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Great Nation or Small Neighbor? The stars of French football also want to continue their triumph in the crash of the derby of the World Cup against the Belgian gold generation. "They have good players, but we also know our qualities," said Benjamin Pavard, star of VfB Stuttgart. After Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne can not scare the French. "Against Belgium, eleven terriers will be on the field," defensive partner Lucas Hernandez said before the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday (20:00 CEST / ARD and Sky) in St. Petersburg. French coach Didier Deschamps promised: "We will do our best to seize this opportunity and reach the final."
But all the Habs also know what the Red Devils are capable of. As a secret favorite, they destroyed in the quarterfinals already the dream title of the world record champion of Brazil impressively. "If you beat Brazil, you do not have to fear anyone," said offensive player Nacer Chadli, "for us, it's the most important game of our life, we're ready to fight ". De Bruyne described the match as "one of the biggest stage games that everyone wants to play, we look forward to it."
32 years ago, Belgium failed in its only World Cup semi-final against Diego Maradona and the eventual champion of Argentina. In the match for third place, there was also a defeat against the French. Just not seen, say the Belgians. "We were a golden generation in Mexico in 1986. It's a great one," said legendary Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff
Confident of Belgium after defeating Brazil
2-1 win over Russia in the quarterfinals of the World Cup The Brazilian Neymar has further strengthened its confidence in its own strength among the Belgians. "I do not think there is a big difference between Brazil and France," says former Bundesliga player De Bruyne. Coach Roberto Martínez announced a targeted appearance: "We know we need to be focused for 90 minutes."
For the match against the French, the Belgians have no other advice than the Frenchman Thierry Henry. Aged 40, he has been co-coach of head coach Roberto Martínez since 2016. Henry won the first and only World Cup trophy for the Great Nation 20 years ago.
The captain of the team was the current national coach of Deschamps. "It's weird because he's French and he's sitting on the opponent's bench and for him it must be weird," said the 49-year-old before the go to Russia. But not only Deschamps and Henry know each other well. Raphaël Varane played more often at tournaments in Belgium, he was born near the border in Lille
The captain of France Hugo Lloris plays Tottenham Hotspur with Toby Alderweireld and Moussa Dembelé, the center forward Olivier Giroud to Chelsea with Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and offensive genius Eden Hazard. "It will be an unusual match," predicted Lloris. "We know them well and they know us well."
Hazard Brothers in Zidane's jersey
The Belgian Hazard, meanwhile, was photographed at sea with his brothers Kylian and Thorgan – all in the jersey of the French national team the number 10, then the number of France icon Zinedine Zidane. Eden Hazard also has a lot of respect for the new generation of French people. He praised it as "a closed team with extraordinary players like Antoine Griezmann or Kylian Mbappé."
Even though the two countries with 66 million inhabitants in France and eleven million in Belgium are unparalleled, the French also like to go make funny the language of the little neighbor, it will be a game at eye level. "50:50", Giroud estimates the chances. "The hardest thing is yet to come," says Mbappé. "We have not achieved anything yet," says Paul Pogba: "Our goal is not the semifinals."
In the final of the World Cup, Belgium has never been, the last French selection in Germany in 2006. At that time, the team lost on penalties against the l '. Italy. In 2014, France failed in the quarterfinals in Germany, 2016 was the team of Deschamps (since 2012 in power) finished second in the championship of Europe in their own country. "We missed something extraordinary at the time and now we should do everything we can to take advantage of this opportunity," Deschamps said.
President Emmanuel Macron also takes the Tricolore Team in his penultimate stage during his tour in Russia accompany. And no matter how the match ends, Macron then wanted in the cabin, said the head of the Christmas Association Le Graët in an interview in the newspaper "Le Figaro" (Monday). Most certainly to celebrate the final – just like King Philip of Belgium on the other side. He also announced his arrival with his wife, Queen Mathilde.
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