Key events
Portugal line-up
Portugal have made two changes to their starting XI that drew with DR Congo. Bernardo Silva and Tomas Araújo drop to the bench with Ruben Dias and João Félix coming into the team. The captain Cristiano Ronaldo starts once again.
Portugal (4-3-3): Diogo Costa; Dias, Veiga, Cancelo, Mendes; Fernandes, Neves, Vitinha; Ronaldo, João Félix, Neto. Subs: Sá, Rui Silva, Semedo, Araújo, Dalot, Inácio, Samú Costa, Nunes, Bernardo Silva, Neves, Ramos, Trincão, Leão, Guedes, Conceição
Here is a reminder of what happened in both nations’ World Cup openers:
Portugal v Uzebeksitan is not the only game happening today, here is the full fixture list:
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Portugal v Uzebekistan
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England v Ghana
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Panama v Croatia
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Colombia v DR Congo
Preamble
Hello and welcome to the World Cup Group K match between Portugal and Uzbekistan. The outcome of this game could see Portugal temporarily top the group with Colombia currently leading the way after their opening win against Uzbekistan.
Portugal sit third currently after their 1-1 draw against DR Congo and there has been a lot of discussion around Cristiano Ronaldo’s performance in that fixture, we will have more on that shortly.
For Uzbekistan, they are searching for their first point of the tournament to give them a much needed boost of getting to the knockout stages. Portugal will be favourites to come away with all three points as the Asian nation are in a men’s World Cup for the first time.
The team news will be announced shortly before kick-off at 6pm BST/1pm CDT/10pm UST. Will be bring you all of those updates, as well as what has been said in the build-up. Also do not hesitate to drop me an email.
