Cavani injury worry for Uruguay after two-goal heroics

01 Jul 2018 / 12:48 H.
    Cavani injury worry for Uruguay after two-goal heroics
    Uruguay's forward Edinson Cavani (2ndL) leaves the pitch comforted by Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo during the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Uruguay and Portugal at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi on June 30, 2018. AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
    Cavani injury worry for Uruguay after two-goal heroics
    Soccer Football - World Cup - Round of 16 - Uruguay vs Portugal - Fisht Stadium, Sochi, Russia - June 30, 2018 Uruguay's Edinson Cavani scores their second goal. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Sochi, Russia (dpa) - Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez says he is "worried" about an injury to striker Edinson Cavani but has no further immediate information. Cavani scored both his side's goals in a 2-1 defeat of Portugal to put Uruguay into a quarter-final match against France on Friday.
But the Paris Saint-Germain striker limped off with some 20 minutes remaining. "Cavani sustained an injury tonight and we will have to see how that evolves as it's not clear at this stage how serious it is," Tabarez said. "He felt pain and I don't know (what the injury is), I haven't spoken to the medical team.
"We don't have a lot of time for recovery. We will have an analysis and a diagnosis. We are right now only worried but we don't know how serious this injury is." Cavani's header in the seventh minute and a curled first-time shot in the 62nd, seven minutes after Pepe had equalized for Portugal, take his total for the tournament to three.
According to FIFA, at 31 he is the oldest Uruguayan to score a World Cup brace, 108 days older than Diego Forlan who scored twice against South Africa in 2010.

sentifi.com

thesundaily_my Sentifi Top 10 talked about stocks