TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsBrazil, Portugal join France in World Cup knockouts
Ghana’s Kudus steals limelight in 3-2 win against S. Korea.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Set as preferred source
F
ive-time champion Brazil and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal joined France in the World Cup knockout rounds with a game to spare on a dramatic day of action in Qatar on Monday.
Portugal's match against Uruguay, which it won 2-0, was briefly interrupted by a pitch invader who carried a rainbow flag and wore messages of support for war-torn Ukraine and Iranian women.
Manchester United playmaker Bruno Fernandes starred for Portugal, scoring with a cross-cum-shot early in the second half before converting an injury-time penalty.
Ronaldo wheeled away in celebration after the first goal but FIFA decided he had not touched the ball, denying him a ninth World Cup goal, which would have put him level with Portuguese great Eusebio.
"It was a well-deserved victory," Portugal coach Fernando Santos said. "The first part is over, we are in a hurry. Now I will continue to work to improve what needs to improve."
Portugal tops Group H with six points after two matches, three ahead of Ghana, which edged a five-goal thriller against Son Heung-min's South Korea.
Man-of-the-match Mohammed Kudus, 22, one of the hottest properties in world soccer, caught the eye with two goals including the winner midway through the second half.
