Luiz Suarez, who makes his 100th cap for Uruguay today, scores in the first half to help his side knock Saudi Arabia out with a 1-0 victory to reach World Cup last 16 along with Group A opponent Russia.
Match Events
12' Cavani fires the ball into the sky!
23' GOAL! Uruguay 1-0 Saudi Arabia (Suárez)
Suarez marks his 100th cap with a goal, but that is shocking defending from Saudi Arabia.
A Sanchez corner is floated in from the left and sails over the head of the leaping Gimenez to Suarez at the far post who slams gleefully into the net with a left-footed volley, completely unmarked.
That's his 52nd goal for his country!
44' Subs! Mogahwi on for injured Jassam!
51' Suarez's free-kick denied by Saudi goalkeeper!
62' Sanchez's header over the bar!
78' Cavani's header wide out!
Torreira shoots from distance and it's going well wide but strikes Cavani and almost drops into the far corner. Would have been a lucky goal...
Match Reports
Luis Suarez booked Uruguay's place in the World Cup knockout rounds, marking his 100th international appearance with the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia.
Uruguay's result also means hosts Russia, who have won their opening two Group A matches, are through to the next phase with one fixture to spare, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia are both out of the tournament.
Saudi Arabia gave a far better performance than they produced in their 5-0 loss to the hosts but a poor mistake from replacement goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais handed the South Americans the winner in Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday.
Line-ups
Uruguay XI: Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, Cristian Rodríguez, Martín Cáceres, Fernando Muslera, Diego Godín, Carlos Sánchez, Matías Vecino, Guillermo Varela, José Giménez, Rodrigo Bentancur
Subs: Maxi Pereira, Cristhian Stuani, Martín Silva, Jonathan Urretaviscaya, Sebastián Coates, Martín Campaña, Gastón Silva, Diego Laxalt, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Nahitan Nández, Lucas Torreira, Maxi Gómez
Saudi Arabia XI: Osama Hawsawi, Taiseer Al Jassam, Salman Al Faraj, Yasir Al Shahrani, Hattan Bahebri, Salem Al Dawsari, Fahad Al Muwallad, Abdullah Otayf, Mohammed Al Owais, Mohammed Al-Burayk, Ali Albulayhi
Subs: Yasser Al-Mosailem, Abdullah Al-Mayoof, Mansour Al-Harbi, Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri, Mohammed Al Sahlawi, Yahya Al Shehri, Mohannad Aseri, Hussain Al-Mogahwi, Omar Hawsawi, Motaz Hawsawi, Mohammed Kanno, Abdullah Alkhaibari
IndikaAsiriSR4
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And the first to bite a player
Suarez really are
Đaiveed ♥
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Congratulations Uruguay 👏 🎊 🎊 🎊 For being the second Team to qualify for the next round.. Truly today's game was absolutely outstanding, Uruguay played Better than they did last time wish they scored more goals because this game clearly was in their favor well at least they won the game and their Now the second Team to have won their two games in a row alongside Russia but they need to work more on how they score their goals because if they don't the round of sixteen might be their last bus stop.. Good Luck hope you win Russia two Teams fighting for a treble win 👏
Đaiveed ♥
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Clearly it's wasn't just Suarez goal that made the game more interesting it was the effort of the Team that changed the game... obviously without his teammates help he would not have scored that goal am happy with today's result they played well we're able to score before dying minute and still had some great chances..... But there's still a problem the Uruguay need to be clinical especially cavani they can't be winning by a single goal everytime a team That Russia defeated 5-0 could have Been much more better if they won 2-0 but still that was a great performance from all the players I hope they win Russia so they can become the First team to nail a treble win hopefully with a better goal scoring result... GO URUGUAY GO 💪 💪
Great1
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MODRIC scored a penalty RONALDO scored a penalty SALAH scored a penalty KAGAWA scored a penalty GRIEZMAN scored a penalty Someone missed a penalty at the World Cup, WHO'S HE ??
Đaiveed ♥
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Clearly today's game was in favor of Uruguay and they played well to get this victory and am with their performance at least they got all points and are now the second Team in the tournament to have qualified and won their first two games without conceding which is very good the happen to be one of the countries that hasn't conceded yet... But Uruguay should work more on how they score and create chances because today they had lots of opportunities and Suarez was outstanding he and cavani needs to be clinical...... I hope they score more than one and win against Russia because Russia are a very strong team as seen by their performance but Uruguay needs to be careful.... Good Luck 💪 [Uruguay][Uruguay]
amber79707
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well it's good to see Suarez not getting a card in his 100 th match as he had taken a red in his first match and another red in his 50th match but after coming in barca he has changed a lot
asakila
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Uruguay displays were awfully poor and an early goal somehow made them keen to protect a slim lead sufficient to move into knockout stage but will have to fight it with the hosts Russians for the top spot. Looks like the Russians will take top spot because they are better and exhibit more hunger
asakila
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This game will be more remembered for hard tackling specialists Uruguay getting the taste of own medicine and never liked it at all!
Đaiveed ♥
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Uruguay are now the second Team that have qualified for the Round of Sixteen in the Tournament but they haven't matched Russia's Eight goals in two games.... A record that will stand for a long time still nice play today that victory was clearly a well deserved one 👏 👏 👏 sorry Arabia Try harder next Time! Kudos 👊
Mosanya
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Congratulations 🎊 to Uruguay 🇺🇾🇺🇾 3 Arabian team are out of the World Cup in group stage matches. They are unlucky, especially Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 bad luck. Brilliant performance from Luis Suarez and Uruguay.. Suarez man of the match, Good goal 👏 👏 👏 For being the second team to qualify for the next round .