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Moscow – Barely time to enjoy the success against Uruguay in the quarterfinals: the semi-final of the World Cup-2018 arrives on Tuesday and it pits French concentrated to the formidable Belgium, the quarterback of the favorite Brazilian.
The harsh law of a World Cup … Hardly the quarters crossed, it's already time to think the half. France have already eliminated Argentina in the eighths (4-3) and Uruguay in the quarterfinals (2-0), but, after a few moments of joy on the way back from Nizhny Novgorod, all that matters now is this semi-final against the surprising Belgium.
– Belgium " quite complete, solid " –
" This is a very good team, young but also maturing ", warned on Saturday. defender Raphaël Varane, decisive scorer against the Celeste, since the base camp of Istra. " They are able to play in combined pbades, with a lot of movement, as in quick attacks.It is a fairly complete team, solid, we know that it will be difficult and it will be necessary to achieve a big performance. "
Belgium hit a big knock Friday night by eliminating Brazil from Neymar (2-1). Of course, the Auriverde were out of action for the suspension of their influential midfielder Casemiro, but the facts are there: Eden Hazard's Belgium, Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois or Romelu Lukaku equaled the best performance in Belgian history , a semifinal at the 1986 World Cup.
Given its quality, it can still dream to do better … Even if the Blues intend to prevent it. " It's a very big selection ," said Atletico Madrid defender Lucas Hernandez. " We will have to be very attentive defensively, but we know what we have to do, we know our strengths. "
It's time to compare the state of the workforce. France will be able to count on the return of suspension of Blaise Matuidi while, on the Belgian side, the Paris side Thomas Meunier will be suspended, Tuesday in Saint-Petersburg.
Samuel Umtiti stood right knee during the match against Uruguay? " He had a little trouble yesterday (Friday) after the game, but it's something he knows how to handle, he knows the care he has to do, I do not worry too much "badured Raphaël Varane.
– " Eleven dogs on the field " –
The men of Didier Deschamps claim to be carried by the scenes of fervor in France, and welcomed to count among the spectators Tuesday the president of Emmanuel Macron Republic. " It represents the craze, the support that there is from all over France ", explains the posed vice-captain.
" It's not going to give us any extra motivation because we know we're being tracked, but the fact that it's moving shows the importance we have, and it's flattering to we are even more aware of what we represent ", he badyzes while his teammate Hernandez guaranteed the show to the president.
" When you enter a competition like a World Cup, the only thing you want is to win it, it's not easy, but I think our goal is for everyone. That's it, we've never been so close to it since we're in the semi-finals, so I think Tuesday you'll see eleven dogs on the field, plus the three that are going to come back ", promised the defender of " Atléti ", which " hopes that the president will be able to celebrate the qualification with us in the cloakroom ".
As for who in Belgium or France is favorite, neither of them got wet. " Only very good teams remain ," said Varane, while Colchonero said it was " 50-50.They are in front of us in the Fifa rankings, but we we are a great selection, while the best wins ".
The winner will then be left with only one match to win on July 15 in Moscow. A final which most professional players dream in vain during a career, and to which they are more than four times 23 to be able to claim. They are French and Belgian – English and Croatian in the other semifinal. This is also the hard law of a World Cup.
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