Neymar penalty punishes Uruguay
Laxalt was harshly ruled to have fouled Danilo. Brazil are now unbeaten in their last 10 meetings with Uruguay, who haven’t defeated the five- time world champions since 2001.
Brazil, building towards hosting the Copa America next year, take on Cameroon in another friendly in Milton Keynes on Tuesday. It will be their last match of 2018, having recorded five successive friendly victories since losing in the World Cup quarter- finals Belgium. against
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PAST MEXICO Juventus forward Paulo Dybala shone as Argentina comfortably beat Mexico in a friendly on Friday despite the absence of Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero. In cruising to a 2- 0 victory in Cordoba, Argentina showed more signs of a newfound unity under interim coach Lionel Scaloni as they rebuild following a fraught Cup in Russia.
“We’re on the right path,” Scaloni said after his side secured their third victory in five games under his command as they eye next year’s Copa America in Brazil. Mexico could have opened the scoring when Raul Gimenez’s header hit the crossbar early in the game, but Argentina went ahead when Dybala’s free kick was headed in by Mexican defender Ramiro Funes Mori moments before half- time. World London, Nov. 17: Gareth Southgate has challenged England to end their “brilliant year” in memorable fashion by beating their World Cup conquerers Croatia at Wembley to reach the Nations League Finals on Sunday.
Southgate’s side defied expectations earlier this year by reaching the World Cup semi- finals for the first time since 1990, where they were beaten by Croatia after extratime in a gruelling clash.
The England manager created a vibrant young group that revitalised the country’s relationship with a national team that had been much maligned for their serial underachievement. “It has been a brilliant year. Whatever happens on Sunday, we’ve had real shoots of progress and achieved some outstanding results and really good performances and blooded a lot of new players,” said Southgate on Friday.
“It’s given us a real depth to the squad and competition for places.” Although England’s World Cup run ended in heartache in Moscow against Sunday’s opponents, the momentum from the tournament has carried over to this season.
Now England can gain a measure of revenge over Croatia in their winnertakesall Group A4 showdown at Wembley. “We were very keen that we moved on from the World Cup as quickly as possible,” Southgate said. “I think everybody wants to go another stage and get to a semi- final out of a group which is as tough as there has been in this competition.”