Alonso and his row with penalties

Diego Alonso had the face he had to have when you are eliminated from a World Cup. And more if it happens the way it happened. And beyond analyzing the match, Uruguay’s journey in the tournament, the performance of the players and their continuity or not, he started complaining about the controversies of the match (they called for two penalties) but focused more on a controversy from another match. Yes, beyond the two penalties that Celeste claimed during the win over Ghana, the coach recalled the match with Portugal: “The Portuguese penalty was eliminated, not the point against South Korea. FIFA told us that the second Portugal’s goal was not a penalty. There is evidence. Today we were the team we wanted, the one in the Qualifiers. The players gave samples that we should have qualified”.

Portugal beat Uruguay well by 1-0. La Celeste had threatened a reaction but was far from equalizing it. At 3 minutes into the discount, Bruno Fernandes faced Josema Giménez, the ball passed him by the pipe and when the Uruguayan defender is falling and lowers his hand to support himself, he touches the ball with his hand. “FIFA told us that it was a mistake, that it should not have been a penalty,” Alonso explained.

Without that goal against, Uruguay would have had a better difference than the Koreans and would have qualified.

Uruguay claims two specific plays. First a supposed touch down to Darwin Núñez. In this case, the VAR called the judge and he remained in his initial idea. And then, towards the end of stoppage time, a shock to Cavani but in this case neither the referee nor the VAR had any doubts.