World Cup 2018: Uruguay 0-2 France – Hits and flops from the game

#4 Flop: Fernando Muslera

Muslera had a game to forget

The injury to Edinson Cavani couldn’t have come at a more importunate moment for La Celeste. Having scored two decisive goals to take his team to this stage, Cavani was always going to be missed. And it was his absence, which seemed to make French the favourites to progress. And for major parts of the game, Uruguay looked to make in-roads.

And as the second half progressed, one could sense an Uruguayan goal in the offing. But then tragedy struck in the form of a Muslera howler as a routine shot from Griezmann was palmed into the goal. In a moment the tie was over for Uruguay as Muslera could only curse in disappointment.

Muslera has been one of the mainstays for the Uruguayan national team for a considerable period of time and it was a sad way to see him and his team go out of the tournament. Having tried to parry the shot instead of catching it, he could only watch in horror as the ball slipped out of his hand and land beyond the goal line and thus extinguishing Uruguay’s hopes at this edition’s World Cup.