No information on Cavani’s injury, says Uruguay coach

Suarez nearly made it 2-0 with a low free kick that was saved by Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio in the 22nd. “We have a young and ambitious squad”, he said.

“We know that they were tight in the midfield, so we had some players playing wide to try to unblock the Uruguay defence, In the first half we did it less well”.

Uruguay’s Diego Godin and Luis Suarez celebrate after the match.

The South Americans, who won all three of their first round games to top their group, have so far been the impressive of the two and are the only team yet to concede goal at the tournament in Russian Federation. It was the first goal he has conceded all year.

Portugal had no Plan B to fall back on to answer Cavani’s masterful strikes on either side of Pepe’s headed goal in the 55th minute.

Portugal had more than 60 percent of possession, which they found hard to translate into a goal.

If Cavani doesn’t recover in time, coach Oscar Tabarez could replace him with Cristhian Stuani.

Argentina had failed to qualify for the U-17 World Cup in India a year ago after being knocked out in the first stage of the South American Championship, where they had finished fourth in a five-team group.

France have edged past Argentina 4-3 in the Russian city of Kazan and made it to the quarter-finals in the game, described as one of the tournament’s most interesting events.

The Paris Saint-Germain striker was later seen icing his right leg.

Antoine Griezman had already rattled the woodwork when he converted Les Bleus’ opening goal following a lung bursting run into Argentina’s penalty box by the irrepressible Mbappe. Angel di Maria, Gabriel Mercado and Sergio Aguero found the net for Argentina. Half time score was 1-1.

On Saturday, they faced a team who did the same things more effectively as they went down to only their second defeat in 28 competitive matches under the grizzled Santos.

“He is unique, he has a unique size, what he does with the ball is unique, he’s a pure left-footer”.

If you are a Lionel Messi fan, one of those die-hard ones, who can not hear anything bad about their idol, you will, no doubt, find a way to excuse Messi and his performances in this Fifa World Cup.