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MOSCOW (AP) The last Tuesday at the World Cup (all local times):
22:15
What came first, the chicken or the goal?
Harry Kane, Dele Alli were among the England players who played a rubber pool match at the training one day before the World Cup semi-final against Croatia [19659002] "1965-19002" "That's exactly what I asked our coaches." Gareth Southgate said, "Our physical performance coaches are trying to keep the players warming up and keeping them warm. stimulated. Just a little fun to get them moving, and some of the mobility exercises. "
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22:09
Samuel Umtiti led France in a 1-0 lead against Belgium in the Umtiti World Cup's brilliantly raised to Antoine Griezmann's right to the 51st minute, for his first goal of the tournament
The striker Olivier Giroud took the corner after turning Belgian defender Vincent Kompany, forcing him to put "
The winner in St. Petersburg plays against Croatia or England in the final of Sunday
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21:46
He is 0-0 at half-time of the World Cup.The semifinals despite the # 39, approaching Belgium and France in the first half
With French President Emmanuel Macron and Belgian Philippe Philippe watching from the stands, France was ready to attack Belgium in a counterattack. Space to put France under pressure around the e 20 minutes with Eden Hazard who was shooting a wink of left that Raphael Varane directed towards the goal. Hugo Lloris has been called twice in action to save France
The goalkeeper of France first hit a center Kevin De Bruyne for the purpose of Marouane Fellaini and a few moments later plunged to right to block a shot from Toby Alderweireld. Kylian Mbappe's pace was a constant threat to the right and his pass to Benjamin Pavard's pocket in the 40th minute, but Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois pulled out a left leg to deflect wide shot.
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21:10 [19659002] Mick Jagger is on the VIP Guest List at the World Cup Semifinal between France and Belgium in St. Petersburg
The Rolling Stones singer on Sunday completed the group's world tour in Poland
Jagger responded to a request from former Polish President Lech Walesa by drawing attention to an authoritarian government policy aimed at dismissing independent judges.
Among the political leaders joining Jagger in the crowd, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon
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21h
The semi-final of the World Cup between France and Belgium started at St Petersburg stadium, with French President Emmanuel Macron and Belgium present
Didier Deschamps, coach of France, warmly hugged Thierry Henry in his arms before the start. Henry is the best French scorer of all time with 51 goals, but he is now assistant to the Belgian coach Robert Martinez. Henry also greeted the players on the bench of France
The winner between France and Belgium will meet Croatia or England in Sunday's final.
France was vice-champion of Europe two years ago. . The Blues won the Euro 2000 and lost the final of the 2006 World Cup.
Belgium hopes to reach the second major final, having lost the European final in West Germany in 1980. Belgium lost its only semifinal # 86.
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20h50
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, participates in the semi-final of the World Cup between France and Belgium at the St Petersburg stadium. Macron shook the hand of King Philip of Belgium, who was with his wife Queen Mathilde
Macron and King Philip shook hands warmly and Macron patted his chest
Macron is a fan of football and supports the French club south of Marseille.
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8:10 pm
Mexico returned from the World Cup more than a week ago, and while its fans are still scattered in Russia, some of them have lost enough interest in matches that they have Several fans wearing Mexican green jerseys have approached a larger group of Belgians in a beer garden in St. Petersburg offering seats at the "FIFA Awards" for the semi-finals of the World Cup. They did not immediately find takers among the festive Europeans, apparently already ready for the Belgium-France match.
Mexican and South American fans have come to Russia in large numbers, despite much greater distances than Europeans. They are still everywhere in the semifinal cities of St. Petersburg and Moscow, even if only teams still alive come from Europe
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19h55
The Belgian coach Roberto Martinez has chosen Mousa Dembele, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder. will replace Thomas Meunier for the World Cup semi-final against France
Martinez was forced to rearrange his back row after the Paris Saint-Germain Meunier winger was suspended for the match at St. Petersburg after receiving his second yellow card. After using a four-man defense against Brazil, Martinez returned to a three-man backline and a four-man midfielder, Nacer Chadli on the left, Dembele on the right, and Marouane Fellaini and Axel Witsel in the middle [19659002] Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne form a powerful attack of three men
The inclusion of Dembele was the only change to the Belgium team that beat Brazil 2-1 in the quarterfinals
Composition: Thibaut Courtois, Toby Alderweireld, Vincent Kompany, Jan Vertonghen, Axel Witsel, Kevin De Bruyne, Marouane Fellaini, Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, Mousa Dembele, Nacer Chadli.
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19h45
French coach Didier Deschamps recalled Blaise Matuidi in the only change in his roster for the World Cup semi-final against Belgium at St Petersburg Stadium
Matuidi, suspended for the 2-0 quarter-final victory. Veteran striker Olivier Giroud has not yet scored in the tournament, but needs a goal to overtake Zinedine Zidane in fourth place on France's all-time list. Giroud keeps his place in the league with Kylian Mbappe, 19, and Antoine Griezmann.
France: Hugo Lloris, Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe, Golo Kante, Blaise Matuidi, Lucas Hernandez
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19: 30
The British government says that highways should have one-third less traffic than normal when England faces Croatia in the World Cup In 1965, Highways England said that the analysis of the traffic every matchday in England showed that demand had decreased by 33% during the Games.
