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4. Best: Lucas Torreira
While Portugal’s screening midfielders failed to stick to their duties, Uruguay were the fortunate ones as Lucas Torreira made sure that he blocked, cleared or tackled any ball before it came into the box. Playing in front of the duo of Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin, Torreira was energetic throughout the game as his ability to break the play and drive the team ahead meant that Portugal were caught off-position whenever Uruguay transitioned swiftly.
Lucas pressed the opponents well, displaying tremendous energy and tactical knowledge to know when to make the appropriate challenges. Torreira’s presence meant that the Uruguayan defence was even more compact, as he dropped back to add extra numbers in defensive situations. Lucas was safe with the possession of the ball too, distributing it to the flanks or lifting it high up for Cavani or Luis Suarez to chase.
Torreira blocked and cleared the ball on four occasions each, forcing Portugal to build the play from the back yet again. He intercepted the ball twice and put in one tackle, but if you look at it from a larger perspective, Uruguay wouldn’t have made it through the game if the backline didn’t have the support of Torreira ahead of them.
