France and Belgium compete for the World Cup final

St. Petersburg – France will unleash the offensive talents of Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann against Belgian club Eden Hazard in St. Petersburg on Tuesday with a place in the final of the World Cup in play.

The semi-final of the European neighbors announces full of intrigues then that France is aiming for the final for the first time since a team led by Zinedine Zidane did it in Germany in 2006.

Belgium will seek to innovate by reaching the final for the first time in its history – it only reached the semi-finals once, 1986.

The winner will face Croatia or England on Wednesday at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

With Eden Hazard pulling the strings and Romelu Lukaku providing firepower, Belgium has all it takes to p to beat France.

But their secret weapon He could be sidelined as one of the greatest French players of all time, Thierry Henry, who is now the badistant of the head coach Roberto Martinez.

The former Arsenal and Barcelona striker was part of the French World Cup team at home 20 years ago and played 123 times for his country, scoring 51 times.

Now it is his duty to stop the race of his native nation.

Martinez explained how Henry's experience "What we did not have was the international experience, the know-how to win a World Cup, the knowledge – to be a footballer, how to wait He said that the Dutchman Kevin De Bruyne said that Henry had not talked about his feelings

"Maybe he will sing the Marseillaise (before the match ?), which I find normal, "De Bruyne sa

" It can be a bit difficult for him but he works for Belgium now, he wants us to win. "

Belgium's confidence will be high after to have eliminated Brazil in the quarter-finals and they are the only team to have won all his matches in Russia, with 14 goals scored.

France's Didier Deschamps failed in his group matches but exploded during the demolition 4-3 from Argentina while Mbappe eclipsed Lionel Messi and confirmed his arrival com me a new superstar of the game.

The French then showed their steel in the 2-0 disposition of Uruguay in the quarterfinals.

France are favorites because of their mix of youth and allied experience tournament tournament after the finals of the Euro 2016.

ENGLAND FEVER

Then as the World Cup fever rises at home, England avoids the hype as Gareth Southgate prepares his team near Saint Petersburg for their first semifinal since 199 0.

While many English fans are surprised by the progress of the team, the midfielder Dele Alli says the team has always believed that they could go far

"We had to believe and we know that we are talented. He says, "We know we have incredible players and a good manager and everyone knows what we want to do."

Southgate told his players that they have the potential to be even bigger heroes than the team with Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton who won home in 1966.

Captain Harry Kane is leading England with six goals so far, putting him ahead of the Golden Boot. Lukaku has four goals and Griezmann and Mbappe each have three goals.

Although England is a victim of football fever, Wimbledon leaders say the men's final will start Sunday at the usual time.

However, they say that they will not have any objection if the Central Court crowd wants to take action shots of Moscow on their phones.

Croatia, who matched the achievements of their 1998 team by reaching the last four, can rely on Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric but his teammate Andrej Kramaric says that the lack of superstars of the England is what makes it a coherent unit. "England was one of the favorites for the tournament because they have a young and hungry team without big international stars, it will not be easy for us," he admitted.

Croatia could well fight against fatigue and injuries after a penalty shot on Russia host nation on Saturday.