Uruguayans overcame almost 40-year-old curse of unsuccessful first matches at world championships.

In the duel of the first round of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, Uruguay's team, just minutes before the end of the match, squeezed the national team of Egypt, winning a minimal victory with a score of 1: 0.

Thus, for the first time since 1970, Uruguayans won their starting duel at the World Championships.

The previous 6 first matches of Uruguay in the mundials ended as follows:.

1974 - defeat from the Netherlands 0: 2 1986 - draw with West Germany 1: 1 1990 - draw with Spain 0: 0 2002 - defeat from Denmark 1: 2 2010 - draw with France 0: 0 2014 - defeat from Costa Rica 1: 3 The closest match at the 2018 World Cup team Uruguay will hold against Saudi Arabia on June 20.