Images: Fernandes offers Portugal 2-0 victory over Uruguay | World Cup Information
Portugal beat Uruguay 2-0 on Monday with two objectives from midfielder Bruno Fernandes to grow to be the third group after France and Brazil to qualify for the World Cup knockout stage.
The Europeans had dominated possession earlier than Fernandes’s 54th-minute cross floated previous Uruguayan goalkeeper Sergio Rochet, who was rooted to the spot as Cristiano Ronaldo rose to move the ball and initially celebrated the objective as his.
Fernandes scored the second in harm time after a penalty was awarded for handball following a video overview.
Uruguay, who had knocked Portugal out of the 2018 World Cup, put collectively a string of probabilities on the break: midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur skipped previous three gamers solely to see his shot brilliantly saved, Maxi Gomez hit the put up, and Luis Suarez shot into the facet netting.
Portugal’s second win in two video games put them on the high of Group H on six factors and heading into the final 16. Uruguay, third on one level, should beat Ghana of their closing group sport to have an opportunity of progressing.
