France ready for Belgium's tactical surprises, says coach

Belgium is the tournament's leading scorer, and Martinez surprised by changing his system into the quarterfinals against Brazil, displacing the target man Romelu Lukaku for Kevin de Bruyne to function as a "fake nine" ".

The adjustments worked as Belgium neutralized the Brazilian midfielder while allowing Lukaku and Eden Hazard to go beyond their backs.

De Bruyne took advantage of the open spaces in the middle. and he scored his first goal of the tournament in the 2-1 win.

With Thomas Meunier suspended for the semifinal, Martinez is sure to make at least one change.

"Belgium did not arrive here by They played a big match against Brazil with a specific game plan," said Monday Deschamps, 49, at a press conference. "Will they do something similar for us?"

"Their team is looking forward, they keep that particular quality, but against Brazil, Martinez stepped up the midfield … and the Brazilians could not use those lanes.

"They attack very fast, so I made sure my players are ready for everything Deschamps adds that Martinez has benefited from the solid foundation he inherited from Marc Wilmots, sacked after the defeat of Belgium facing in Wales at the Euro 2016 quarter.

"I do not want to offend Martinez, but he has, of course, benefited from Wilmots' work, despite the fact that Wales has eliminated the 39 "team," said Deschamps

. he scored his team, but he had great potential with this group of players, I do not know if he will do it, but I congratulate him on being in the semifinals even though he will fight us. "

Striker Kylian Mbappe, one of the best French players in Russia, was not in the first quarter of the open training dummies to the media, but Deschamps said that He had a complete team to choose from.

"No one came out even though we rested four players today. It was a precautionary measure, "adds the coach.

The teams met 73 times previously with Belgium 30 times, France 24 and 19 draws.

They clashed for the last time in 2015 and a number

Hazard and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois face teammates Chelsea, Ngolo Kante and Olivier Giroud, while Paul Pogba faces Manchester United colleagues Marouane Fellaini and Lukaku

"We know and they know us, "said Deschamps," it's strange because there are a lot of players in my team who will face their own teammates. This is an advantage on both sides, but we will seize every opportunity to reach the final. "

(Reportage of Simon Jennings, edited by Ed Osmond)