Suarez, Cavani Goals, Uruguay clean sheet 3-0 over Russia. State-Records.
Host Russia 2018 has played his opening match against Saudia Arabia and
get the Stunning Victory 5-0 over Saudi Arabia, but at this time 10-man Russian is full under the way, defeated by Uruguay, they have clean sheet 3-0 against Russia & go to the top in Group A.
Three goals from the 10-man South American side, Suárez (10' minutes), Cheryshev (23' minutes own goal), Cavani (90' minutes).
Here is the fast facts, updates, Stats & Records from Uruguay 3 - 0 Russia in the group A in Russia 2018.
1 - Uruguay has qualified for the Next Round (Round 16-knock-out stage) as first-round group winners for the fifth time in World Cup.
2 - Russia is the first Euro team to fail to top their group as the host nation since Spain in 1982 WC.
3 - Uruguay is the first side to win all three of their group games without conceding a single goal since 1998 World Cup.
4 - Edinson Cavani became just the second player to score a goal in three separate World Cup tournaments for Uruguay (2010, 14 & 2018 WC) after his strike partner Luis Suarez.
5 - Fernando Muslera, celebrating his 100th cap in this game, became Uruguay's all-time leading appearance maker at the World Cup (14) overtaking Ladislao Mazurkiewicz.
6 - Russian defender Igor Smolnikov is the first outfield player to be sent off for the host nation of a World Cup since 1998 WC Final.
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