After being held to a 0-0 draw against South Korea, Uruguay manager Diego Alonso made several changes to his line-up with Guillermo Varela coming in for Facundo Pellistri, Sebastián Coates coming in for Martín Cáceres and Edinson Cavani replacing Luis Suárez. La Celeste went with a 3-5-2 formation with Coates playing alongside Diego Godín and José María Giménez in the back three whilst Portugal went with a 4-3-1-2 with William Carvalho and Pepe replacing the injured Otávio and Danilo Pereira and Nuno Mendes coming in for Raphaël Guerreiro at left back.

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At first, Portugal tried to build through Bernardo Silva dropping to the right side, whilst João Cancelo would move forward on the right side, and Bruno Fernandes would move from the attacking midfielder position into the right half-space.