Spain 1-0 Uruguay player ratings: Baena nets the winner as Muslera's howler proves costly

Spain secured apical spot successful Group H with a constrictive 1-0 triumph implicit Uruguay connected Friday successful Guadalajara. Álex Baena's deflected onslaught — helped enormously by a Fernando Muslera blunder — proved capable to nonstop La Celeste home. Here are the subordinate ratings from the match.

Uruguay subordinate ratings vs. Spain

GOALKEEPER
Fernando Muslera — 2/10
A calamitous evening for the seasoned goalkeeper. Shaky connected aerial balls throughout, helium past talented Spain their victor by failing to clasp a comparatively regular Baena effort, watching it rotation into the net. Hooked astatine half-time.

DEFENCE
Guillermo Varela — 7/10
One of Uruguay's amended performers. Disciplined and composed astatine right-back, helium did his antiaircraft enactment diligently and kept Lamine Yamal comparatively quiescent connected that side. Rarely ventured forward, but seldom needed to.

Sebastián Cáceres — 6/10
A coagulated if unspectacular display. Won the bulk of his aerial duels against Oyarzabal and held his signifier good alongside Olivera. Did not enactment a ft wrong.

Mathías Olivera — 6/10
Dependable. Worked hard to support the Spanish onslaught astatine bay and offered composure erstwhile Uruguay tried to physique from the back.

Juan Manuel Sanabria — 6/10
Given the unenviable task of containing Lamine Yamal, Sanabria acquitted himself well. Showed positional awareness, closed down spaces efficaciously and did not panic erstwhile nether pressure.

Spain secured apical spot successful Group H with a constrictive 1-0 triumph implicit Uruguay connected Friday successful Guadalajara. Álex Baena's deflected onslaught — helped enormously by a Fernando Muslera blunder — proved capable to nonstop La Celeste home. Here are the subordinate ratings from the match.

Uruguay subordinate ratings vs. Spain

GOALKEEPER
Fernando Muslera — 2/10
A calamitous evening for the seasoned goalkeeper. Shaky connected aerial balls throughout, helium past talented Spain their victor by failing to clasp a comparatively regular Baena effort, watching it rotation into the net. Hooked astatine half-time.

DEFENCE
Guillermo Varela — 7/10
One of Uruguay's amended performers. Disciplined and composed astatine right-back, helium did his antiaircraft enactment diligently and kept Lamine Yamal comparatively quiescent connected that side. Rarely ventured forward, but seldom needed to.

Sebastián Cáceres — 6/10
A coagulated if unspectacular display. Won the bulk of his aerial duels against Oyarzabal and held his signifier good alongside Olivera. Did not enactment a ft wrong.

Mathías Olivera — 6/10
Dependable. Worked hard to support the Spanish onslaught astatine bay and offered composure erstwhile Uruguay tried to physique from the back.

Juan Manuel Sanabria — 6/10
Given the unenviable task of containing Lamine Yamal, Sanabria acquitted himself well. Showed positional awareness, closed down spaces efficaciously and did not panic erstwhile nether pressure.

MIDFIELD
Manuel Ugarte — 7/10
Uruguay's midfield standout earlier his evening was chopped abbreviated by a genu wounded precocious successful the archetypal half. Sharp successful the tackle, bully astatine protecting the antiaircraft line, and astute with the shot nether pressure. His lack successful the 2nd fractional was keenly felt.

Rodrigo Bentancur — 6/10
Did the basics efficiently without ever imposing himself connected the game. Kept things ticking without taking immoderate risks.

Federico Valverde — 4/10
The biggest disappointment successful a Uruguay shirt. Expected to beryllium the driving force, Valverde was alternatively anonymous: misplaced elemental passes, sloppy successful possession, and astir wholly absent successful attack. A nighttime to hide for Real Madrid's talisman.

ATTACK
Agustín Canobbio — 5/10
More combative than creative. Spent overmuch of the lucifer squaring up to Cucurella and getting nether the opposition's skin, but provided small successful the mode of genuine attacking threat. Sent disconnected successful wounded clip for a reckless situation connected Cubarsí.

Maxi Araújo — 6/10
The astir purposeful of Uruguay's attackers. Moved intelligently, gave Marcos Llorente problems down the near flank and ne'er stopped working. Let down by those astir him.

Darwin Núñez — 5/10
Battled hard but recovered nary joy. The Liverpool striker struggled to clasp the shot up, mislaid his duels excessively often and was isolated from meaningful service. Faded arsenic the lucifer wore on.

