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While the hosts have found life easy at the World Cup so far, Al Hain-Cole expects them to enduring a frustrating clash against Tabarez's team

The hosts take on the well drilled South American outfit in a game that will help to decide their fate in the last 16, with Spain or Portugal waiting

The Serie A champions are also closing in on a deal for Valencia full-back Joao Cancelo, although Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is seen as too expensive

The midfielder is lighting up the tournament for the host nation, with three goals in their two games. It is a far cry from his time at the Bernabeu

The hosts will face their first big World Cup test against Luis Suarez's Uruguay

As we enter the final games of the group stage, Goal has created their best XI from each nation's second match of the World Cup

There are plenty of bookmaker concessions for online punters to take advantage of in order to boost their bankrolls throughout the competition

The 26-year-old struck a late penalty against Russia but it proved too little, too late as the Egyptians fell to a second defeat in as many games

Portugal's leading man scored a hat-trick against Spain while England's captain came up trumps against the Tunisians in Volgograd

The controversial figure has claimed that he did not have any impact on Egypt's failure to pick up a point in either of their first two games

Our Fantasy writer looks at the 11 best individual performances from round one including players from the hosts, England, Portugal, Mexico, and more

The hosts were given little chance heading into a global showpiece, but they have burst out of the blocks quicker than any side in history

The Liverpool man was nowhere near his usual self and his country now face early elimination from the World Cup as the hosts progress