Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani has failed to recover from injury in time for Friday's World Cup quarter-final against France, with Cristhian Stuani replacing him up front alongside Luis Suarez.
Edinson Cavani doesn’t recover in time to start for #URU against #FRA ? pic.twitter.com/Ot5tRBzLtz
— B/R Football (@brfootball) July 6, 2018
Cavani scored two goals in the round of 16 win over Portugal then limped off with a calf injury, so Uruguay had desperately hoped to have him fit for the match at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
