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Edinson Cavani breaks the dream of the Ronaldo World Cup while Uruguay points to Portugal, 2-1
Edinson Cavani outperforms Cristiano Ronaldo, first with his head and then with his right foot, Quarterfinal Cup.
Ronaldo failed to find the target as Cavani scored twice to give Uruguay a 2-1 win over Portugal in Sochi on Saturday (Sunday, NZ time).
The same day, Lionel Messi was sent home in the defeat of Argentina. Two weeks ago, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the same stadium against Spain, in a 3: 3 draw in their first match in Russia.
But there was no purpose for Ronaldo this time. Wherever he went, the great Portugal was hunted by two or three Uruguayan defenders.
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It was Cavani who instead took the limelight. He combined with Luis Suarez to compete a series of precision passes to give Uruguay the early advantage of a header in the seventh minute.
And after Portugal equalized with Pepe's head in the 55th minute, Cavani again finished a perfect Uruguayan counter in 62nd with a shot just inside the penalty area that surprised the keeper Portuguese Rui Patricio. far post.
"The truth is, it was really exciting," Cavani said. "There are no words to describe that."
Cavani now has three goals in the World Cup but slammed in the 70th minute with an apparent injury and had to be replaced. He was helped to the touchline with his arm around Ronaldo's back.
Uruguay, a two-time world champion who reached the semi-finals in 2010, will face France on Friday (NZ Saturday) in Nizhny Novgorod.
Portugal had chances in the second half, including a last minute frenzy of time out with claims of a possible handball penalty zone in a kick in delay.
But there was no late video review for Portugal as the fourth Ronaldo World Cup was uneventful.
Like Messi, Ronaldo has never scored in a World Cup knockout match.
Ronaldo made a clean shot throughout the 90 minutes and it came in the first moments of the match, directly in the arms of Uruguayan keeper Fernando Muslera.
His defenders were Uruguayan defenders Diego Godin and Jose Maria Gimenez, who know Ronaldo very well in their clashes between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the Spanish league.
Ronaldo was a little involved in Portugal's goal, even though he did not nearly touch the cross.
He ran in front of Pepe and caught the attention of Gimenez and Godin. Pepe came behind and Uruguay finally gave up their first goal of the tournament in the 55th minute.
But they only equaled seven minutes while Cavani brought home a sensational winner.
EARLY GOAL
This was an accumulation of five assists from the end of their own ending which resulted in Uruguay's first goal, and the last two passes were perfect.
Cavani sent the ball to Suarez, who dribbled aggressively to the top corner of the penalty area. Cavani continued his run and Suarez wrapped the pass to the back post while Portugal defender Raphael Guerreiro watched.
CONCERNS FOR INJURIES
As Uruguay advance, they now have to worry about Cavani's status after leaving the field and immediately called for a replacement.
KEYS OF THE GAME
Ronaldo's arrest. It was also simple for Uruguay.
Ronaldo had company wherever he went on the pitch and Portugal's support was unable to provide enough help.
And although Uruguay finally conceded a goal, it was the first time this year in the seventh game of the team. The Uruguayans have gone 598 minutes since November 2017 without scoring a goal.
Uruguay 2 (Edinson Cavani 7, 62) Portugal 1 (Pepe 55 & # 39; ). HT: 1-0
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