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Clinical Cavani gives Ronaldo a finishing masterclass to dump out Portugal

The PSG striker scored with both of his shots on goal as Uruguay knocked the European champions out of the World Cup with a 2-1 win in Sochi

First Lionel Messi, now Cristiano Ronaldo. The World Cup has lost its two biggest names.

Both bowed out on the same day. Both failed to score, meaning both remain without a goal in the knockout stage of the tournament's knockout stage.

Edinson Cavani, though, has two; the two that eliminated Ronaldo and European champions Portugal on an absorbing night of drama at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi.

This last-16 clash had been billed as a straight shootout between Clasico rivals Ronaldo and Suarez but it was Cavani who proved the deadliest marksman on the pitch.