On Monday, in the last match of the day at Lusail Stadium in Qatar, Portugal's second successive win took them to six points and to the top of the Group H standings leaving Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea to fight for the second qualification spot from the group.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Portugal joins Brazil and France, the other two teams which have made it to the knockout stage so far.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former winners and hosts of the first edition of the football showpiece event Uruguay, which drew with South Korea in their first match, now have just a point from two matches and play their last match against Ghana. The African side earlier on Monday defeated South Korea 3-2 in a five-goal thriller and are with three points.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After a barren first half, Portugal scored nine minutes into the second half through Bruno and the Manchester United striker added a second one in stoppage time of the second half.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The first goal was initially credited to his former Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo but thereafter credited to Bruno.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In a breakthrough move, Bruno cross eluded Uruguay keeper Sergio Rochet and before that as the ball was travelling towards the net, Ronaldo tried to produce a glancing header but did not make contact with the ball ending up in the net and was rightly credited to Bruno.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Uruguay down by a goal pressed the panic buttons and shifted gears during which period they came close to scoring a few times with one of their efforts hitting the metal work. Due credit to the Uruguay substitute, who changed the pace of the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
And it was a stunning introduction from Maxi Gomez. After getting a pass on the edge of the box, his first time curled past a flinging Diogo Costa under the Portugal bar only to find the ball bounce off the right upright and away. That was the closest Uruguay came close to equalizing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Portugal celebrated the goal with a second one through a controversial injury-time penalty which was awarded after VAR review.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With Ronaldo substituted, Bruno stepped up to take the spot kick and he makes a little skip in the air and just waits for Sergio Rochet to fall to the left and just strokes it to the right. A really comfortable hit into the back of the net, 2-0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Portugal celebrated the goal with a second one through a controversial injury-time penalty which was awarded after VAR review.<\/p>\r\n\r\n