This Friday begins the quarterfinals in the 2018 World Cup Russia and will begin at the Stadion Nizhny Novgorod, when the winner of Group A as Uruguay faces the winner of Group D as is France.
Uruguay:
Good moment that is going through those led by “maestro” Óscar Washington Tabárez, and is that the Uruguayan selected not only comes from adding his fourth consecutive victory in the World Cup Russia 2018, but with his 2-1 victory against Portugal, the selection “charrúa” adds a streak of seven consecutive victories.
These results have come thanks to the excellent work that Uruguay has done in the defensive block, since Uruguay have only received one goal in their last seven games and of course without leaving aside the effectiveness above, with an attack conformed by the striker Barcelona of Spain, Luis Suárez with his eternal companion and for many “brother” as is the PSG forward, Edison Cavani who have scored all the goals of Uruguay in the 2018 World Cup, with two and three goals respectively, and now after to eliminate the champion of Europe as is Portugal, they go for the runners-up of Europe, as is France, and for this Tabárez will again support the strength of Cáceres, Godín and Giménez, and of course without mentioning Torreira in the middle of the field, which did not let the Portuguese make football last weekend in the round of 16.
At the moment the only absence that Uruguay will have for this commitment is that of one of their goalscorers like Edison Cavani, who could not finish the game against Portugal because of an injury and is said to have for a few weeks, although the medical team He has been working on his recovery.
France:
Meanwhile, on the side of those led by Didier Deschamps the situation is very similar, and is that although his 4-3 victory over Argentina in the round of 16 does not allow him to add his seventh consecutive victory (like Uruguay), this result allows Les Blues to add their eighth game without knowing of defeats where six of them were victories.
During the group stage France did not show all its potential and good with a group consisting of Australia, Peru and Denmark had to do what was necessary to keep one of the two places for the round of 16 and reach the final straight of the competition and then before Argentina made clear all its power with an attack consisting of Griezmann, Giroud and the new French jewel as is Kylian Mbappé that with his double became the youngest player to score a double in a World Cup Pele in the final of 1958.
The certain thing is that with the victory by 4-3 on the albiceleste Les Blues they arrive at the quarterfinals by seventh time in their participations mundialistas, that yes to follow in race France must improve its performance in defense, since if Argentina with very little game on offense could score three goals, the cast “charrúa” with a bigger offensive block can surprise him and leave him out of the fight for the world title.
Friday’s game will be the fourth direct match in the history of the World Cup for these teams with a Uruguay that remains unbeaten.
Thus, the first occasion was in the World Cup of England 1966 and the victory was for Uruguay with a score of 2-1 thanks to the goals of Pedro Rocha and Julio Cortés.
Then came the games in the World Cups of Korea-Japan 2002 and South Africa 2010, and both ended with a goalless draw.
As for his last direct match, this occurred in a friendly in June 2013 and the victory was again for Uruguay with a goal by Luis Suárez and with it the Charrúas maintain an unbeaten record in six games against France.
Possible alignments:
Uruguay: Muslera; Cáceres, Godin, Giménez, Laxalt; Torreira, Sánchez, Nández, Vecino, Bentancur; Suarez
France: Lloris; Lucas, Varane, Umtiti, Pavard; Kante, Pogba, Mbappe, Matuidi; Griezmann, Giroud.
PREDICTION: Over 1.5 goals @ 1.52
