Soccer Football - World Cup - Quarter Final - Uruguay vs France - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - July 6, 2018 Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez looks on during the match REUTERS/Darren Staples
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said that France were worthy winners of Friday's World Cup quarter-final but that his small country had once again shown why it deserves its place alongside the best nations in global soccer.
In charge of Uruguay for the last three World Cups, Tabarez has taken his teams beyond the group stage each time - to the semi-final in 2010, the last 16 in 2014, and the quarters in Russia.
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