Oscar not giving top awards yet

OSCAR TABAREZ told his Uruguay side they need to improve despite securing top spot in Group A with this crushing win.

Luis Suarez led the way as the South Americans ended 10-man Russia’s perfect start to their own World Cup.

Suarez, below, fired them in front with a free-kick after 10 minutes before Denis Cheryshev deflected Diego Laxalt’s effort past keeper Igor Akinfeev 13 minutes later.

Russia then had Igor Smolnikov sent off for a second booking and Edinson Cavani added a third as Uruguay claimed maximum points to set up a last-16 clash with Portugal.

“Russia did not push us around,” said Tabarez. “They tried to put us into a corner. Not only did we prevent them from doing that but we put them in their half of the pitch in the first half. We could have won by more. Sometimes the timing

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was not perfect. We need to improve very quickly, because any match in the round of 16 will be extremely difficult. The result and to be top of our group pleased me most – and I liked the dedication and concentration that my team had.” Russia now face Spain and coach Stanislav Cherchesov criticised his side for conceding three setpiece goals. “In training we played against these set-pieces and today our rivals scored from set-pieces.”

URUGUAY (4-1-3-2): Booked: RUSSIA (4-2-3-1): Goals: