Diego Godin was unbeatable and unbreakable. By no means did he show a single glimpse of him being beaten.
A defensive colossus for Uruguay for the years, Diego Godin has taken this World Cup by storm and this time too, it was no different. There was nothing he didn’t do to maintain the clean sheet.
He mauled Dzyuba and Miranchuk with his robustness and physicality, disallowing them any sort of space inside the box. Neither did they turn, nor did they get past his resolve. Godin won headers, closed down players, kept it clean while tackling and picked a couple of delightful passes across the pitch.
Most importantly, he constructed what looks like the most well-drilled defence in this World Cup. He marshaled them well in set-pieces too, which is Uruguay’s biggest strength.
For the second goal, he leaped higher than anyone to force a save from Akinfeev, which was eventually dispatched by Cavani.