World Cup 2018, Uruguay vs Portugal Live Score: Edinson Cavani Gives Uruguay 1-0 Lead Against Portugal

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Live Updates of 2018 FIFA World Cup, Uruguay vs Portugal match, straight from Fisht Stadium, Sochi. 

00:06 IST: Bernardo Silva tries to play a box inside the box, cleared away. Portugal continue on attack but Cavani has been brought down as Uruguay take a long kick inside the Portuguese half. 

00:01 IST: Free-kick for Portugal from a dangerous position near the box! Cristiano Ronaldo over the ball, hits the wall and Torreira clears it away.  

23:58 IST: Portugal on the break, looking to counter, moving the ball from right to left in search of penetration but the ball goes out for a Uruguay throw-in. 

23:55 IST: Free-kick for Portugal, the ball gets past everyone inside the box. 26 minutes have been played.

23:51 IST: Free-kick for Uruguay in a promising position! Suarez on the ball, gets past the wall through a low effort but Rui Patricio does well to keep the ball out. 

23:50 IST: Luis Suarez brought down, Uruguay free-kick from their own half. 19 minutes on the clock.

23:47 IST: Portugal on the attack, through Adrian and Bernardo Silva on the right flank, plays the ball back to Mario, who plays a long ball to find Ronaldo but the heavy touch has been comfortably collected by Muslera.  

23:43 IST: Cristiano Ronaldo makes space for himself, takes shot from outside the box. Well blocked by Torreira. 

23:41 IST: Fonte gets a header from inside the box, but puts his wide. 11 minutes on the clock in the high-octane drama.

23:37 IST: GOAL! Edinson Cavani unmarked inside the box, puts Uruguay front through a devastating header in the seventh minute off a Luis Suarez cross, well targeted. 

23:36 IST: Cristiano Ronaldo gets the first shot on goal from outside the box but too easy for Fernando Muslera to gather. 

23:34 IST: Corner for Uruguay as Jose Fonte tucks the ball away. Uruguay finds Godin as target-man inside the box, but a header from Portuguese defence clears away the danger. 

23:31 IST: Joao Mario crosses the ball into the box, Bernardo Silva just heads it over the crossbar. Early attack from Portugal. 

23:30 IST: Kick-off! Cristiano Ronaldo kicks the ball from left to right as the match gets underway.

23:28 IST: Diego Godin and Cristiano Ronaldo exchange team sheets, we are minutes away from the kick-off. We have already seen France through to the quarters, knocking Argentina out. 

23:25 IST: National anthems take on the centre stage.

23:20 IST: Cristiano Ronaldo record - By making his 38th appearance at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, Cristiano Ronaldo has equalled a record set by 2014 world champion Bastian Schweinsteiger.

22:20 IST: The playing XI for Uruguay and Portugal has been announced. Skipper Diego Godin for Uruguay will aim to keep his counter-part captain and talisman Cristiano Ronaldo at bay.