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France and Belgium chocan TODAY & # 39; HUI (13:00 / LIVE ONLINE via DirecTV Sports / TV Azteca / Televisa Deportes / belN Sports) in St. Petersburg in the first semifinal of Russia 2018 a match that will pit two different visions of football: the athletic ability of the Gauls against the offensive talent of the "Red Devils".
France vs. Belgium: alignments
France : Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Hernandez; Kante, Matuidi, Pogba; Mbappé, Griezmann and Giroud.
Belgium : Courtois; Alderweireld, Kompany, Vertonghen; Witsel, Dembele, Fellaini, Chadli, Bruyne, Hazard and Lukaku
France c. Belgium LIVE : minute by minute
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Belgium by the Spanish coach Roberto Martínez, reached for the second time in his history a semifinal of the World Cup. In the first in 1986, Argentina's Diego Maradona deprived him of the final.
"A semi-final World Cup is a unique moment in the career of a player," admits the technical director of Belgium press conference, also noting that France "looks like us in many ways, especially for large individuals" in both teams.
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After two consecutive defeats at the 2014 World Cup and at Euro 2016, the "golden generation" of Belgium seems to arrive "Roberto Martínez gave this generation the Triumph culture, that's what it lacked "to Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois, Vincent Kompany, Romelu Lukaku and company, said in an interview with AFP Jean-François Sart, the coach of the Olympic team who reached the semi-finals in Beijing-2008.
The fact of being Spanish and the great game unfolded by the Belgians in this World Cup also parked the conflicts of identity between the flamencos and vales that the failure of the Belgians in the previous championships
-The demolition of the goals of the Red Devils –
Belgium is the team that scored the most goals in Russia 2018 (14 in five games) and up to nine players celebrated in the tournament. He is also the only one to have won all of his matches and has a run of 24 straight wins (19 wins and 5 draws), a record for the national team.
For this match, Martinez can not count on Thomas Meunier, sanctioned, and Nacer Chadli could occupy the right lane, while Yannick Carrasco would return to the starting lineup
Another doubt will be in the middle , because the coach could repeat the formula that gave him such a good result in the quarterfinals against Brazil, with Marouane Fellaini supporting Axel Witsel in the containment; or he could return to a more offensive formula, with De Bruyne postponing his post to midfield and Dries Mertens entering the offensive trio with Hazard and striker Lukaku.
Against the waste of offensive talent, France will oppose his defensive strength, which was born from the extraordinary athletic ability of his players, especially in midfield with N & # 39; Golo Kanté, Paul Pogba and Blaise Matuidi, who should return to the team after serving a penalty game in quarterbacks against Uruguay.
-Three matches with a blank sheet-
France only conceded four goals in five games (and three of them in the win against Argentina by 4 -3), leaving zero out of three, so it does not seem likely that Didier Deschamps has introduced changes in the defense.
However, the French coach warned Monday of the danger of the Belgians in counterattack: "When they recover the ball are very effective The Uruguay has tilted 2-0 against France in quarters of 2018 FIFA World Cup Final. (AFP) "title =" Uruguay has lost 2-0 to France in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. "src = "https://img.elcomercio.pe/files/article_video_image/uploads/2018/07/09/5b43639e822cb.jpeg" style = "display: online;" />