The agency said in a statement that roads were not more crowded. after the games, "suggest that people often choose not to travel or travel at completely different times."
Frank Bird, one of the emergency planning officers of Highways England, says, "With the rest of the country, we will be cheering on Engl and! We want them to be there. bring home – and we want everyone on our roads to come home safely. "
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7:15 pm
Thousands of other English supporters are expected to travel to Moscow for their first semi-final World Cup in 28 years, but there are not many yet.
Nikolskaya Street, near the Kremlin, richly decorated with suspended lights, was the main gathering point for fans of the Russian capital
. A few thousand fans from England are expected late in the afternoon on Tuesday, with team songs that are largely overwhelmed by passersby
Kevin Miles, Football Supporters Federation , waiting between 5,000 and 7,000 fans for Wednesday's semifinal. against Croatia, but admits "a lot of people do it at the last minute, so it's very hard to put figures on it."
Airlines offered additional seats on flights to Moscow and some Russians sold their tickets after being lost to Croatia. Still, Miles says the high prices "put a lot of people off" who thought they were traveling on short notice.
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6:15 pm
The England manager Gareth Southgate was surprised by the craze for the vests Sales pushed the vest sales while the l '. England has qualified for a World Cup semi-final match against Croatia in Moscow on Wednesday, with people caught by the Southgate style wearing a vest without his jacket
Southgate recounts: "I "I was not a famous fashion icon throughout my playing career, so it's rather weird to feel that right now, but we're really proud of the support we receive."
L & rsquo; England has reached the semifinals of the World Cup for the first time since 1990, and confidence among supporters grows as the national team will win the title for the first time.
Southgate states, "We were lucky enough to make a difference. Our supporters, our country suffers for a long time in terms of football, and the excitement they have for these players, because of the way they have – not just the way they played, but the way which they are led. they themselves have been brilliant ambassadors for our country, and I think everyone can see that they are proud to wear the shirt.
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17:00
FOX Sports says it will broadcast the world simultaneously Semifinal Cup between France and Belgium on Silvercast's high-definition screen called "Mega Zilla "in Times Square New York.
Football fans in the United States watched the World Cup in Russia
The" Mega-Zilla ", a screen of 78 feet by 330 feet (24 × 100 meters), promoted as the largest television screen in the world, will be located between 45th and 46th Street on Broadway in Manhattan.
France and Belgium will play FIFA says the players in the team Youth football saved from a cave in Thailand will not be able to attend the World Cup finals.
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4:45 pm
19659002] The world governing body of sport claims to have been informed by the Thai authorities that the 12 boys and their coach "will not be able to travel" in for health reasons.
FIFA expressed "great joy" FIFA leaders will meet Thai football officials this weekend in Moscow to explore "a new opportunity" to invite boys to a major event to celebrate their survival.
The last four boys and the team coach were rescued on Tuesday from a flooded cave in northern Thailand after a test of more than two weeks.
FIFA expressed "deep gratitude to all those involved in the operation.," And condol for the diver's family who died.
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15:30
They prepare the croissants of the World Cup in Paris
Paris, Russia,
The village of Paris just outside the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod embraces her French ties before the World Cup semi-final between France and Belgium.
The village cafe is decorated with images of the Eiffel Tower. Mayor Sergei Gromov says: "We were supporting Russia but now it is like that (that Russia has been eliminated), we will support France and wish it is success."
The name The complete village is In memory of the Paris Commune, a reference to a socialist rebellion in 19th century France. The name is so heavy that most people use Paris for short. However, not everyone in Paris is pro-France. The villager Elena Vasilyeva says that she encourages Belgium because "it's a real team".
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15:00
The Ukrainian Football Federation offered to pay a fine to a Croatian official Video of Ukraine to the World Cup
The International Governing Body football fined Ognjen Vukojevic 15,000 Swiss francs for "unsporting behavior" after he and Croatian defender Domagoj Vida recorded a video with the team "glory to Ukraine" defeated the nation host of Russia in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
The video irritated some Russian fans, but was greeted in Ukraine, where Vida and Vukojevic once played for Dynamo Kiev. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine in 2014 and political tensions remain strong.
UFF President Andriy Pavelko, wearing a Croatian shirt and scarf, told the Ukrainian broadcaster 112 that he and other members of the UFF Vukojevic leadership with the Legal fees when he wants to appeal the decision.
The Croatian Football Association has already removed Vukojevic from his World Cup delegation. Vida was released with an official warning and no match penalties, leaving him available to play in the World Cup semi-final against England.
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13:00
The semi-finals of the World Cup begins Belgium and France play in St. Petersburg Tuesday, then Croatia and England meet the following night at Moscow.
This is the fifth time that the last four have figured out only. European teams
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said: "Even though some of our traditional contenders like Germany, Spain and Portugal have been eliminated, d & # 39; 39, other teams have exceeded expectations and can now win the title. "
Ceferin added that "these results validate all the work being done across the continent to develop football, and they also highlight the strength and quality that exist across the continent. hole UEFA region. "
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