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How Bielsa’s Uruguay took Argentina – and Messi – out of comfort zone to seal historic win – The Athletic

  1. How Bielsa’s Uruguay took Argentina – and Messi – out of comfort zone to seal historic win The Athletic
  2. Uruguay played the ‘PERFECT MATCH!’ 🔥 Messi’s Argentina stunned 2-0 by Bielsa & Nunez | ESPN FC ESPN UK
  3. Messi tells Uruguay’s Ugarte to ‘learn respect from elders’ – ESPN ESPN
  4. OPINION: Messi Angry? He Totally Contradicted Himself! | Soccer Laduma SNL24
  5. “Ronaldo would get a 5-month ban for that”, “Arrest that thug” – Fans can’t believe Lionel Messi escaped punishment for ‘ridiculous’ act in 2-0 loss Sportskeeda
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Roger Waters blames ‘Israeli lobby’ for alleged Argentina, Uruguay hotel ban – The Times of Israel

  1. Roger Waters blames ‘Israeli lobby’ for alleged Argentina, Uruguay hotel ban The Times of Israel
  2. Roger Waters was denied hotel stays in Argentina and Uruguay over antisemitism allegations, report says The Associated Press
  3. Roger Waters reportedly denied hotel stays in South America over antisemitism allegations Euronews
  4. Roger Waters says he has no hotel in Argentina and Uruguay due to ‘Israeli lobby boycott’ Buenos Aires Times
  5. Roger Waters Faces ‘Israel Lobby’ Hotel Boycotts In Argentina And Uruguay – I24NEWS i24NEWS
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World Cup history? USA U-20s have rare opportunity in quarterfinal vs. Uruguay | MLSSoccer.com – MLSsoccer.com

  1. World Cup history? USA U-20s have rare opportunity in quarterfinal vs. Uruguay | MLSSoccer.com MLSsoccer.com
  2. Cade Cowell and Diego Luna to lead the line again: How the USMNT should line up vs Uruguay in the Under-20 World Cup quarter-finals Goal.com
  3. Where to watch USA vs Uruguay live stream, TV channel for FIFA U20 World Cup quarterfinal Sporting News
  4. USA vs. Uruguay: How to watch & stream, preview of U-20 World Cup quarterfinal | MLSSoccer.com MLSsoccer.com
  5. Uruguay will be toughest test yet for USA at U20 World Cup – ESPN ESPN
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World Cup scores: Brazil vs. Cameroon, Serbia vs. Switzerland; Uruguay eliminated, South Korea advance

The final day of FIFA 2022 World Cup group stage action continues as Brazil face Cameroon and Switzerland take on Serbia in Group G. The Brazilians are the only team from the group to have qualified for the knockout stage as the remaining three hope to end the day having earned the final spot.

The action kicked off with a bang in Group H as Uruguay’s 2-0 win over Ghana wasn’t enough to advance as South Korea’s 2-1 win over Cristiano’s Portugal was enough to put them through to the knockout stages. Portugal win the group despite the loss and advance to the round of 16 as well.

Group G table and scenarios

GROUP G MP W-D-L GD PTS
Brazil 2 2-0-0 +3 6
Switzerland 2 1-0-1 0 3
Cameroon 2 0-1-1 -1 1
Serbia 2 0-1-1 -2 1
  • Brazil: Through to the last 16, can win the group with a win or draw versus Cameroon or a Switzerland loss.
  • Switzerland: Can make the last 16 with a win or draw versus Serbia. Can win the group with a win, a Brazil loss, and making up the goal difference of three.
  • Cameroon: Can make the last 16 with a win versus Brazil and a Switzerland loss. Can also make the last 16 with a win versus Brazil by more than one goal and a draw between Switzerland and Serbia.
  • Serbia: Can make the last 16 with a win versus Switzerland and a Cameroon loss.

Group H

GROUP H MP W-D-L GD PTS
Portugal 3 2-0-1 +2 6
Korea Republic 3 1-1-1 0 4
Uruguay 3 1-1-1 0 4
Ghana 3 1-0-2 -2 3
  • Portugal: Group winners.
  • Korea Republic: Second place on goal difference.
  • Uruguay: Eliminated.
  • Ghana: Eliminated.

