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The door or the last square, dreams in his head: the team of France faces the solid Uruguayan selection Friday in Nizhny Novgorod (16:00 French) in the quarterfinals of the World Cup-2018, to regain the vertigo of the peaks in World Cup.
Reaching the semi-finals, this is the objective badigned for months by the French Federation to the men of Didier Deschamps, finalists of the Euro-2016.
The Blues would do better than at World Cup-2014, where they were stopped in the quarterfinals by Germany (1-0), and touched with their fingertips their dream of second world star, twenty years after the coronation of the glorious seniors of 1998, whose current coach Deschamps …
After a well managed first round but boring in the game, the French shined in the last 16 against Argentina (4-3), especially the prodigy Kylian Mbappé, covered with superlatives since his double and his crazy ride to get a penalty transformed by Antoine Griezmann
But the most experienced are cautious, like Captain Hugo Lloris, not frankly euphoric by nature. Uruguay "conceded very few goals and chances, it was a very difficult team to handle and very strong in counterattacks, it will be another match profile against the Argentines", warns the goalkeeper with 101 selections
Griezmann vs Godin
Since November, the Uruguayan selection has conceded … two goals, including one against Portugal in the 8th finals (2-1). The Celeste has indeed strong guarantees behind with its central hinge Diego Godin-Jose Maria Gimenez, who play together at Atlético Madrid, the club Griezmann.
An advantage to counter the striker of the Blues? Perhaps, but Grizou also knows the two friends by heart and would be well inspired to undermine them to prove that he is finally completely back in his World Cup, where he scored twice, but each time on a penalty kick.
This meeting has a particular flavor for the French who has not stopped working with Uruguayans throughout his career and has been working for years at maté, this infusion very popular in Latin America.
More as his team mate, Godin is his "great friend", the godfather of his daughter. But "Godin will not be softer, I do not think he knows everything about me, I know everything about him, it's going to play with details, he'll have to pay attention to the set pieces, to their counter-attacks ", warns Griezmann
The Teams:
End of suspense: Edinson Cavani will not hold against France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup Friday in Nizhny Novgorod. Injured since the round of 16 against Portugal, the Uruguayan striker will start the game on the bench. Cristhian Stuani replaces him in the base eleven, alongside Luis Suarez
French side, it is Corentin Tolisso was chosen to replace Blaise Matuidi, suspended
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