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Goal of the Tournament: We saw Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick against the Spaniards, Benjamin Parvard's long-range goal against Argentina, and the magnificent ball catch, including the exploitation of Lionel Messi against Nigeria. The Uruguayan Edinson Cavani in the 7th minute was one of the best teams in the deli department of football
Cavani opened the scoring even with a break at the moment of striker Luis Suárez on the left side of the attack. He looked up, saw his colleague and flanked him at a high speed so that Cavani could balance him halfway with his head, half of his shoulder in the door. Torn by the beauty of this success came the marker tears. The spectator too. A little bit.
Goal of the tournament, number two: Cavani's second goal. But later
Result: Uruguay beat Portugal 2: 1 (1: 0) and qualified for the quarter-finals.
The first period: Portugal started with power, but in the 6th minute Ronaldo made his first shot attempt, but only 60 seconds later, Uruguay shocked the champions' s. Europe with a dream goal. Apart from a free kick from Ronaldo in the wall (32.) First nothing worthy of mention by the Portuguese, on the other side failed Suárez also with a free-kick to Rui Patrício. That's all.
Backlog? Already lost: After seven minutes, the Portuguese could have left the field. A win after a 0: 1 deficit there was a World Cup match for his last match on June 23, 1966: At that time, they even got a 0-3 against North Korea. The great Eusébio scored four goals in a 5: 3 success.
The second half: Istanbul's Besiktas central defender, Pepe, brought back the Portuguese (55th) in the game. But the joy on the 35-year-old's goal lasted only seven minutes. Rodrigo Betancur had a great counterattack on the right, got a wide goal out, Suárez missed it, and Cavani sent the ball flying down the right post to the right corner. Subsequently, the double world champion was tight and missed only one shot by Bernardo Silva as a result of a mistake by goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (70th).
More than defensive: Uruguay's first goal in this tournament and the first since November 2017. However, there have been many doubts in the clbad of their offensive game: the five goals of the group stage fell into normal situations: three after the corners. The safety of the game is now done since the knockout stages.
And Ronaldo? At 17:53, his eternal rival Messi left the tournament, exactly four hours later, he was replaced by the world footballer in title. He gave six shots during the match (one more than any team in Uruguay) at the door of his team he was not involved. So remains an absurd statistic: Ronaldo is – just like Messi – still hitting and without goal preparation in a knockout match at a World Cup. That will not convince him that he has now reunited 38 games of the World Cup and European Championship with former record holder Bastian Schweinsteiger
Suárez / Cavani: Probably the one who has such an offensive duo. Of Cavani 's 45 goals in the national jersey, Suárez has placed twelve on him, and they have now prepared four goals for each other in this tournament. Since the start of the data collection, only Grzegorz Lato and Andrzej Szarmach of Poland 1974 and kicker Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose 2002 of DFB have done more than Suárez and Cavani in the quarterfinals against France (July 6, SPIEGEL ONLINE) Cavani had to be replaced injured.
The Game Scene: When Cavani slammed the court with a shy fifteen minutes to go, his counterpart Ronaldo backed him up. Despite the backlog without haste. While two of the world's top footballers are slowly approaching the outside line, one of the formative images of this tournament will remain:
Uruguay – Portugal 2: 1 (1: 0)
1 : 0 Cavani (7.)
1: 1 Pepe (55.)
2: 1 Cavani (62)
Uruguay: Muslera – Cáceres, Gímenez, Godín. Laxalt – Torreira, Nández (81st Sánchez), Betancur (63rd Rodríguez), Vecino – Cavani (74th Stuani), Suárez
Portugal: Rui Patrício – Ricardo, Pepe, Cast Iron, Guerreiro – Bernardo Silva, Adrien Silva ( 65th Quaresma), Caravalho, João Mário (85th Fernandes) – Guedes (74th Andre Silva), Ronaldo
Referees: Ramos Cesar (Mexico)
Yellow cards: – / Ronaldo
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