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FIFA World Cup 2018: Edinson Cavani optimistic over injury sustained vs Portugal

"I just felt something at one point and couldn't recover. I hope (to be fit), I'll do everything to make sure I can take to the field with my teammates," Cavani told journalists after the game

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Edinson Cavani is hopeful he will be fit in time to face France in the World Cup quarter-finals despite coming off hurt in victory over Portugal. The Paris Saint-Germain striker scored both his side's goals in the 2-1 victory in Sochi in their last-16 tie, before hobbling off with a calf problem.

"I just felt something at one point and couldn't recover. I hope (to be fit), I'll do everything to make sure I can take to the field with my teammates," Cavani told journalists after the game. "It hurts a little bit, but we will see how it looks tomorrow." Uruguay are due to play France in the last eight on Friday in Nizhny Novgorod, and veteran coach Oscar Tabarez said he was "worried" for Cavani.

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