Musler caught the "Carius virus". France defeated Uruguay and reached the semi-finals of the World Cup

BEFORE THE GAME

The main problem before the announcement of the starting lineup was the emergence of the Uruguayan team that received the damage to Edinson Cavani. When Oscar Tabares, the day before the match, was questioned about it, he replied only irritably in the spirit that, they say, "will see for themselves". Even then, it became clear that with a high probability of waiting Cavani on the ground is not worth it. And it turned out – Edinson was in the application, but only on the bench. Instead, as we had expected, the position in the attack was taken by Christian Stuani, who spent 16 minutes in this tournament.

Deschamps also lost a combat unit, but much less significant. At the same time, Blaise Mathewidi, disqualified and injured on the left flank of the attack, is replaced by Korentin Tolisso, who spends 93 minutes in two matches

. in case of repeated warning at this meeting, while in the Uruguayan national team this player has turned out to be a – Rodrigo Bentancourt.

FIRST TIME

The statistics of the teams' on-site meetings were not the most positive. In the last five games, played in the 21st century, they managed to score for a single ball. As a result, four out of five games ended in a draw 0-0

And this time there was a feeling that the heads should not wait – too cautious, both these and the others. However, the French came to the aid of the standard and Raphael Varan's fantastic ability to jump due to opponents' turn. Certainly, at that moment, the tribunes were already whistling indignantly, seeing how slowly and carefully the players enter the game. Not for the first time in this world championship, fans are encouraging the French not to want to go ahead.

Kilian Mbappe tried to create something trying to break the left flank of the opponent. Against him acted Diego Laxalt. And not without the help and help of the partners, but he still manages to keep the main dribbler of the French.

Shortly before the whistle, Rodrigo Bentancourt received a warning for a difficult match and lost the opportunity to play in the semi-finals regardless of the outcome of the game. SECOND TIME

The key meaning of Cavani in Tabares' tactical arrangements was clear since the previous match with Portugal, which ended prematurely for Edinson. He is very strong in the martial arts, especially at the top, which allowed Uruguay to come out of defense by long transfers.

In his absence, Suarez alone regularly organized a counter-demonstration, and no help was expected from Stuan. This was particularly noticeable in the second half, when the South Americans had to recover. Suárez only had to helplessly grind his teeth.

At the end of the hour Tabares decided to double the substitution, releasing simultaneously on the ground Christian Rodriguez and Maximiliano Stuani. However, instead of the pressure expected in the penalty, the Uruguayans Hugo Llorisa scored the second goal in their own net. And in a situation that had nothing to do with it. Unfortunately for the two-time world champion, the monstrous "mistake of the name of Carius" has always been repeated by the reliable Fernando Musler: Antoine Grismann beat the goalkeeper very precisely and was surprised by the fact that the goalkeeper's ball pbaded the goal line

. and erupted into emotional episodes, in which football players learned more about the relationship than about football. So Deschamps needed only not to screw a crazy alteration of the game's design. He risked and did not, leaving his leaders at the last minute, and brought the match to a confident victory.