World Cup 2018: Cavani puzzled in the wake of obliterating Ronaldo’s fantasy

Cavani puzzled : Edinson Cavani was left battling for words after his hair-raising prop helped Uruguay crush Portugal 2-1 in the round of 16 at FIFA World Cup 2018. On Saturday at Sochi’s Fisht Stadium, Cavani scored twice to ask Ronaldo to take a hike in what was potentially his last World Cup appearance.

Cavani put Uruguay ahead in the seventh moment when he sidestepped the Portugal protection to meet Luis Suarez’s pinpoint cross with a projectile header at the far post.

Pepe headed Portugal level in the 55th moment, the primary objective Uruguay have surrendered in the competition, however Uruguay recovered the lead seven minutes after the fact when Rodrigo Bentancur discovered Cavani and he twisted a splendid first-time shot past Rui Patricio from the edge of the punishment region.

Portugal ruled ownership however their assault did not have enough nibble to get through the Uruguay protection twice, leaving their chief Cristiano Ronaldo a baffled figure all through the match.

The Real Madrid forward couldn’t add to his four objectives in the initial two matches, neglecting to enhance his record of neglecting to score in each of the six World Cup knockout matches he has played.

Cavani will without a doubt be the toast of the country. Prior at night, France had thumped out a noteworthy South American nation, Argentina. Later in the night, a South American nation energized hard to dash the expectations of the 2016 European champions.

Naturally, the 31-year-old PSG striker was blissful.

“I am upbeat for what happened today, I trust we can go further,” Cavani said. “It’s exciting…there are no words to portray this. Outrageously, extremely upbeat – take a gander at our fans! I need to keep imagining,” he said toward the finish of the match.

Then, Portugal mentor Fernando Santos said the outcome was not reasonable.

“It is anything but a reasonable outcome, we did what’s necessary for another outcome,” Santos said. “Uruguay scored with their first shot on our objective. We are exceptionally tragic however that is football.”

Uruguay will play France in the last eight in Nizhny Novgorod on Friday.

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