Two of Europe’s heavyweights France and Belgium will go head to head for a place in the 2018 World Cup final. They’ve showed some great performances against some of the favorites of world cup to reach the semifinals.
France defeated Argentina in pre quarter final and Uruguay in quarter final to reach the semi finals of FIFA World Cup. Belgium defeated Japan in pre quarter finals and Brazil in quarter final to reach the semi finals. On Tuesday(10/7/18) this two heavyweights are going head to head to earn their place on the World Cup Final.
Here are 5 things you should know before the clash :
#5 Belgium has overpowered France
This two heavyweights has faced each other 73 times where Belgium won 30 and France won 24 times. 19 times the result was draw. They played their first international friendly in 1904 which ended as a 3 -3 draw.
But France has won more games in major competitions like FIFA World Cup. They have faced each other 6 times in FIFA World Cup competitions where France won 4 times and Belgium has won for only one time.
Well, in the latest meeting between these two Belgium won a hard fought 3 - 4 victory over France. Both the team have showed great desire to win the world cup. They both are unbeaten in the World Cup. The game is going to be something special for football fans
#4 The favorite vs The dark horse
France is considered as one of the favorites to win the world cup. They have a good team which showed great performances in group stage and also in knockout matches. In pre- quarter final France beat Argentina in a 4 - 3 victory and in quarter final they beat Uruguay in a 2 - 0 victory.
If you talk about Belgium they are considered as the Dark horse of this world cup and they proved it by beating Brazil in quarter finals. Belgium also have a very good and balanced team and the players like Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku who have showed a great performance against Brazil.
The dark horse Belgium has already beat one of the favorite team,Brazil in the quarter finals. They have to do the same again against France to keep their World Cup dream alive.
#3 Hazard vs Mbappe
The Belgium captain Hazard has shown a great performance against Brazil. Though he hasn't scored in that match but his contribution helped Belgium to score 2 goals. In 2018 world cup Hazard has scored 2 goals but in every match he was the main man of Belgium team. In this match also Hazard will be the main danger for france.
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In other hand France has 19 years old wonder kid Kylian Mbappe who has been compared to the great Pele as he became the 2nd teenager to twice score in the FIFA world cup knockout stage. Mbappe has showed a great performance against Argentina where he scored twice to knock Argentina out of the world cup. In the semi final all eyes will be on Mbappe for sure.
It will be war between these two great players to reach the top level.
#2 France silenced Messi
In pre quarter final France defense was successful to stop one of the best players Messi from scoring which is obviously a plus point for Franc#2 France defense silenced Messie.
According to Fance's left back Lucas "Hazard is a player with great talent, with much pace and big quality, but we have already eliminated the best player in the world [Messi] against Argentina, against Belgium we also have the players to make sure Hazard touches the ball as little as possible" .
The defense lineup of France in semifinal should be Lucas and Pavard as left and right back and Varane and Umtiti as centre backs. Though Umtiti has a slight problem in his knee but he would be fit to play the semi finals.
#1 The biggest football war of 2018
Undoubtedly it is going to be the best game of FIFA World Cup 2018. One side we have the players like Hazard, Lukaku, De Bruyne and other side we have Griezmann, Mbappe, Pogba.
France has proven multiple players can make plays near the net. Kylian Mbappe had two goals in four minutes against Argentina, while Antoine Griezmann had the game-winner and a big goal against Uruguay at Russia 2018.
This team of Belgium is known as "The Golden Generation" of Belgium football. They have scored more goals than any other teams in the World cup. They've scored 14 goals among which Lukaku scored 4, Hazard scored twice, while De Bruyne scored the winner against Brazil.
We are expecting a great game between this two heavyweights. They both are going to give their best in this high intensity match and hope the best team will win
