Uruguay supervisor Oscar Tabarez praised the perspective of his Uruguay gamers after they grabbed a late winner towards Egypt regardless of an insipid efficiency.

La Celeste had been fancied to excel in a weak-looking Group A however they had been lifeless for lengthy spells towards an Egypt facet who stood up effectively towards Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

But Jose Gimenez headed in an 89th minute winner from a free kick to get Tabarez's group off to the right begin, and the supervisor was delighted with the result.

​"To win matches in this group means we will be able to progress," mentioned Tabarez, per ​BBC Sport. "We both die or we kill and the expertise right now will assist us develop, however we won't make an excessive amount of of it.

"Sometimes the ball will go to the back of the net, sometimes it won't but we are always looking to score. I'm very happy with the attitude of the team and how they played."

Egypt talisman Mo Salah was declared match on the eve of the match after recovering from a shoulder harm, however supervisor Hector Cuper determined to not danger his greatest participant, with extra winnable video games towards Russia and Saudi Arabia to come back.

The Pharoahs appeared to lack a innovative with out Salah, and Tabarez acknowledged that it could have been a harder problem for his defence if the Liverpool man had been taking part in.

"Egypt played very well, a very good game, but I imagine with Mo Salah, if he had been in top form Egypt would have benefited with him on the pitch, but we will never know," mentioned Tabarez.

Uruguay face Saudi Arabia, who ​misplaced 5-Zero to Russia in the opening sport of the event, in their second match on Wednesday.