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Moscow, Jul. 5 (PL) The quarterfinals of the Russia-2018 World Cup still hold today. the expectation of all the fans of the planet, and although many take for granted that Brazil will be champion, very few exclude any big surprise.
The city, located on the banks of the Volga, seems to be the cemetery of great champions, so the Scratch will have to show better version to impose against the Belgians, a brilliant combination, led by Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, two of the best footballers in the Premier League of England.
Neymar and his company have to scramble the ghosts that haunt the n Brazilian selection, qualified for the quarter-finals in all editions since 1990, but in the last three World Cups, he always lost to the teams of the Old Continent , twice in the semi-finals (this infamous 1-7 against Germany in 2014). 19659005] The only precedent between the Brazilians and the Belgians goes back to the 2002 Cup, when the South Americans defeated the Europeans 2-0 and later lifted their fifth trophy of the world champions.
The prevailing team in this match will be measured in semi-finals to the winner of the Uruguay-France duel, also scheduled tomorrow, at the Nizhny Novgorod stadium
The Charrúas have never lost against the Gauls in the world quotations. Up to now, they are winning (2-1 in 1966) and two draws (0-0 in 2002 and 2010), and in general – including friendly matches – dominate the bilateral showdown for four wins against one only Europeans, plus three
A handicap for the Uruguayans, who could become another motivation to get into history, is that they win four consecutive victories and can never claim victory in five consecutive matches in their 13 incursions in the World Cup. dream because he is undefeated in his last nine games against the South American teams (five wins and four draws).
As curiosity, Didier Deschamps, his coach, will reach 81 games at the head of the Blues and will be ratified as coach that more times he has led the Gallo team. Their first match at that time: 0-0 against Uruguay in 2012.
In the other part of the quarterfinal program, they will face Croatia-Russia in Sochi and Sweden-England to Samara, two duels agreed for next Sunday.
The unbeaten Croatians in the competition, backed by the overwhelming 3-0 win over Argentina by Lionel Messi in the group stage, are the favorites of many experts to reach the final for this part of the competition table.
Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and his team-mates will have to fight against 11 players and 48,000 supporters who will restock the Olympic stadium and will support the Russian delirium, inspired by the triumph – on penalties – against Spain in round of 16
Since it was founded in 1991 as an independent country, Russia has never gone through the group stage before this edition of the World Cup.
And for your approval there is a telling fact: the last five hosts n live in the quarter-finals, managed to advance in the competition at least until the semi-final (Italy-1990, France -1998, South Korea-2002, Germany-2006 and Brazil-2014).
From England to Sweden, most are expecting a triumph from the Three Lions team, although their performance in the fight left much to be desired until the present, especially in the eighth controversial conflict against Colombia, settled with triumph in the penalties.
The hierarchy of many of his players, especially Harry Kane, the tournament's top scorer with six goals, made England the favorite in the predictions, however Sweden has great danger weapons.
In 25 games between the two, the statistics show an almost absolute parity: eight English shots by seven Scandinavian Vikings, plus nine draws.
did, l The two games they played in the World Cup finals ended in a 1-1 draw in 2002 and a 2-2 draw in 2006.
Sweden won three of his four World Cup adventures in the quarterfinals (1938, 1958, 1994). The urge of 1934, while England barely reached the semi-finals twice, 1990 and 1966, the only time that it was crowned in these games, and dropped six times in the quarter-finals (1954, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2002, 2006
According to specialists, Brazil, France, Croatia and England should go from the front in the game, in reality it would be ideal in terms of quality for the semi-finals, but in all rounds of Russia-2018 there were always surprises.
Will Kazan serve as a graveyard for another mighty world champion? Uruguay will impose his Uruguayan claw and retain his undefeated World Cup title against the Blues? Will the host continue to make history? Sweden will qualify-t it for the semifinals for the first time since 1994?
The novel continues tomorrow in Russia.
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