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MOSCOW
EFE
The French national team, which won yesterday in Uruguay (2-0) in Nizhny Novgorod, returns to the semi-finals of the World Cup 12 years after being completed in Germany. 2006.
World Champions in 1998, the "blues" had reached their last semifinal of the German tournament, where they overcame the group stage just seconds from the G, 3-1 against Spain in second turn. Final and 1-0 in Brazil, Frankfurt, with a target of Thierry Henry.
In the semifinals, the French team beat Portugal 1-0 with Zinedine Zidane and in the final fell to the final. penalties against Italy (3-5), after leveling a match, after taking the advantage on the scoreboard with a penalty from the former coach of Real Madrid, which has finished his career with an expulsion in overtime to give a leading Marco Materazzi.
Since then, the France team has not reached these competitive highs, since South Africa 2010 succumbed in the first phase and Brazil 2014 lost in the quarterfinals against the # 39, Germany (0-1), in the Maracana stadium. Previously, Gala's selection was third in Sweden's 58 undercover in Just Fontaine's 13 points.
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