The seventh day of the 2018 World Cup saw three of the biggest teams in international football take the pitch, with Portugal, Uruguay, and Spain each in action — and getting close wins.
World Cup 2018: Schedule, scores, highlights from Day 7
Week one closes with the second matches of the tournament for three major teams.
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Riding high after their dramatic draw with Spain, Portugal and its star goal-scorer kept the momentum going with a 1-0 win over Morocco in the Wednesday opener. In the middle game of the day, Uruguay edged Saudi Arabia, 1-0, with Luis Suarez grabbing the only goal of the clash. Spain then bounced back with a narrow 1-1 win over Iran.
Here are the final scores and the must-see highlights from the day.
World Cup scores and schedule For Day 7
Portugal 1-0 Morocco,
Uruguay 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Spain 1-0 Iran
Let’s watch all the goals from Day 7
Spain 1-0 Iran
Costa does it again for Spain
And Iran had a potential equalizer called back
Portugal 1-0 Morocco
Ronaldo did it again too
Uruguay 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Luis Suarez’ goal delivers the win for Uruguay
World Cup news and views
- Zito Madu cheers how Senegal demonstrated the ridiculousness of the “pace and power” stereotypes around black players.
- Nate Scott wrote an open letter to Carlos Sanchez after his insane red card just three minutes into Colombia’s match against Japan.
- Speaking of Japan, they have their own World Cup mascot and it, uh... it’s something.
- Gabriele Marcotti argues that it’s not easy to build a team around a player like Cristiano Ronaldo.
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