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Paris Saint-Germain striker Cavani scored a superb 62nd-minute goal for a second duel in Sochi that sends Uruguay to the quarter-finals on Friday against France.
Cavani had already put Uruguay in the lead early, but Pepe had taken the Portugal lead in the 55th minute in a thrilling fight that was not the battle of wear that many predicted.
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Pepe's goal was the first time South American defense had been breached in this tournament but they held firm and began to look like real contenders moving in the final stages in Russia.
The only drawback for Oscar Tabarez's team was the sight of Cavani who limped late, raising a question mark about his fitness for the eighth showdown next week with the French at Nizhny Novgorod.
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Meanwhile, the champion of Europe Portugal returns home, Ronaldo and Lionel Messi s & rsquo; Tilting at the competition the same day.
By contrast, Uruguay is arguably advancing with the best defense of international football and one of the best typing couples.
Ronaldo helped Cavani injured on the pitch. (Photo Reuters)
Suarez and Cavani brilliantly badociated with the opening of the seventh minute on the Russian Black Sea coast.
Cavani fired Suarez on the left with a field ball, before continuing his run into the penalty box and meeting the Barcelona striker's back to the back post, the ball coming off of him and wheel.
Suarez almost doubled the setting of a free kick midway through the first period that forced a good rescue from Rui Patricio.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo did not touch the ball once in the opposition zone in the first period. But with Uruguay back, Portugal equalized 10 minutes in the second half.
A corner was played out before Raphael Guerreiro, and his cross from the left was close behind by Pepe, who dominated Diego Godin in the box.
After nearly five and a half hours of football, it was the first goal that Uruguay had given to this World Cup – indeed, it was the first time that 's been in the world. he had conceded in 2018.
But their reaction to this gesture was magnificent and they quickly regained the advantage, with Rodrigo Bentancur giving Cavani the advantage for a superb first curling shot in the far corner of his right foot.
The Portugal coach, Fernando Santos, raised his arms to the sky, realizing that coming back a second time against this defense of Uruguay was going to be a big challenge.
Goaltender Fernando Muslera nearly offered them another equalizer, dropping a high ball at Bernardo Silva's feet, but the Manchester City man could only double it.
Cavani then had to be helped by Ronaldo before looking at the rest of the canoe with ice on a calf injury.
His team has stood firm, and if he recovers, Cavani can now expect to face his Paris Saint Germain partner, Kylian Mbappe, so impressive for France against Argentina.
But Mbappe is unlikely to find the Uruguayan defense so accommodating.
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