Thanks to Bruno Fernandez’s goals (54 and 90 + 3), Portugal ensured its presence in the final price, after achieving its second victory today against Uruguay after the first in the first round at the expense of Ghana (3-2), raising its balance to 6 points in first place, while the balance of Uruguay froze. At one point in last place, it has to beat Ghana and wait for the result of the Portugal-South Korea match in the last round.
And after its victory over Ghana and Uruguay in Qatar 2022 ™, Portugal will have won its first two matches in the group stage of the World Cup for the third time in its history after the 1966 and 2006 tournaments when the team reached the semi-finals in both versions.
Today, Portugal beat a South American team in the World Cup for the first time since the 1966 edition (3-1 against Brazil). Draw against Brazil in 2010 and lose against Uruguay in 2018 before winning today.
The events of the match, moment by moment
The end of the match, with a deserved victory for Portugal over Uruguay with two nice goals, and its qualification for the final price of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.
D 90 + 8 Fernandes almost added the third goal had it not been for the Uruguayan goalkeeper’s save, and one minute later Fernandes also shot from outside the area strongly, but the ball bounced off the post!
Dr. 90 + 3 Bruno Fernandes successfully translates the penalty kick!! Portugal secured the result and qualify for the final price!
– D90 The referee awards a penalty kick to Portugal after returning to the “Var” technique, which revealed a hand touch on Jose Maria Jimenez inside the penalty area.
D 82, Portugal coach Fernando Santos removes Ronaldo and replaces him with Goncalo Ramos, and pays Vitinia in place of Joao Felix.
Dr. 77 Suarez shoots from inside the penalty area!!! And the ball into the net! The Portuguese national team escaped from the investigator goal!
D 75 Substitute Maxi Gomez almost equalized after a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, but the left post of goalkeeper Diogo Costa took his place in the save!
D 72 – Luis Suarez enters the place of Edinson Cavani, who seems very frustrated with the substitution.
D 70 The percentage of controlling the ball amounted to 65.8% for Portugal and 34.2% for Uruguay.
– D 54 goal for Portugal! A cross from Bruno Fernandes from the left side, and the “Don” rises to the ball and heads it into the goal, but FIFA counts the goal for Bruno Fernandes, considering that the ball did not touch Ronaldo’s head.
D 52 Joao Felix runs on the left side and shoots the ball strong, but it hits the outer net!
The start of the second half
first half
The end of the first half with a scoreless draw (0-0).
– D 32 Costa saves the single Uruguayan Rodrigo Betancur, the most dangerous chance of the match.
In the middle of the half, the Portuguese team is better in terms of control, but it is looking to create more chances.
D16 Joao Felix shoots, but Diego Godin valiantly throws the ball.
D 12 header from Jimenez over Portugal’s goal.
– D08 Portuguese Bruno Fernandes tries a strong ball, but it passes by the post.
– D2, a shot by Uruguayan player Matias Oliveira over the goal.
D01 – Iranian referee Ali Reza Faghani blows the starting whistle.