Edinson Cavani has blamed his coach Diego Alonso for Uruguay ‘s 2-0 defeat to Portugal in their second group game on Monday at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
After a goalless first half, Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring for Portugal in the 54th minute before wrapping up the win in stoppage time from the spot after a video assistant referee intervention which adjudged Jose Gimenez had handled.
Uruguay must now beat Ghana in their final Group H game to have a chance of qualifying to the round of 16 stage.
“You have to ask Alonso that,” Cavani said.
“He will be able to talk to you more tactically. They are football matches, sometimes things work out and other times they don’t.”
“The truth is that there is a bitter taste to lose, knowing that we have great potential to be able to give more.”
“Leaving points like this, which in the end is costly, losing points in a World Cup is something very complicated. It leaves you in a bitter taste,” he added.
Ghana and Uruguay face off at the Al Janoub Stadium on Friday in the final Group H game.
The game will be a repeat of the 2010 World Cup quarter-final incident which saw Luis Suarez save his side with the handball incident as Ghana eventually bowed out of the tournament on penalty shootouts.