to get closer to Messi as he did against Nigeria, but worked hard and tried to 39, help the defense too.
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24/24 Lionel Messi – 6 [19659006] A quiet first half in a fake nine positions with teammates who let him dig deeper and deeper for the first time. balloon, needed an attacker to work and the introduction of Aguero was too late for him
Yegor Aleyev / TASS [19659229] 1/24 France
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2/24 Hugo Lloris – 6 out of 10
Could not do anything for the wonderful purpose of Di Maria, and a cruel deviation on the Messi strike
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3 / 24 Benjamin Pavard – 8
At only 22 years old, he showed a lot of experience and kept Di Maria quiet, for the purpose that Di Maria went in the middle, without Pavard's joy downstairs to the left. Scored a screamer to equalize, and brought France back into the match
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4/24 Raphael Varane – 7
Could do little for the individual goal of Di Maria, and has played well
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5/24 Samuel Umtiti – 7
With only Messi to contend with in a fake new role in the first half, had little to do, with the
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6/24 Lucas Hernandez – 6
He did well with the most players he encountered, but against one player informed could be a weakness in the quarter-finals. [19659007] Getty Images
7/24 Paul Pogba – 8
After a slow start, he grew up in the game and smashed wonderful pbades to Griezmann and Mbappe. Finally showed his huge potential
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8/24 Ngolo Kante – 7
Quiet and composed in possession, seems to have time on the ball even in a crowded midfield. [19659007] Corbis by Getty Images
9/24 Blaise Matuidi – 8
His experience and his reading of the game prevented Banega and Messi from combining as they did against Nigeria, and he is going to be a big short in the quarter after picking up his second yellow of the tournament.
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10/24 Kylian Mbappe – 9
The star of the first half , his pace and power deserve the penalty, and left Otamendi and Rojo in his wake, before adding two goals on his side.
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11/24 Olivier Giroud – 7
A silent show of the frontman. Fought to connect with Griezmann, and a few inches to connect with a cross Pavard. He fought until the end and gave everything
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12/24 Antoine Griezmann – 8
Calm from the penalty spot for the opening and caused the problems with his pace. Struggling to combine with Giroud with his last ball, but performed well overall.
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13/24 Argentina
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14/24 Franco Armani – 4 [19659006] Committed too early for Griezmann's penalty, rooted on the stroke Frank who hit the bar, should have done better for the second of Mbappe. Judged to be the best of the three poor Argentinian goalkeepers – not on this watch.
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15/24 Gabriel Mercado – 5
Lucky to escape a yellow card for a challenge on Kante, and one of many to feel ill at ease against the French rhythm in attack, lost his discipline towards the end.
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16/24 Nicholas Otamendi – 6
Well done with Giroud, but looked vulnerable with the rhythm and power of Mbappe and cheating Griezmann
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17/24 Marcos Rojo – 4
From hero to villain, at fault for the French penalty, and looked at his depth against the French flying Mbappe removed at halftime.
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18/24 Nicolas Tagliafico – 6
One of the best Argentine defensemen despite his inexperience, he also tried to advance everywhere he could
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19/24 Cristian Pavon – 6 [1965900] 6] One of the players who bore the burden of trying to support Messi, but the combination of a French defense and Kante sitting in front left him little room
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20/24 Javier Mascherano – 6
A yard runs the pace, and his midfield pbades that once looked on the genie, now take just too much time and recoil.
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21/24 Enzo Perez – 5
A first half calm, and replaced by Aguero early in the second half.
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22/24 Angel Di Maria – 7
All that has been for a while while now, inconsistent but has the talent to change a game , and his shot will be up there for the purpose of the tournament.
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23/24 Ever Banega – 6
Struggled to get closer to Messi as he had done against Nigeria, but worked hard and also tried to Help the defense.
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24/24 Lionel Messi – 6 [19659006] A quiet first half in a fake nine positions with teammates who let him dig deeper and deeper for the first time. ball, needed an attacker to work and the introduction of Aguero was too late for him
Yegor Aleyev / TASS [19659137] This is pbaded on to the team, as this has been so visible in the last minutes against Portugal. Despite the circumstances and the slim lead, however, it was not a panic in recent minutes. Uruguayan defenders were so calm but badertive in every action, and never made a stupid decision. They had the calculus and the tactical mind of the manager
When it applies to the type of player that they have, to the type of philosophy that they have and to the type of mentality that they have. They have, that means that they also have the best defense in the world.
They are now facing what could be the best attack and France, it seems, will have to prove it. Against Uruguay, they must be perfect.
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