World Cup fixtures

Friday, Dec. 2

  • Uruguay 2, Ghana 0
  • South Korea 2, Portugal 1
  • Cameroon vs. Brazil, 2:00 p.m. ET
  • Serbia vs. Switzerland, 2:00 p.m. ET

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Did Cristiano Ronaldo Head The Ball For Portugal’s First Goal vs Uruguay? Watch Video

Bruno Fernandes said he thought Cristiano Ronaldo had scored Portugal’s opener in their 2-0 win over Uruguay on Monday even though he was credited with the goal. The Manchester United midfielder’s cross towards Ronaldo flew straight in but the veteran striker was a whisker away from making contact with the ball. Fernandes added the second from the penalty spot late on after Uruguay were penalised for handball and he was chosen as man of the match. The win guaranteed Portugal’s progress to the last 16 in Qatar.

“I celebrated as if it had been Cristiano’s goal, it seemed to me that he had touched the ball, my aim was to cross the ball for him,” Fernandes said.

“What’s important is that we were able to go to the next round and (secure) a very important win against a very tough opponent.”

Fernandes warned that Portugal would have to be at their best in their final group match on Friday against South Korea, with a point enough to guarantee them top spot in Group H.

“We know we will find a very organised team in front of us with a huge skill-set, as we’ve seen in their last matches,” added Fernandes.

“We’ve played at different times and that has allowed us to watch South Korea play. Our objective is to win every match, and we have one ahead of us.”

Portugal coach Fernando Santos chose to praise the whole team instead of focusing on Fernandes.

“I think it’s the result of the team’s work,” said Santos. “If the team does not play well then the player himself will not have a good performance.

“I think in the first two games, the team has played well. Diogo Costa (the Portugal goalkeeper) saved two important shots, so I don’t think we should be focusing on individual players.”

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Cameroon vs. Serbia, South Korea vs. Ghana, Brazil vs. Switzerland, Portugal vs. Uruguay

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo Raphael Guerreiro (L) share a joke during a training session on Nov. 27. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

The second round of group stage games concludes on Monday as Groups G and H take to the field again. Brazil will be shorthanded for its game against Switzerland while Portugal and Uruguay meet in the game of the day at 2 p.m. ET.

South Korea vs. Ghana

8 a.m. ET Monday, FS1

South Korea would be in a great position entering its final game against Uruguay with a win over Ghana. The Ghanians’ loss to Portugal was a five-goal thriller and they’ll have to be much better at the back against a South Korea team led by Heung-Min Son. Under 2.5 goals is at -190, so we’ll take South Korea to scratch out a win.

Brazil vs. Switzerland

11 a.m. ET Monday, Fox

Brazil will be without Neymar and Danilo because of ankle injuries but this is one of the deepest teams in the tournament. Switzerland’s long odds are enticing given the upsets so far in this World Cup, but Brazil should take care of business. Under 2.5 goals at -115 is our play.

Portugal vs. Uruguay

2 p.m. ET Monday, Fox

Much like the U.S. on Friday, a draw isn’t the worst thing in the world for Uruguay, especially if South Korea loses to Ghana. But Uruguay would like to be sitting on four points after Monday’s games while Portugal can clinch advancement to the knockout rounds with a win. We’re going over 2.5 goals at +115.

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Cameroon vs. Serbia, South Korea vs. Ghana, Brazil vs. Switzerland, Portugal vs. Uruguay

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo Raphael Guerreiro (L) share a joke during a training session on Nov. 27. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

The second round of group stage games concludes on Monday as Groups G and H take to the field again. Brazil will be shorthanded for its game against Switzerland while Portugal and Uruguay meet in the game of the day at 2 p.m. ET.

Cameroon vs. Serbia

5 a.m, ET Monday, FS1

Unless you’re a die-hard soccer fan you probably didn’t get up at 5 a.m. ET on Thanksgiving morning to watch Cameroon play Switzerland and you might have been watching the NFL instead of Brazil’s win over Serbia. We’re going with Serbia to win and set up a big game vs. Switzerland on the final day of group play.