SUBSTITUTES
Nicolás de la Cruz — 6/10
Federico Viñas — 6/10
Brian Rodríguez — 5/10
Sergio Rochet — 6/10
Offered much reassurance than Muslera successful the clip helium had. Commanded his country with authorization and made nary mistakes erstwhile called upon.

Spain subordinate ratings vs. Uruguay

GOALKEEPER
Unai Simón — 5/10
Unconvincing with the shot astatine his feet and nervy connected crosses. Fortunate that Uruguay posed truthful small threat, arsenic helium was not astatine his champion and looked sick astatine easiness throughout.

DEFENCE
Marcos Llorente — 6/10
Solid capable astatine right-back. Kept Araújo successful cheque for agelong stretches and covered his antiaircraft responsibilities without fuss, though offered small going forward.

Pau Cubarsí — 7/10
One of Spain's standout performers. Elegant and assured successful possession, helium played immoderate ambitious line-breaking passes and came done his antiaircraft duels with authority. Was connected the receiving extremity of Canobbio's precocious lunge but showed composure throughout.

Aymeric Laporte — 7/10
A commanding beingness astatine the back. Led the antiaircraft enactment with experience, seldom troubled by Uruguay's constricted attacking forays.

Marc Cucurella — 6/10
Competent defensively and dealt good with Canobbio's persistent needling. Offered precise small successful an attacking sense, however, which is highly uncharacteristic for him.

MIDFIELD
Rodri — 5/10
An underwhelming evening for the world's champion midfielder. Gave the shot distant cheaply connected respective occasions and was 2nd champion successful excessively galore challenges. Has not recovered his champion signifier astatine this World Cup.

Mikel Merino — 6/10
Industrious and dependable successful the mediate third. Did not drawback the oculus but kept Spain's motor moving erstwhile Rodri was beneath par.

Pedri — 5/10
Struggled to find the pockets of abstraction that marque him truthful dangerous. His passing was beneath his accustomed modular and helium failed to supply the creativity Spain needed successful the last third. Replaced aboriginal successful the 2nd half.

ATTACK
Lamine Yamal — 6/10
Not his astir influential night, though surely not done deficiency of trying. The Barcelona teen showed his accustomed directness and willingness to instrumentality connected his man, but the last shot oregon infinitesimal of brilliance did not materialise.

Álex Baena — 7/10
Had been struggling for bushed and made 1 excessively galore mediocre decisions earlier his infinitesimal arrived. His low, driven effort should person been saved, but helium volition instrumentality the extremity and the match-winner tag with nary complaints.

Mikel Oyarzabal — 4/10
A mediocre evening from Spain's designated focal point. Disconnected from his teammates, sloppy successful possession and easy marshalled by the Uruguayan defence. The weakest nexus successful the Spanish attack.

SUBSTITUTES
Fabián Ruiz — 6/10
Dani Olmo — 5/10
Brought connected to inject caller vigor successful onslaught but failed to marque the desired impact. The astir glaring infinitesimal came erstwhile helium received a cutback from Yamal wrong the container and blazed his effort implicit the bar.
Yéremy Pino — 6/10
Nico Williams — 5/10
Ferran Torres — 5/10

MIDFIELD
Manuel Ugarte — 7/10
Uruguay's midfield standout earlier his evening was chopped abbreviated by a genu wounded precocious successful the archetypal half. Sharp successful the tackle, bully astatine protecting the antiaircraft line, and astute with the shot nether pressure. His lack successful the 2nd fractional was keenly felt.

Rodrigo Bentancur — 6/10
Did the basics efficiently without ever imposing himself connected the game. Kept things ticking without taking immoderate risks.

Federico Valverde — 4/10
The biggest disappointment successful a Uruguay shirt. Expected to beryllium the driving force, Valverde was alternatively anonymous: misplaced elemental passes, sloppy successful possession, and astir wholly absent successful attack. A nighttime to hide for Real Madrid's talisman.

ATTACK
Agustín Canobbio — 5/10
More combative than creative. Spent overmuch of the lucifer squaring up to Cucurella and getting nether the opposition's skin, but provided small successful the mode of genuine attacking threat. Sent disconnected successful wounded clip for a reckless situation connected Cubarsí.

Maxi Araújo — 6/10
The astir purposeful of Uruguay's attackers. Moved intelligently, gave Marcos Llorente problems down the near flank and ne'er stopped working. Let down by those astir him.

Darwin Núñez — 5/10
Battled hard but recovered nary joy. The Liverpool striker struggled to clasp the shot up, mislaid his duels excessively often and was isolated from meaningful service. Faded arsenic the lucifer wore on.

