World Cup 23 in brief: the sorrow of love in Brazil, Kevin De Bruyne magic | Football News

The World Cup came back strongly as two of the four semi-finalists were confirmed.

We rounded Friday's points of discussion with Russia, as France won 2-0 against Uruguay for their first semifinal in 12 years, and Belgium eliminated Brazil, five times champion.

points of the 23rd day of this summer's World Cup …

Reports

Uruguay 0-2 France

France reached the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time since 2006 and ended the Uruguayan dream with a 2-0 win in Nizhny Novgorod. 19659004] Raphael Varane transformed a clever Antoine Griezmann free-kick five minutes before half-time and the supplier then took advantage of Fernando Muslera's (61st) goalkeeper howling while Didier Deschamps's men booked a fourth confrontation. with Brazil or Belgium. France, to emulate the triumphant 1998 team commanded by Deschamps, were grateful for several Hugo Lloris saves, but the fault of his counterpart took the edge of the match while Luis Suarez – without injured partner Edinson Cavani – was working in vain.

Brazil 1 -2 Belgium

Kevin De Bruyne's superb shot put Belgium in the semi-finals of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Brazil.

A double in the first half, thanks to a Fernandinho goal (13) and a rude finish from De Bruyne (31), allowed Belgium Renato Augusto (76) set up a grand stand, but the Belgium, led by Eden Hazard and a fantastic performance by Thibaut Courtois, held the last four. means that a European team will win the tournament this year.

Key Quotes

Roberto Martinez : "They did incredible things, there were incredible hearts out there, I did not think for a minute that their heart would give way

" You must accept that Brazil has so much quality and finesse, that it breaks you, but we did not accept it. ]

Didier Deschamps : "I have a good team that still has a lot of room to improve, we sometimes see our lack of experience, but we also have a lot of qualities. In any case, it will definitely not be a failed World Cup, and we will wait to discover our opponents and see what happens. "

Moment of the day

It just had to be De Bruyne strike [19659004] Lukaku led to the heart of Belgium's defense that caused chaos in the Brazilian bottom line. He unloaded the ball at De Bruyne on the right which was strangely invited on his right foot by a dark Marcelo. The Manchester City star took a touch and shot directly into the farthest corner.

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Statue of the day

Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez has failed to make a single contact in the box. attack against France, and failed to record a single shot. [19659020] In the news

Swedish coach Janne Andersson says his team has a plan if the quarter-finals of Saturday against England take place in penalties.

Sweden has a team in good shape before Andersson An approach that reflects the meticulous preparations of England

"In general, I believe that one must be thorough, so we have prepared how we will manage extensions and penalties, "he said. match, if we needed it, we have our approach and our idea Gareth Southgate think that Harry Kane is part of a group of talented young players who could challenge Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the top of the game.

Ronaldo and Messi have dominated world football for more than a decade, winning all the Golden Balls since 2008, although that the two players left the World Cup in the round of 16. English captain Kane, as well as Brazilian star Neymar and French striker Kylian Mbappe, will try to make the headlines in their absence and Southgate believes that a new era of international football was inaugurated this summer [19659038]. Kane could challenge Ronaldo and Messi, Southgate said: "The world is always changing, teams go through the evolution.

"The strongest teams that have dominated for a long time, maybe their team has an era of players that is very strong."