Doha, November 27 (QNA) - The Portuguese national team will seek to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 when it plays against its Uruguayan counterpart Monday (tomorrow) at Lusail Stadium at the top of Group H matches.

The Portuguese team enters the confrontation excitedly by defeating Ghana by three goals to two at the start of its campaign in the tournament, while the Uruguay team is looking for its first victory after drawing in its first match with its South Korean counterpart without goals.

The Portuguese team enters the match armed with a constellation of the brightest stars led by its historical scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, who is looking to leave a mark in the World Cup with his country in his fifth consecutive participation in the World Cup tournaments.

The Portuguese realize that winning tomorrow will ensure that they cross early to the final price, and any other result means entering into complex calculations that may confuse the team's stars, so it is expected that the meeting will be on a high degree of focus and caution.

Cristiano Ronaldo and his team-mates are looking for the best way to get the three points against Uruguay and qualify for the final match in the group.

On the other hand, the Uruguayan team will be required to win if it wants to qualify for the second round, especially since its draw with South Korea in the first match put a lot of pressure on the players, so it is expected that the team will enter the match with full force to win and not complicate the situation further, especially that the other rival Korean team is in a similar situation to Uruguay and in the event of its victory over Ghana, all the pressure will be on Luis Suarez and his team-mates, so it is expected that the Uruguayan team will throw all its weight in order to win and ensure the continuation of the tournament in the best way.

The Uruguayan national team will be filled with a group of ambitious players led by one of the best players in the world at present, Federico Valverde and the two experienced Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani, who gave the match strength and excitement from the reality of the one option that the Uruguayan team plays, which is victory, and any other result may enter it into complex calculations that end at the end of the third round of the group are linked to the results of the other teams, which they will seek to avoid.

(QNA)