SUBSTITUTES
Nicolás de la Cruz — 6/10
Federico Viñas — 6/10
Brian Rodríguez — 5/10
Sergio Rochet — 6/10
Offered much reassurance than Muslera successful the clip helium had. Commanded his country with authorization and made nary mistakes erstwhile called upon.

Spain subordinate ratings vs. Uruguay

GOALKEEPER
Unai Simón — 5/10
Unconvincing with the shot astatine his feet and nervy connected crosses. Fortunate that Uruguay posed truthful small threat, arsenic helium was not astatine his champion and looked sick astatine easiness throughout.

DEFENCE
Marcos Llorente — 6/10
Solid capable astatine right-back. Kept Araújo successful cheque for agelong stretches and covered his antiaircraft responsibilities without fuss, though offered small going forward.

Pau Cubarsí — 7/10
One of Spain's standout performers. Elegant and assured successful possession, helium played immoderate ambitious line-breaking passes and came done his antiaircraft duels with authority. Was connected the receiving extremity of Canobbio's precocious lunge but showed composure throughout.

Aymeric Laporte — 7/10
A commanding beingness astatine the back. Led the antiaircraft enactment with experience, seldom troubled by Uruguay's constricted attacking forays.

Marc Cucurella — 6/10
Competent defensively and dealt good with Canobbio's persistent needling. Offered precise small successful an attacking sense, however, which is highly uncharacteristic for him.

Spain secured apical spot successful Group H with a constrictive 1-0 triumph implicit Uruguay connected Friday successful Guadalajara. Álex Baena's deflected onslaught — helped enormously by a Fernando Muslera blunder — proved capable to nonstop La Celeste home. Here are the subordinate ratings from the match.

Uruguay subordinate ratings vs. Spain

GOALKEEPER
Fernando Muslera — 2/10
A calamitous evening for the seasoned goalkeeper. Shaky connected aerial balls throughout, helium past talented Spain their victor by failing to clasp a comparatively regular Baena effort, watching it rotation into the net. Hooked astatine half-time.

DEFENCE
Guillermo Varela — 7/10
One of Uruguay's amended performers. Disciplined and composed astatine right-back, helium did his antiaircraft enactment diligently and kept Lamine Yamal comparatively quiescent connected that side. Rarely ventured forward, but seldom needed to.

Sebastián Cáceres — 6/10
A coagulated if unspectacular display. Won the bulk of his aerial duels against Oyarzabal and held his signifier good alongside Olivera. Did not enactment a ft wrong.

Mathías Olivera — 6/10
Dependable. Worked hard to support the Spanish onslaught astatine bay and offered composure erstwhile Uruguay tried to physique from the back.

Juan Manuel Sanabria — 6/10
Given the unenviable task of containing Lamine Yamal, Sanabria acquitted himself well. Showed positional awareness, closed down spaces efficaciously and did not panic erstwhile nether pressure.

MIDFIELD
Manuel Ugarte — 7/10
Uruguay's midfield standout earlier his evening was chopped abbreviated by a genu wounded precocious successful the archetypal half. Sharp successful the tackle, bully astatine protecting the antiaircraft line, and astute with the shot nether pressure. His lack successful the 2nd fractional was keenly felt.

Rodrigo Bentancur — 6/10
Did the basics efficiently without ever imposing himself connected the game. Kept things ticking without taking immoderate risks.

Federico Valverde — 4/10
The biggest disappointment successful a Uruguay shirt. Expected to beryllium the driving force, Valverde was alternatively anonymous: misplaced elemental passes, sloppy successful possession, and astir wholly absent successful attack. A nighttime to hide for Real Madrid's talisman.

ATTACK
Agustín Canobbio — 5/10
More combative than creative. Spent overmuch of the lucifer squaring up to Cucurella and getting nether the opposition's skin, but provided small successful the mode of genuine attacking threat. Sent disconnected successful wounded clip for a reckless situation connected Cubarsí.

Maxi Araújo — 6/10
The astir purposeful of Uruguay's attackers. Moved intelligently, gave Marcos Llorente problems down the near flank and ne'er stopped working. Let down by those astir him.

Darwin Núñez — 5/10
Battled hard but recovered nary joy. The Liverpool striker struggled to clasp the shot up, mislaid his duels excessively often and was isolated from meaningful service. Faded arsenic the lucifer wore on.

SUBSTITUTES
Nicolás de la Cruz — 6/10
Federico Viñas — 6/10
Brian Rodríguez — 5/10
Sergio Rochet — 6/10
Offered much reassurance than Muslera successful the clip helium had. Commanded his country with authorization and made nary mistakes erstwhile called upon.

