Steely Uruguay ready for Mbappe-fired France


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 04 Jul 2018

Soccer Football - World Cup - Round of 16 - Uruguay vs Portugal - Fisht Stadium, Sochi, Russia - June 30, 2018 Uruguay's Diego Godin and Luis Suarez celebrate after the match REUTERS/Murad Sezer

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Fleet-footed France will have to find a way past the tournament's joint-meanest defenders Uruguay in the first of two inter-continental World Cup quarter-finals on Friday.

The South Americans kept Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo at bay in their 2-1 last-16 win, and that goal conceded was the only one against them so far in Russia - a defensive feat only matched by Brazil, who play Belgium later on Friday.

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