FIFA World Cup 2018: France beat Belgium 1-0 to enter final
Football | July 11, 2018 17:47 ISTFrance, the 1998 champions and runners-up in 2006, will play either Croatia or England in Sunday's final at Moscow.
France, the 1998 champions and runners-up in 2006, will play either Croatia or England in Sunday's final at Moscow.
Belgium must cope without defender Thomas Meunier, whose runs down the flank are a key part of Belgium's attack.
The five-time world champions exited football's showpiece event after a 1-2 quarter-final loss to Belgium on Friday.
Eighty-one of 92 players on semifinal rosters are with clubs in England (40), Spain (12), France (12), Germany (nine) and Italy (eight).
Belgium overcame five-time world champions Brazil 2-1 on Friday to book their place in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup only for the second time after a gap of 32 years.
Belgium is trying to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1986.
Danilo suffered a ligament injury in his left ankle during the team's training session in Kazan, a day before Brazil plays Belgium in the quarterfinals.
The first match features a number of teammates on their professional clubs facing off against each other when France takes on Uruguay.
Belgium is the competition's top scorer with 12 in its four games, with the goals spread around the team. Lukaku has four but seven of his teammates have scored, too.
In one of the most memorable matches of FIFA World Cup 2018, Japan lost to Belgium by a tiny margin
Belgium is the first team to overturn a two-goal deficit in a World Cup knockout match since West Germany beat England in extra time at the 1970 tournament.
Adnan Januzaj's 51st-minute strike proved to be the difference between the teams.
With seven points from four games, India are still in with a chance of progressing to the final as they take on hosts Netherlands in their last round-robin match.
Liege prosecutors’ spokesman Philippe Dulieu said the man approached two police officers from behind carrying a knife and stabbed them several times. “He then took their weapons. He used the weapons on the officers, who died,” Dulieu told reporters.
Sources also told India TV that Nirav’s maternal uncle and his business partner Mehul Choksi is in Dubai. He is staying in Emirates Hills -- a gated community located in Dubai.
Sjoerd Marijne-coached India began the match with disciplined structure, playing two-touch hockey to rotate the ball swiftly and accurately to pave their way into Belgium's striking circle.
Tom Boon (4th minute) and Sebastien Dockier (36th) found the target for Belgium while Mandeep Singh (19th) was India's lone goal scorer.
Several parts of western Europe are facing a powerful storm. Life has been disrupted in parts of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain.
Goals from Ireen van den Assem (12th, 45th minute) and Imke Hoek (57th minute) were enough for the hosts to register the win against the visitors as Navdeep (47th minute) was the lone player to be on target for India.
The Indian team fought back into the match in the dying stages as Vandana Katariya (54th minute) scored with just a few minutes left to full time and equalise the scores at 2-2.
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