Uruguay’s World Cup dreams are over after they were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by France on Friday afternoon.The South American nation, who qualified for the last eight after knocking out Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal last weekend, lost 2-0 in Nizhniy Novgorod.Raphael Varane opened the scoring five minutes before half-time with a glancing header from Antoine Griezmann free-kick. Griezmann then doubled France’s tally in the second half when his speculative long-range effort was fumbled by Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.Uruguay struggled to fashion goalscoring opportunities without the indefatigable Edinson Cavani, who missed the game through injury.Although they still had Luis Suarez leading the line, Oscar Tabarez’s side didn’t look anywhere near as dangerous in the final third without the striker who scored both goals against the Portuguese.For defender Jose Gimenez, the thought of Uruguay being eliminated from the tournament was too much to bear.The Atletico Madrid centre-back was spotted crying in the wall as France lined up a free-kick in the 88th minute.

Neville's reaction to Gimenez crying causes a stir

However, the sight of Gimenez crying while the match was still going on did not go down well with Gary Neville, who was on co-commentary duty for ITV Sport.

The former Manchester United captain blasted the 23-year-old as an “embarrassment” for allowing his emotions to get the better of him while the game was still going on. 

"Is he crying? What's he crying for?" Neville said. "What's up with him? There's five minutes to go yet. I'm all for emotion and passion, but that's embarrassing. Your team has got five minutes, you can score two goals - get on with it!"

However, Neville’s honest reaction to Gimenez shedding tears has not gone down well with the majority of football fans on social media. Many people believe it was a totally unfair comment from the former England international and have made their feelings abundantly clear on Twitter.

Was Neville right to say what he said?

But was Neville actually making a decent point? Surely tears should be reserved for after the full-time whistle?

By crying, was Gimenez not effectively conceding defeat there and then? There was still two minutes of normal time to play, plus stoppage-time, so there was still a slim chance for Uruguay to drag themselves back into the contest.

Neville almost certainly wouldn’t have made the comment had Gimenez been spotted crying *after* the match.

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