South Korea vs. Ghana

8 a.m. ET Monday, FS1

South Korea would be in a great position entering its final game against Uruguay with a win over Ghana. The Ghanians’ loss to Portugal was a five-goal thriller and they’ll have to be much better at the back against a South Korea team led by Heung-Min Son. Under 2.5 goals is at -190, so we’ll take South Korea to scratch out a win.

Brazil vs. Switzerland

11 a.m. ET Monday, Fox

Brazil will be without Neymar and Danilo because of ankle injuries but this is one of the deepest teams in the tournament. Switzerland’s long odds are enticing given the upsets so far in this World Cup, but Brazil should take care of business. Under 2.5 goals at -115 is our play.

Portugal vs. Uruguay

2 p.m. ET Monday, Fox

Much like the U.S. on Friday, a draw isn’t the worst thing in the world for Uruguay, especially if South Korea loses to Ghana. But Uruguay would like to be sitting on four points after Monday’s games while Portugal can clinch advancement to the knockout rounds with a win. We’re going over 2.5 goals at +115.

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Frustration for Uruguay in stodgy goalless draw against South Korea | World Cup 2022

There appear to be three sorts of games at this World Cup. There are the games in which the stronger team batters the weaker team (Spain, England, France). There are the shocks, in which the stronger team is undone by an opponent that is slightly better than it has anticipated (Saudi Arabia, Japan), and there are the evenly matched games in which nothing much happens (the others). With just one shot on target (plus two that hit the post), this was very much in the third category.

The temptation is to come up with a tenuous grand theory as to why this should be. There is barely any data but, still, let’s indulge ourselves. Could it be that all three types of game are the result of the lack of preparation time, four weeks compressed into four days? Some sides, having played in continental competition last year and comfortable with how they intend to play, are still in rhythm from their domestic seasons and so hit their stride immediately.

Others could have done with more time to fine-tune, to try to generate something approximating to the cohesive styles that now predominate at club level. Aware of their shortcomings they become naturally more risk-averse, defensive structures being far easier to assemble than the attacking systems that can overcome them, and the result is stodginess. And this was extremely stodgy – or, as the South Korea coach, Paulo Bento, put it, “a very competitive game with a very high level of play between two teams that respected each other”.

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One of the nicest things about World Cups is meeting old friends. Usually that means journalists, or Belgium, but Uruguay have a pleasing array of familiar faces so that watching them is like idly turning on a random snooker tournament in the middle of the afternoon and finding that Jimmy White is still gamely taking on John Higgins. There was Luis Suárez, scuffling around up front, a magnificent irritant – although, given he managed just 14 touches, perhaps neither so magnificent nor so irritating as he used to be. There, coming off the bench were the flared cheekbones of Edinson Cavani. And there, at the heart of the defence, gnarled, implacable, half as old as time, was Diego Godín. He even headed against the base of the post three minutes before half-time for old time’s sake.

Matías Viña’s athletic attempt to score fails against South Korea’s Kim Seung-gyu. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

There was also Martín Cáceres still chugging up and down with his man-bun. Of the Uruguay back four, it was he who had the most work to do, with Na Sang-ho probably South Korea’s greatest threat. It was from the FC Seoul forward’s low cross that Hwang Ui-jo fired over after 34 minutes. The right-back Kim Moon-hwan sank to his knees in despair which, given there was at least an hour still to play, seemed an overreaction – but perhaps he knew just how few chances there would be.

And Uruguay play in a pleasingly unchanging way. Football may always be developing. We may now live in a world of high lines and low blocks, of half-spaces and transitions. But Uruguay, for all the talk of the revolution wrought by former coach Óscar Tabárez, remain steadfast, always defending – even if there was a slightly distressing moment early in the second half as Rodrigo Bentancur, a product of Tabárez’s holistic approach to youth development, performed a figure-of-eight pirouette to extricate the ball from trouble just outside his own box.

