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Fernando Muslera can not bear to watch. (Franck Robichon / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock)
Quarter-final, Nijni Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
Full time: France 2, Uruguay 0
In a match where scoring chances were rare, the French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris stepped up or, rather, jumped to the side. His coup de grace on a free kick by Uruguay in the first half gave the Blues even more strength after Raphaël Varane's goal a few minutes earlier.
Uruguayan keeper Fernando Muslera had no chance of stopping the first half of Varane, but his mbadive mistake on the second half of Antoine Griezmann put an end to the game. one of his two real threats in Edinson Cavani.
As a result, France reached for the first time the semi-finals of the World Cup. The Blues will face Brazil or Belgium Tuesday in St. Petersburg
Mbappe fate
With a yellow card, France brings it in the 88th minute. Ousmane Dembele replaces him
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France changes
Steven N Zonzi replaces Corentin Tolisso, also yellow, in the 79th minute.
Uruguay out of the submarines
Jonathan Urretaviscaya – making his World Cup debut – enters Nahitan Nandez's place, and Uruguay has no more submarines left. France is still in the race with his 11th start. It may be time to remove the yellow card holders (Mbappe, Hernandez).
Things get chippy
Mbappe breaks down and Uruguay thinks it's pretending to pick it up on the ground. Everyone enters everyone's face, with Pogba and Suarez particularly annoyed.
Mbappe and Rodriguez get rid of yellow cards. Uruguay has just pbaded a bunch of energy woofing to its opponent down two goals. Not an ideal attack plan at this stage of the game.
Goal!
Shortly after the submarines, Griezmann sends a line of knuckling right to Muslera and … he flickers it completely, trying to sweep it instead of controlling it and watching meekly as he goes on his right shoulder and in the goal. This is 2-0 France. Even if the shot took a late turn, it is brutal Muslera
Double change for Uruguay
Near the hour, Maxi Gomez replaces Cristhian Stuani (an ineffective substitute for Cavani ) while Christian Rodriguez replaces Rodrigo Bentancur
No change of composition for one or the other team
Halftime: France 1, Uruguay 0
The goal of Varane, then the big ones Lloris judgments made the difference for France. holes in the suddenly uneven defense of Uruguay. Uruguay, meanwhile, had the best chances to score but not a lot of possession. Suarez was mostly absent.
France has never lost a World Cup match leading to the break (19-1-0).
Full extension for Lloris
In the 44th minute, on a free kick, Lloris had to make a ridiculous dive to block Caceres' head. One of the best stops we saw in Russia
Goal!
On the free kick following the yellow card of Bentancur, the performance of Griezmann seems to blur the line of Uruguayan defense. Varane finds space and his head protrudes Muslera. That's 1-0, France, and Uruguay hangs out for the first time in this World Cup.
Now a yellow for Bentancur
Two minutes later, Bentancur takes a neglected shot at Tolisso from behind and is rated yellow. He will miss the next match, if Uruguay has one.
Yellow for Hernandez
On the 33rd minute, Hernandez gets his pocket chosen by Nandez and then blatantly pulls him by the jersey while he sprints with the ball down the field (he was pretty strong to tear his shirt). It's an easy yellow card for the Frenchman.
The trembling playground?
Fox Sports's Tony Meola, relaying reporter Jenny Taft's information, reports that the pitch is a bit rough, especially around the middle. We saw a lot of players on the bridge up here.
Also, there are bugs:
Opening for Les Bleus
In the 15th minute, Giroud directs the ball towards a very open Mbappe, which has slowed down his race and has no power over his own attempt from head to goal. That's the best chance of France so far, and a pretty unusual defeat of the Uruguayan defense, but nothing comes from it.
Olivier Giroud is caught by José Gimenez and clings to his leg.
Uruguay's worst fears came to fruition on Thursday when star striker Edinson Cavani missed Friday's quarter-final against France due to a calf injury suffered during his victory in the eighth finals. in Portugal. Cristhian Stuani replaced Cavani after suffering the injury against Portugal and slips into the starting lineup against France. Cavani scored both goals of his team in the match of Portugal and he has three of the seven of Uruguay for the tournament, so his presence will obviously be missed, although Stuani scored 19 goals for Girona in 2017-18 .
Cavani send a rallying cry to Uruguayan fans on Twitter, writing "We always feel your warmth in every game."
Sentimos that siempre our acompañan.
Sentimos su aliento cada partido.
Hoy más que nunca. Arriba the Celeste ?? !! Uruguay noma !! ???We always feel like we are with us.
We always feel your warmth in every game.
Today more than ever. Arriba the Celeste ?? !! Always Uruguay !! ??? pic.twitter.com/4R0QGp6vWN– Edi Cavani Official (@ECavaniOfficial) July 6, 2018
This is the defense, however, that brought the Uruguay to round of 16, as he conceded only one goal in his previous four matches, linking Brazil for the least points allowed. The task Friday will put Kylian Mbappe, who became the second teenager in history to score twice in a World Cup match in the Blues victory in round of 16 against Argentina (joining a certain Pele ). Argentina has given Mbappe too much room to roam, something that Uruguay will seek to avoid.
"If you let France take the place, it will be very difficult," said Uruguayan manager Oscar Tabarez. point in their favor. France imposes with a series of nine games without defeat against the South American teams at the World Cup, failing to beat a team of the CONMEBOL in the group stage of 1978. L 'Uruguay , meanwhile, reached the semifinals in five of his last six trips to the quarterfinals
Uruguay: Muslera, Gimenez, Godin, Caceres, Bentancur, Nandez, Torreira, Vecino, Laxalt, Suarez , Stuani.
France: Lloris, Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Hernandez, Pogba, Tolisso, Kante, Griezmann, Giroud, Mbappe.
Note: Stuani fills Cavani on the line of attack of Uruguay. For France, Corentin Tolisso replaces Blaise Matuidi, the central midfielder on a suspension of yellow card. Tolisso played every 15 minutes in Russia, and Nabil Fekir is considered a possible substitute as the game progresses.
Nestor Pitana, from Argentina, is your chief referee. He is a former actor, which could be useful if players started to embellish things a bit.
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