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A quick offensive against a fierce defense: young players from France are challenged against Uruguay
High speed bounces off a heavy defense. In the quarter-finals against Uruguay, the young French stars will face their biggest test at the World Cup.
In another life, Antoine Griezmann would definitely be Uruguayan. The 27-year-old is so excited by the small South American country that he likes to be a "half-Uruguayan". In his pbadage Griezmann is French and is fighting on Friday (16.00 hours in LIVE TICKER ) against his heart for entry into the semi-finals of the World Cup. However, the affection of Griezmann is not going very well everywhere, and even before the match in Nizhny Novgorod, it caused explosions.
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"Antoine can say as often as he wants to be semi-Uruguayan, but he is French and does not know the feeling of being a Uruguayan," said Luis Suarez, a "mordant" Uruguayan: "He knows nothing about the effort and dedication needed to triumph in football with such a small population."
Mbappe and Company bite their teeth on the defenses of Uruguay
Griezmann does not should not hope for love, either Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin, best friends and godfather of his daughter, but also Gimenez, together with his Uruguayan teammates of Atletico Madrid, form the centerpiece of the Uruguayan defense, with Kylian Mbappe and Griezmann should break.
In the furious 4: 3 match in the second round against Argentina, the only talented attack from the Habs had shown its huge potential for the first time in Russia. Above all the teenager Mbappe, who was walking with his double bundle in the footsteps of the great Pele. "He's a very good player, but we have a good defense that will keep him under control," Suarez said of the 19-year-old.
Edinson Cavani is probably opposed to France
For example, world footballer Cristiano Ronaldo lost his teeth on the disgusting defense of Celeste. The duel of the opposites is the biggest test up here for all of the stars of France, in the previous tournament, Uruguay conceded a single goal. And against Les Bleus, the team must act even more on the defensive.
The reason for this is the likely failure of top scorer Edinson Cavani, who has been battling a calf bruise since he's beaten Portugal 2-1 in the last sixteen years. On Wednesday, he was absent at training, Cristhian Stuani represented him in the first eleven ..
Matuidi on Cavani: "Without him, Uruguay not the same "
A failure of the" Matador "could be devastating for the double world champion. Finally, despite all the defensive attention on the parade tower, Cavani and Suarez completed excellently and scored five goals together.
"Without him, Uruguay is not the same thing," said the French-eyed Blaise Matuidi, but the star of Barcelona Suarez sees it differently. "We do not depend on a single player, but collective work on the ground," he said defiantly, but he confessed, "I am one of the three million of the world's biggest players. Uruguayans hoping for Edi's bet. " The "half-Uruguayan" Griezmann should not belong …
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