Bruno Fernandes says it doesn’t matter who scored Portugal’s opener in their victory over Uruguay last night.
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes has insists the importance of the match against Uruguay was to win and not who scored the opener.
The midfielder crossed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo in the box and the ball went into the net.
Cristiano Ronaldo would have drawn level with Portugal’s record World Cup goalscorer Eusebio if he had had a touch on Fernandes’ 54th-minute cross.
But replays showed that the Portugal captain did not get a touch on it and the goal was given to Fernandes as his team claimed a second successive Group H win to progress.
“I don’t think it really matters who scored the goal at this point,” Fernandes said.
“The feeling I had at the time was that Cristiano touched the ball. I was passing the ball to him.
“But the important thing was that we won tonight against a very tough opponent.
“The importance of us being first in the group includes us winning the next game, which would allow us to come out of the group undefeated. That is what we want.
“We have a very organised team ahead of us on Friday, and our objective is to take it match by match.”
Uruguay will need to beat Ghana in their quest for a place in the round of 16.
“We will be going all out for victory. It is a crucial game,” Uruguay manager Diego Alonso said.
“We improved in the second half today. Portugal owned the ball before that, and that pressure had some effect.
“Sometimes, things don’t work out. We had 11 chances, according to the statistics.”
