This Tuesday starts the semifinals in the 2018 World Cup Russia and so the first semifinal to be played is the game between France and Belgium, to be played at Saint-Petersburg Stadium.
France:
Those led by Didier Deschamps continue to show their superiority to the rest of the teams in the 2018 World Cup, and thus last Friday they beat Uruguay in the quarterfinals, thanks to the goals of Varane and Griezmann, in a game played in the stadium of Nizhny Novgorod.
With the victory against Uruguay, the France national team not only remains unbeaten in the 2018 World Cup Russia, but they also have a nine-game unbeaten streak where seven were victories and now against Belgium they go for all, in search of that victory that allows him to reach a new final in the World Cup and thus get his second world title.
Les Blues against Argentina and Uruguay showed that it is a selection that grows in final instances and is that with the players that counts as not doing so, it is enough to name their offensive block formed by the effectiveness of Griezmann and the power and speed of Mbappé , and without forgetting to mention his area forward Giroud. In the steering wheel also has Kanté and Pogba, while we mentioned back to Pavard and the experience and safety of Lloris.
For the game against Belgium, the French technical team will be able to count on Blaise Matuidi who has already completed his suspension date
Belgium:
For their part, those led by Spanish coach Roberto Martinez come to surprise the Russia 2018 World Cup after leaving on the road the candidate to lift the title in Russia 2018 as is Brazil with a score of 2-1, thanks to the goals of Fernandinho in own door and of De Bruyne, whereas by the side of the verdeamarelha Renato Augusto put the emotion to him with 15 minutes left to the end.
With this victory the Red Devils added their fifth consecutive victory in the Russia 2018 World Cup, being the only team that has won all their games in Russia 2018, also with the win last Friday, Belgium adds a streak of twenty-four games without losing where nineteen of them were victories and are not determined to break that record.
Like his rival on duty, Belgium also has a very interesting squad especially from the midfield up where the performances of a Hazard that is the intelligent, the creative team and that comes from being the best player in Belgium against Brazil, stand out. also has “customs” Kevin de Bruyne, while in the area is the effectiveness of Lukaku who is one of the scorers of the Russia 2018 World Cup with 4 goals.
In addition we can not fail to mention Wisel at the wheel, Kompany on defense and an experienced on the arc as is Thibaut Courtois who comes to be one of the figures against Brazil.
For the game against France, the technical team loses defender Thomas Meunier for accumulation of yellow cards and apparently his replacement will be Boyata who started in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup.
In terms of direct confrontations, these teams have met twice in World Cups and both were French triumphs.
The first time was in France 1938 with triumph by 3-1, and then in Mexico 1986, in a game for the third place, which ended with a draw to two goals in the 90 minutes and then in the extra time Les Blues scored two more goals to stay with a global 4-2.
Meanwhile, the last time they met was in a friendly match in June 2005 and it was Belgium’s triumph by 4-3 with goals from Fellaini by two, Nainggolan and Hazard; while for France the goals were scored by Valbuena, Fekir and Payet.
Possible alignments:
France: Lloris; Lucas, Varane, Umtiti, Pavard; Kante, Pogba, Mbappe, Matuidi, Griezmann; Giroud.
Belgium: Courtois; Alderweireld, Kompany, Vertonghen, Boyata; De Bruyne, Witsel, Fellaini; Hazard, De Bruyne; Lukaku.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.76
