Post by account_disabled on Jan 10, 2024 11:02:30 GMT
Uruguay, with as much efficiency as conviction, exposed the problems of the Russian team and achieved a comfortable victory that sent them to Sochi, where they will play in the round of 16 as leader of group A. Everything changed in the decisive match. If in the first two matches Russia had scored goals to provoke the euphoria of the fans and Uruguay had raised doubts due to its problems in scoring, in the moment of truth La Celeste put on a display of hierarchy, dominating all facets of the game and sealed the victory in the first half, against a rival that goes to the round of 16 worried about its lack of solvency.
Good news for Tabárez's team, aiming for records Binance App Users Data (third consecutive classification to the second round, three wins in the first phase and undefeated), because the coach also introduced four changes compared to the previous match and they responded perfectly.
Sebastián Coates, substitute for Josema Giménez, was solvent, Nandez bored Denis Cheryshev, Diego Lasalt scored the second goal and Lucas Torreira commanded the midfield.
But it all started with Luis Suárez. The Barcelona player, highly criticized in his debut, has recovered his killer instinct. After 10 minutes, he had a direct free kick on the edge of the area, he took advantage of it and, from that moment on, everything went his way, with the host distraught. Without Aleksandr Golovin - one of the three rotations introduced by Stanislav Cherchesov - Russia never controlled the midfield, never found Artem Dyzuba and Cheryshev had his worst performance.
The Villarreal player, the local sensation at the beginning of the World Cup, was never able to beat Nandez, he had the misfortune of deflecting Laxalt's shot against his goal that marked the second goal and was replaced by Mario Fernandes when the double expulsion occurred yellow by Igor Smolnikov (m.36).
With one less, Russia could no longer seduce the stands for more than a few seconds, with the entry of Fedor Smolov, the idol of the fans until the beginning of the World Cup, who did not contribute much more, and Uruguay was left with only lateral objectives: that Cavani made his debut as a scorer or that Fernando Muslera did not concede a goal in the match in which he beat Ladislao Mazurkievicz in World Cup appearances.
He achieved both. Cavani joined the party in the 90th and Muslera only had to intervene on one occasion. Mission accomplished before the round of 16, where the second classified in group B awaits.
Good news for Tabárez's team, aiming for records Binance App Users Data (third consecutive classification to the second round, three wins in the first phase and undefeated), because the coach also introduced four changes compared to the previous match and they responded perfectly.
Sebastián Coates, substitute for Josema Giménez, was solvent, Nandez bored Denis Cheryshev, Diego Lasalt scored the second goal and Lucas Torreira commanded the midfield.
But it all started with Luis Suárez. The Barcelona player, highly criticized in his debut, has recovered his killer instinct. After 10 minutes, he had a direct free kick on the edge of the area, he took advantage of it and, from that moment on, everything went his way, with the host distraught. Without Aleksandr Golovin - one of the three rotations introduced by Stanislav Cherchesov - Russia never controlled the midfield, never found Artem Dyzuba and Cheryshev had his worst performance.
The Villarreal player, the local sensation at the beginning of the World Cup, was never able to beat Nandez, he had the misfortune of deflecting Laxalt's shot against his goal that marked the second goal and was replaced by Mario Fernandes when the double expulsion occurred yellow by Igor Smolnikov (m.36).
With one less, Russia could no longer seduce the stands for more than a few seconds, with the entry of Fedor Smolov, the idol of the fans until the beginning of the World Cup, who did not contribute much more, and Uruguay was left with only lateral objectives: that Cavani made his debut as a scorer or that Fernando Muslera did not concede a goal in the match in which he beat Ladislao Mazurkievicz in World Cup appearances.
He achieved both. Cavani joined the party in the 90th and Muslera only had to intervene on one occasion. Mission accomplished before the round of 16, where the second classified in group B awaits.