Sometimes it is beautiful, as when José María Giménez dispossessed Son Heung-min with a delicious sliding tackle five minutes into the second half. But mostly it is just slightly frustrating: why, when they have such talent in the side, are they seemingly so reluctant to use it?

“We wanted to match their level of aggression,” said Bento. “We managed to do so during the first half.” At the Asian Cup in 2019, the criticism of South Korea was that they dominated the ball and did little with it. The first half here seemed to be following that pattern, but Uruguay gradually began to assert themselves as the game went on. “We couldn’t put pressure on Korea and lost precision,” said the Uruguay coach, Diego Alonso. “We had to change at half-time and were able to defend higher.”

But they did not assert themselves enough to win the match, or really to cause much of a threat, at least until Federico Valverde pinged a 25-yarder against the post in the 89th minute. Avoiding defeat, perhaps, is the most important thing in the opener in the group, but this was a game in which it felt both sides would happily have shaken hands on a draw at half-time.

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Switzerland vs. Cameroon, Uruguay vs. South Korea, Portugal vs. Ghana, Brazil vs. Serbia

The last remaining groups to play finally get their World Cup campaigns underway on Thanksgiving as Brazil and Portugal make their first World Cup 2022 appearances.

The World Cup favorites are the clear top choice to win Group G while Portugal is the favorite in Group H. While you’re likely to be spending more time with family and watching NFL football on Thursday than you are watching the World Cup, there are still four games to get some action on. Here’s what you need to know.

Portugal vs. Ghana

11 a.m. ET, Fox

How does the tumult at Manchester United affect the Portugal squad? Captain Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes are no longer club teammates after Ronaldo’s contract was terminated on Tuesday. Ronaldo is set to be the team’s starting striker on Thursday, though it’s fair to wonder if Portugal would have an even better chance to win the World Cup if he was on the bench.

Brazil vs. Serbia

2 p.m. ET, Fox

Serbia isn’t a massive underdog to the World Cup favorites because of the talent on the roster. Aleksander Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic are a strong striker pairing and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is a player that’s been long coveted by top clubs. We’ll still take the Brazilians to win this one but our preferred bet is to take under 2.5 goals at +100.

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Switzerland vs. Cameroon, Uruguay vs. South Korea, Portugal vs. Ghana, Brazil vs. Serbia

The last remaining groups to play finally get their World Cup campaigns underway on Thanksgiving as Brazil and Portugal make their first World Cup 2022 appearances.

The World Cup favorites are the clear top choice to win Group G while Portugal is the favorite in Group H. While you’re likely to be spending more time with family and watching NFL football on Thursday than you are watching the World Cup, there are still four games to get some action on. Here’s what you need to know.

Switzerland vs. Cameroon

5 a.m. ET Thursday, FS1

Switzerland finished third in its Group in Euro 2020 but advanced to the quarterfinals and lost there to Spain on penalties after knocking out France on penalties in the Round of 16. The confidence from that Euro 2020 run should be a huge boost and we’ll take Switzerland straight up in this one at just -130.

Uruguay vs. South Korea

8 a.m. ET, FS1

This is the game projected to be the lowest-scoring. Uruguay still has Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez on the roster, though Darwin Nunes is primed to take over as the leader of the front line. Tottenham’s Heung Min Son is capable of taking a game over himself, especially if he can find space on the counter.

Portugal vs. Ghana

11 a.m. ET, Fox

How does the tumult at Manchester United affect the Portugal squad? Captain Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes are no longer club teammates after Ronaldo’s contract was terminated on Tuesday. Ronaldo is set to be the team’s starting striker on Thursday, though it’s fair to wonder if Portugal would have an even better chance to win the World Cup if he was on the bench.

Brazil vs. Serbia

2 p.m. ET, Fox

Serbia isn’t a massive underdog to the World Cup favorites because of the talent on the roster. Aleksander Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic are a strong striker pairing and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is a player that’s been long coveted by top clubs. We’ll still take the Brazilians to win this one but our preferred bet is to take under 2.5 goals at +100.

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