The seventh day of the 2018 World Cup saw three of the biggest teams in international football take the pitch, with Portugal, Uruguay, and Spain each in action — and getting close wins.
Riding high after their dramatic draw with Spain, Portugal and its star goal-scorer kept the momentum going with a 1-0 win over Morocco in the Wednesday opener. In the middle game of the day, Uruguay edged Saudi Arabia, 1-0, with Luis Suarez grabbing the only goal of the clash. Spain then bounced back with a narrow 1-1 win over Iran.
Here are the final scores and the must-see highlights from the day.
World Cup scores and schedule For Day 7
Portugal 1-0 Morocco,
Uruguay 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Spain 1-0 Iran
Let’s watch all the goals from Day 7
Spain 1-0 Iran
Costa does it again for Spain
#MundialTelemundo Así lo narró @CopanAlvarez ¿Autogol o no? ¡La fortuna juega a favor de #ESP y tras un rebote en el área, @diegocosta abre el marcador frente a #IRN pic.twitter.com/itV8UmiuxR
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) June 20, 2018
And Iran had a potential equalizer called back
#MundialTelemundo ¡Por unos momentos gritamos el gol! El VAR entró de nuevo en acción y anuló la anotación de #IRN sobre #ESP ¿Estuvo correcta la acción? pic.twitter.com/lRFo74swqI
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) June 20, 2018
Portugal 1-0 Morocco
Ronaldo did it again too
#MundialTelemundo Así lo narró @AndresCantorGOL ¿Quién más sino @Cristiano ? Gran remate de cabeza para adelantar a #POR en el marcador frente a #MAR pic.twitter.com/u46VLJNjUq
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) June 20, 2018
Uruguay 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Luis Suarez’ goal delivers the win for Uruguay
#MundialTelemundo Así lo narró @sadovnik1965 ¿Qué le pasó al portero de #KSA ? Gracias a ese regalo, @LuisSuarez9 la empuja y abre el marcador a favor de #URU pic.twitter.com/EdM8urKniL
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) June 20, 2018
World Cup news and views
- Zito Madu cheers how Senegal demonstrated the ridiculousness of the “pace and power” stereotypes around black players.
- Nate Scott wrote an open letter to Carlos Sanchez after his insane red card just three minutes into Colombia’s match against Japan.
- Speaking of Japan, they have their own World Cup mascot and it, uh... it’s something.
- Gabriele Marcotti argues that it’s not easy to build a team around a player like Cristiano Ronaldo.