Following on from our effort to provide the very few reader here with a Who Cares Guide to every World Cup game, we offer up our Who Cares Guide to the World Cup Round of 16 match between Uruguay v Portugal.
But the casual reader and World Cup bandwagoner or Football cynic doesn’t have time to preview all the games, which is why we have compacted them all into a shortened form so you can impress fellow family and friends with your new found World Cup Round of 16 knowledge.
This time we offer some who cares thoughts on Uruguay v Portugal Round of 16 clash.
GAME 2 – SUN 4:00 (AEST) – URUGUAY v PORTUGAL
THE WHO CARES QUALIFYING STORY
Uruguay won all their three games in Group A without being overly impressive, the famed front two are yet to explode at the World Cup yet, but the defence certainly has. OK, they have come out of a weak group, but Uruguay can’t do anymore than concede no goals, and are getting goals from the back, including a decisive one from Giminez in the first game against Egypt. They will need that defensive might against the World’s best and one of the stars so far in Ronaldo.
Portugal, like Spain, have done the job to get out of the group, but were pushed all the way by a determined Morocco and Iran, and of course Spain from that sensational opener against their Iberian rivals. Ronaldo has been the difference, they probably wouldn’t have drawn against Spain nor beaten Morocco. Quaresma’s goal against Iran proved someone else can bring a little magic.
This game is as close to a dead heat as it gets in head to head betting, so it is flip a coin territory, but does one Ronaldo trump a Cavani-Suarez? We will see.
URUGUAY – 1st Group A – 9pts – GD +5
Only team not to concede a goal in the group stage.
PORTUGAL – 2nd Group B – 5pts – GD +1
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 80% of Portugal’s goals. The other 20% was a cracker though.
WHO CARES HISTORY
Head to Head – Nil
Last Match – Nil
WHO CARES FOR A BET?
RESULT – Uruguay $2.75 Portugal $2.80 Draw $2.90
TO QUALIFY – Uruguay $1.90 Portugal $1.90
OUR BEST BET – Ronaldo to Score and Portugal to win 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 @ $X.XX
WHO CARES WHAT WE THINK?
What we think will happen…
Ronaldo scores the only goal and wins for Portugal
What will probably happen..
Suarez gets sent off for something stupid at 0-0 and having missed a few good chances, and Ronaldo makes them pay with a late goal.
What our animal tipster Muttstradamus thinks…
Uruguay
What our small children think…
Portugal
WHO CARES ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE?
Who’s next?
The winner of this game will play the winner of France v Argentina.
What to watch out for…
The big head to head is whether Uruguay Super duo is better than Portugal’s superhero.
Finishing with…. a match preview Haiku
Ronaldo Suarez
Magic awaits from either man
Is bark worse than bite?
