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Albicelestes and Bleus, two of the favorites of the title, will face the Octaves of the World Cup, today in Kazan, having left in the group stage more doubts than certainty for their weak performance.
Two overall champions, face to face, of Octavos. Two favorites before the start of the championship in the first knockout round, with doubts in their styles and a lack of goal. With Portugal or Uruguay in the crosshairs at the crossroads of Quarters.
France, finalist of Euro 2016 and who drew 0-0 in his last Group C match against Denmark, was the first of the C-keys, but his style of play little spectacular, with a team full of talent, did not satisfy many.
He will now face Lionel Messi's Argentina, resurrected in front of Nigeria on Tuesday with a little time to cheer up. After a complicated start, with a 1-1 draw against Iceland in their debut and a painful 0-3 defeat against Croatia in the second day, Albiceleste was reunited with his game and Messi with the goal against Nigeria, and they all hope that this assumes a turning point in their aspirations to assault the title.
With Ángel Di María and Gonzalo Higuaín unable to see the bow during the championship, the hopes of the South Americans reside in this "La Pulga" gets rehabed as a hero … again. And the Gauls will do everything they can to avoid it.
"We are facing a great rival, a great selection, undefeated in the group stage, but we know we are an important team, we have our weapons and I think it will be a good match," he said. Giovani Lo Celso, teammate of PSG Kylian Mbappé, Kimpembe and Alphonse Aréola
. The last eight World Cup games against South American teams and, more importantly, have not scored in seven of those games. The Careca Brazilian in Mexico in 1986. In contrast, the France team adds defeats in their two matches against Argentina in the World Cups of 1930 and 1978.
The Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli, has promised that his team will play the match of the eighth round against France "with the knife in his teeth" and says dream of a Albiceleste with "a lot of passion and a lot of football"
"We are confident in the capacity we have and tomorrow (today) Argentina He has a great mental strength that allows him to face the match with a lot of determination.It will be a determined team, with a lot of heart, for deal with this possibility, "said Sampaoli.
"I have great confidence in the ability of my players to control the ability of times and spaces.If we do, we will make the French approach complicated." Argentina will play with the knife between his teeth, with a lot of conviction. "
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Deschamps seeks the formula to neutralize Messi
The French national team is aware that when it comes to limiting Lionel Messi's influence, there are not enough precautions and thus prepares the match against Argentina for the World Cup 16e.
The helmsman of the Blues, Didier Deschamps, specifies: "Messi is Messi". For this reason, they will try to "neutralize and limit its influence."
"One of our jobs, not the only one, is to limit its influence, to limit its impact on the game, but Messi is Messi and with very little something Something big because it's unpredictable. "
A day after the Argentines and the French played their quarter-finals, Deschamps and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris were asked about the Barcelona star, It just scored one of two goals in the spectacular win over Nigeria , who gave the pass to Albiceleste in the next phase.
France hopes to rely on their defense, which allowed only one goal in the first round, for
Deschamps however ruled out that he is developing a sort of "anti-Messi plan", as suggested by a journalist
"No, no, it's a very big word." This is not based solely on Messi, obviously we will try to limit its impact, but we must also see Argentina as a team, "he added.
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