Uruguay is a
combined character that works intensively during each game. They are one of the
teams with the best defensive level of the entire championship and that is that
the duo of central Atletico de Madrid formed by Jose Maria Gimenez and Diego
Godin, are a complex wall to flank. The Charruas won their ticket to Russia
after being second in the South American confederation, just behind Brazil.
They are equally served in the offensive where they have Edison Cavani and his
great star and reference, Luis Suarez. To date, Suarez has seen goal on 2
occasions in this Football World Cup.
Uruguay has won
its 3 matches in this tournament; by 0-1 against Egypt, 1-0 against Saudi
Arabia and 3-0 against the host, Russia. The good feeling of the Celeste team
grows every game and is that not only do they have 10 consecutive matches
without losing, but they have 6 games without receiving a single goal.
Portugal comes to
this game with little lucidity and generating many doubts, but it is nothing
that has not happened to the Lusos before before proclaiming themselves
champions of a tournament. Not in vain we talk about the FIFA rankings of the
national teams and the current European champions. They qualified for the Soccer World Cup as first of Group B,
after adding 9 wins and 1 draw. His great star is Cristiano Ronaldo, although
the Lusos depend too much on the Real Madrid striker.
In their first game they drew 3 against Spain, in a match in
which the Portuguese did very little, but a splendid Christian took charge of
snatching 2 points to Spain with a hat-trick. In their second match, Fernando
Santos won 1-0 against Morocco, with a new goal by Ronaldo, on this occasion a
penalty. His third and final game of the group stage ended in a 1-1 draw against
Iran, which gave Portugal the pass as second group behind Spain.
