A rematch of a last-16 game from the 2018 World Cup resulted in Portugal punching its ticket to that round in 2022.
Bruno Fernandes’s double gave Portugal a 2–0 win over Uruguay on Monday, exacting a measure of revenge for Uruguay’s 2–1 win in Russia over four years ago. With the victory, Portugal is mathematically clear of both Uruguay and South Korea with a game to spare, joining France and Brazil in having clinched places in the knockout stage. Uruguay, meanwhile, has work to do in its finale against Ghana—a rematch of a heated 2010 quarterfinal, in which Luis Suárez’s intentional handball became an international incident, and wound up helping La Celeste reach the semifinals in South Africa.
Suárez was left on the bench to start on Monday, with Edinson Cavani and Darwin Núñez preferred by manager Diego Alonso, at least from the start.
