Portugal Qualifies for the Round of 16, Defeats Uruguay 2-0

Portugal Qualifies for the Round of 16, Defeats Uruguay 2-0

The 2022 World Cup results are presented between Portugal vs Uruguay.

The Portugal vs Uruguay match will be held in the early hours of Tuesday, November 29 2022.

As a result, the Portuguese national team was able to win 2-0 against Portugal through Bruno Fernandes’ brace.

Quoted from SportReviews from various sources, let’s see the summary of the Portugal vs Uruguay match.

Portugal previously won a narrow 3-2 victory over Ghana.

Cristiano Ronaldo cs’s squad again bent Uruguay through a goal by Bruno Fernandes.

Coach Fernando Santos still relies on the trio of Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Joao Felix on the front lines.

Santos only replaced left wing-back Raphael Guerreiro with Nuno Mendes.

In addition, wing midfielder Otavio was replaced by William Carvalho.

Meanwhile, Uruguay, in the first match, only drew 0-0 with South Korea.

In this match, Luis Suarez and Facundo Pelistri are now sitting on the bench.

Suarez’s position on the front lines was replaced by Edinson Cavani, who is believed to be a tandem for Darwin Nunez.

Meanwhile, Pelistri was replaced by Guillermo Varela.

At the back, Coach Diego Alonso chose Sebastian Coates to replace Martin Caceres.

Coates struggled with Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez in Uruguay’s defense.

Alonso also prefers to use a three centre-back scheme with two wing-backs being encouraged to play more forward.

The start of the first half was fairly even. The Uruguayan players didn’t seem to let Cristiano Ronaldo cs feel comfortable in possession of the ball.

The hard game was shown by Diego Alonso’s team.

As a result, after only six minutes of play, Rodrigo Bentancur immediately received a yellow card for his foul on Ruben Dias.

The yellow card is the fastest in the 2022 World Cup tournament.

Until 15 minutes of the first round running, the two teams still could not create a golden opportunity.

The successive attacks launched by Portugal were able to be muted by Uruguay’s back line, while Uruguay’s counterattacks often ran aground.

In the 33rd minute, Uruguay almost excelled.

Bentancur’s individual action was able to get past three Portuguese defenders.

But unfortunately, the midfielder’s shot which strengthened the Tottenham Hotspur club was still able to be driven away by goalkeeper Diogo Costa.

The 0-0 score lasted until the first half of the Portugal vs Uruguay match ended.

At the start of the second half, Portugal immediately kicked off.

Joao Felix almost opened the scoring for his team in the 50th minute if the ball did not go off the beaten path on the right side of the Uruguay goal.

Portugal’s advantage was finally opened in the 54th minute.

Bruno Fernandes’ cross from the right side of the Uruguay defense was narrowly headed by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Goalkeeper Sergio Rochet was helpless to block the ball which had bounced off the ground before it entered the net.

However, it seems that the goal was scored by Bruno Fernandes.

Based on the recording, it is considered that Ronaldo’s header did not have time to touch the bait ball from Fernandes.

Behind 0-1 to make Alonso make changes.

He took defender Diego Godin off to bring on midfielder Facundo Pellistri.

Alonso also replaced Matias Vecino to bring on Giorgian de Arrascaeta in the 62nd minute.

Portugal also replied to the change in tactics that Alonso. Coach Fernando Santos brought on Rafael Leao to replace Ruben Neves in the 62nd minute.

In the 75th minute, Uruguay threatened through Mathias Olivera.

The left-back who strengthened the Napoli club fired a long-range shot that was right at the Portugal goal. Unfortunately Olivera’s shot still hit the left post which was guarded by Diogo Costa.

Two minutes later it was Luis Suarez’s turn to almost draw the score back.

However, Suarez’s shot from the right side of the Portuguese defense was still a little wide.

Uruguay got a third chance a minute later.

Unfortunately, Guillermo Varela’s low cross from inside the penalty box was still thwarted by Costa.

In the 90th minute Portugal added to its advantage through the white point.

The referee gave the European Samba team a penalty after Jose Jimenez was seen touching the ball with his hand while trying to stop the ball from Bernardo Silva.

Bruno Fernandes, who became the executioner, was able to carry out his duties well.

He tricked the Uruguay goalkeeper who moved first to the left before the ball was kicked by Fernandes.

The 2-0 score was the result of the 2022 World Cup match Portugal vs Uruguay.

Cristiano Ronaldo cs also qualified for the round of 16.

However, Uruguay, which has just earned 1 point, still has the chance to qualify.

Uruguay should be able to beat Ghana in the last game, provided that Portugal can beat South Korea.

The victory brought Portugal to the last 16.

This result also made the Portugal national team firmly at the top of Group H with the acquisition of 6 points.

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