URUGUAY VS PORTUGAL
Ronaldo holds no fear for captain fantastic Godin
Rostov-on-Don — Uruguay captain Diego Godin is the leader of the only defence yet to concede a goal in the World Cup. The Atletico Madrid defender’s wealth of experience in facing Cristiano Ronaldo will come in handy in his side’s last 16 clash with Portugal on Saturday. With 27 meetings against Ronaldo in the bruising Spanish capital derby between Atletico and Real Madrid, winning eight times, drawing nine and losing 10, few players are better placed to shackle Ronaldo than Godin. The five-times world player of the year may have filled his boots against Godin on several occasions, but the defender has also kept the prolific Portuguese quiet in many games, preventing him from finding the net in 13 of their last 20 meetings. There has been little love lost when they have met: Ronaldo once punched Godin during a Spanish Super Cup tie, but the defender got his own back in a meeting in 2017 by elbowing the Portuguese in the head. Both players escaped red cards. Godin, 32, is one of the ...
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