Portugal beat Uruguay 2-0 to advance to the eighth group and qualify for the World Cup play-offs. The Iberians made two out of two and with six points became the third team after France and Brazil to reach the round of 16 in Qatar.

Celeste’s first good moment was in the 3rd minute with Oliveira. The Iberians responded with a volley of Carvalho after a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Uruguayans entered the phase very strongly. At 16 minute Felix struck, the ball was parried and filed for a corner. The race progressed at a relatively slow pace, but stages were run with a drip in front of two fire pits.

At 33 1 minute Bedancourt made a good individual attempt, went past three defenders of the opponent, but his cross hit Diogo Costa. Three minutes later Uruguay threatened and then Cristiano Ronaldo hit the ball down but Rossett blocked his line of sight and then Godin cleared the ball.

At the 48th minute, the match was stopped for a few minutes after a fan entered the field with an LGBTQ flag. The front of her T-shirt read “Save Ukraine” and the back read “Respect the women of Iran.”

At 52 minute the Iberians missed a great opportunity with Joao Felix. In the 54th minute, Bruno Fernandes picked up the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo was in his way and sent the ball into the net, making the score 1:0 in favor of the team of Fernando Santos. The goal was credited to the Manchester United midfielder.

In 65th place, Oliveira headed but his shot went wide. Uruguay came close to scoring in the 75th minute when Maxi Gómez hit the post.

Celeste had two very important moments in the 78th minute with Suarez and in the 79th minute with Diogo Costa, who blocked the ball before De Arasqueta became dangerous. In the 90th minute, Portugal earned a penalty for Jiménez’s kick in the box. Bruno Fernandes took over the execution and made it 2-0, sealing the victory for Portugal.

Footballer “Manchester United” scored a goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

Portugal (Fernando Santos): Diogo Costa, Cancelo, Pepe, Ruben Diaz, Nuno Mendes (Guerreiro 42), Ruben Neves (Rafael Leao 69), William Carvalho (Paligna 82), Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix (Mateus Nunez 82), Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo (Gonzalo Ramos, 82).

Uruguay (Diego Alonso): Rosse, Varela, Jimenez, Godin (Pelistri 62), Coates, Olivera (Vinia 86), Betancourt, Valverde, Vecino (De Arascaeta 62), Nunez (Gomes 72), Cavani (Gomes 72).