Uruguay 2-1 Portugal: 5 Talking Points as Portugal are knocked out, World Cup 2018

#4 Uruguay finally concede at the World Cup before retaking the lead

Pepe scored the equaliser 10 minutes into the second half

After going 325 minutes without conceding a goal in Russia, Uruguay's resilience was finally broken when Portugal took a set-piece. With no way through a crowd of blue shirts in open play, all they needed was a player to out-jump the defenders in the box.

And it was Pepe who eventually scored the equaliser with a fine header. With Diego Godin trying to mark Ronaldo, the centre-back lost sight of the ball and misjudged its trajectory, allowing Pepe to rise above him and take the header unimpeded.

597 - Pepe's goal for Portugal ended Uruguay's run of 597 minutes without conceding a single goal, with the previous being conceded back in November 2017 vs Austria. Breached. #WorldCup #URUPOR #POR #URU

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 30, 2018

However, the lead did not last long. Just when Portugal thought they were back in the game, a long ball punted forward by Muslera found Rodrigo Bentancur who squared the ball to an unmarked Cavani who took his shot first time from the edge of the box to curl it past the outstretched hand of Patricio.

Edinson Cavani gave Uruguay the lead twice in the game

Portugal's hopes of getting back into the game had evaporated in just seven minutes.