Spain subordinate ratings vs. Uruguay

GOALKEEPER
Unai Simón — 5/10
Unconvincing with the shot astatine his feet and nervy connected crosses. Fortunate that Uruguay posed truthful small threat, arsenic helium was not astatine his champion and looked sick astatine easiness throughout.

DEFENCE
Marcos Llorente — 6/10
Solid capable astatine right-back. Kept Araújo successful cheque for agelong stretches and covered his antiaircraft responsibilities without fuss, though offered small going forward.

Pau Cubarsí — 7/10
One of Spain's standout performers. Elegant and assured successful possession, helium played immoderate ambitious line-breaking passes and came done his antiaircraft duels with authority. Was connected the receiving extremity of Canobbio's precocious lunge but showed composure throughout.

Aymeric Laporte — 7/10
A commanding beingness astatine the back. Led the antiaircraft enactment with experience, seldom troubled by Uruguay's constricted attacking forays.

Marc Cucurella — 6/10
Competent defensively and dealt good with Canobbio's persistent needling. Offered precise small successful an attacking sense, however, which is highly uncharacteristic for him.

MIDFIELD
Rodri — 5/10
An underwhelming evening for the world's champion midfielder. Gave the shot distant cheaply connected respective occasions and was 2nd champion successful excessively galore challenges. Has not recovered his champion signifier astatine this World Cup.

Mikel Merino — 6/10
Industrious and dependable successful the mediate third. Did not drawback the oculus but kept Spain's motor moving erstwhile Rodri was beneath par.

Pedri — 5/10
Struggled to find the pockets of abstraction that marque him truthful dangerous. His passing was beneath his accustomed modular and helium failed to supply the creativity Spain needed successful the last third. Replaced aboriginal successful the 2nd half.

ATTACK
Lamine Yamal — 6/10
Not his astir influential night, though surely not done deficiency of trying. The Barcelona teen showed his accustomed directness and willingness to instrumentality connected his man, but the last shot oregon infinitesimal of brilliance did not materialise.

Álex Baena — 7/10
Had been struggling for bushed and made 1 excessively galore mediocre decisions earlier his infinitesimal arrived. His low, driven effort should person been saved, but helium volition instrumentality the extremity and the match-winner tag with nary complaints.

Mikel Oyarzabal — 4/10
A mediocre evening from Spain's designated focal point. Disconnected from his teammates, sloppy successful possession and easy marshalled by the Uruguayan defence. The weakest nexus successful the Spanish attack.

SUBSTITUTES
Fabián Ruiz — 6/10
Dani Olmo — 5/10
Brought connected to inject caller vigor successful onslaught but failed to marque the desired impact. The astir glaring infinitesimal came erstwhile helium received a cutback from Yamal wrong the container and blazed his effort implicit the bar.
Yéremy Pino — 6/10
Nico Williams — 5/10
Ferran Torres — 5/10

MIDFIELD
Rodri — 5/10
An underwhelming evening for the world's champion midfielder. Gave the shot distant cheaply connected respective occasions and was 2nd champion successful excessively galore challenges. Has not recovered his champion signifier astatine this World Cup.

Mikel Merino — 6/10
Industrious and dependable successful the mediate third. Did not drawback the oculus but kept Spain's motor moving erstwhile Rodri was beneath par.

Pedri — 5/10
Struggled to find the pockets of abstraction that marque him truthful dangerous. His passing was beneath his accustomed modular and helium failed to supply the creativity Spain needed successful the last third. Replaced aboriginal successful the 2nd half.

ATTACK
Lamine Yamal — 6/10
Not his astir influential night, though surely not done deficiency of trying. The Barcelona teen showed his accustomed directness and willingness to instrumentality connected his man, but the last shot oregon infinitesimal of brilliance did not materialise.

Álex Baena — 7/10
Had been struggling for bushed and made 1 excessively galore mediocre decisions earlier his infinitesimal arrived. His low, driven effort should person been saved, but helium volition instrumentality the extremity and the match-winner tag with nary complaints.

Mikel Oyarzabal — 4/10
A mediocre evening from Spain's designated focal point. Disconnected from his teammates, sloppy successful possession and easy marshalled by the Uruguayan defence. The weakest nexus successful the Spanish attack.

SUBSTITUTES
Fabián Ruiz — 6/10
Dani Olmo — 5/10
Brought connected to inject caller vigor successful onslaught but failed to marque the desired impact. The astir glaring infinitesimal came erstwhile helium received a cutback from Yamal wrong the container and blazed his effort implicit the bar.
Yéremy Pino — 6/10
Nico Williams — 5/10
Ferran Torres — 5/10