Tabarez tight-lipped on Cavani injury as forward trains on his own
Edinson Cavani remains a major doubt for Uruguay’s World Cup quarter-final with France after coach Oscar Tabarez refused to provide an update on the striker’s injury.
Cavani scored both goals in Uruguay’s 2-1 last-16 win over Portugal before being helped off the pitch by Cristiano Ronaldo after picking up a calf problem. The Paris Saintgermain player trained separately from his team-mates yesterday ahead of today’s lasteight clash with Les Bleus in Nizhny Novgorod.
Tabarez believes the media have been given sufficient information about Cavani’s condition and is unhappy about constant speculation and the perceived agendas of some journalists.
“We issued a press release explaining exactly what kind of exams he had to go through and nobody respected it. People started asking other professionals, people who are not here and don’t know what is going on,” said Tabarez at his pre-match press conference.
“I’m not going to say anything else about Cavani because I have already given enough information and I don’t want to get into games that are convenient for certain journalists who have a style I don’t share.
“In less than 24 hours you will know who will play and who will be on the bench.
“I’m not going to change my mind. We don’t want to create any doubts or rumours. I apologise, I am not telling you that information. I cannot give you all of my information as I do not get all the information from the French team.”
Cavani’s absence would be a massive blow for the two-time winners.
The 31-year-old has continued his prolific partnership with Luis Suarez in Russia, scoring three times to help his team record four successive victories.