In the World Cup Group A, the Uruguay national team met with the Saudi Arabian team, who were trying to avoid another painful defeat.
The representatives of South America won the match 1:0.
The match was more active in the beginning by the Saudi Arabian team - in the 7th minute, Hattan Bahebri scored a penalty kick.
In the 13th minute, Edinson Cavani missed an opportunity. The Uruguayans failed to create dangerous attacks, while their opponents defended well.
In the 23rd minute, after a corner kick, Saudi Arabian goalkeeper Mohammed Al- Owalsas made a mistake and Luis Suarez directed the ball into the goal - 1:0.
The teams exchanged not very dangerous attacks and went to rest.
The second half began with attacks from Saudi Arabia, but they did not pose a big threat to the opponent's goal.
In the 62nd minute, the South Americans started to besiege the opponent's goal, but once again wasted opportunities.
At the end of the match, E. Cavani failed to score several times.
By winning, Uruguay secured a place in the knockout stages and will compete with Russia for first place in the group.
The most valuable player of the match was recognized as L. Suarez, who played his 100th game for the national team.
And so, Group A after two rounds of fixtures...
1) #RUS
2) #URU
3) #EGY
4) #KSA #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/S5bH2vsKE0
Now, on to Match 2...
Here are the teams for #URUKSA @Uruguay // @SaudiNT_EN pic.twitter.com/Jp3zCm61Ah
