FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Uruguay Training - Uruguay Training Camp, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - July 5, 2018 Uruguay's Edinson Cavani during training REUTERS/Carlos Barria
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Injured Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani failed to make the lineup for Friday's World Cup quarter-final against France, with Cristhian Stuani replacing him up front alongside Luis Suarez.
Cavani scored two goals in the round of 16 win over Portugal then limped off with a calf injury, and had desperately sought to get fit for the match at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
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