Ronaldo's 'sportsmanship': Things you missed from Uruguay vs Portugal

The second round of 16 match from the 2018 World Cup did not disappoint, with Uruguay defeating Portugal 2-1 in an exciting encounter.

Edinson Cavani scored twice for the Uruguayans, meaning both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have exited the tournament on the same day.

Here, Sportsmail looks at some of the additional talking points form the game which you might have missed...

Sportsmanship or impatience?

Cavani did not see out the game however, pulling up injured after 72 minutes with what looked like a hamstring injury.

The first man on the scene, oddly, was an opposition player in Ronaldo, who put his arm around Cavani and helped support him off the pitch.

Ronaldo got an ovation from the fans in the stadium for what appeared to be a charitable act - but with Portugal trailing 2-1, his actions were more likely borne of wanting to get the game back underway sharpish.

A nice touch of Sunday league

It's always good when you see things on the World Cup pitch which are usually reserved for the muddy quagmires of the amateur game.

Among these is the outfield player taking goal kicks, extremely rare in professional football, but on display for Uruguay on Saturday.

Diego Godin stepped in for Fernando Muslera in the latter stages - not because the Uruguay keeper was obviously struggling, but seemingly because the centre back could punt it further as Uruguay tried to hold onto their lead.

Ronaldo's fan club (including his family)

There were plenty of fans wearing the red and green of Portugal in Sochi - but in places it looked more like a meeting of the Cristiano Ronaldo fan club.

Flags, posters and models of Ronaldo were visible throughout the stands as supporters came up with creative ways of showing their love for the forward.

There was even one fan who wore special face paint with the Portugal flag on one side and the Real Madrid badge - Ronaldo's club - on his other cheek.

There were no bigger fans of Ronaldo, however, than his mother Dolores and girlfriend Georgina, who were watching from a box with the rest of his family. CR7 further showed his family connection with the names of his daughters - Eva and Alana - sewn onto his boots.

Shorts at the ready

Speaking of Ronaldo, one of his trademarks is to roll up his shorts before taking a free kick so we all get a look at his lovely thighs.

He took it to extremes here however, pulling them up so far it looked like he was wearing only boxer shorts - which may have been the idea.

Perhaps Ronaldo ended up restricting his movement however, as his free kick attempt hit the defensive wall.

The perfect double act

There are few more productive strike partnerships in world football than the one between Luis Suarez and Cavani for Uruguay.

Cavani opened the scoring by bundling Suarez's cross over the line - 12 of his 45 international goals have now been set up by the Barcelona man.

A total of four World Cup goals have now come about through the combination of Cavani and Suarez - only Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose for Germany, and Poland pair Grzegorz Lato and Andrzej Szarmach, have been more fruitful partnerships.