The winners of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will be a European nation after Belgium beat Brazil 2-1 in the second quarter-final game on Friday.
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He added: “England have not been in a World Cup semi-final since 1990 but they have enough in their current squad to deal with this game”.
Sweden, devoid of a free scoring talisman in the wake of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s worldwide retirement, have worked hard on being difficult to breakdown and a major threat from set-pieces.
“I was playing against a lot of friends”, said Griezmann, who is teammates with Uruguay defenders Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez at Atletico Madrid, “so I think it was normal not to celebrate”.
“There were many, many fouls in the game and I don’t think we conceded anywhere near the number of our opponents. It was a hard situation to be in and we can look back on it and be very proud of it”. “It’s a strength that we are a close team and that’s not something the opposition can take from us”. England were last in the semi-finals at Italia ’90, while Sweden made it to the stage in US ’94.
Southgate said that the dressing room was “like a scene from MAS*H” after going the distance in Moscow, where Dele Alli, Ashley Young and Kyle Walker were others that looked in discomfort.
Mbappe scored a brace and won a penalty to lead France to a 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 in Russian Federation.
“He’s incredibly skilled, not just at penalties but as a striker”.
“We can link our passes better – there were good opportunities that broke down because the pass wasn’t quite right”, he admitted. “Our players have been incredibly loyal to that and that’s why we are here today”. A day later, Spain, one of the pre-tournament favorites, was upset by host nation Russian Federation.
“Football isn’t that simple”.
“Muslera was our support during this entire process and I would never wash my hands of one of my players”, Tabarez said. “We have a clear idea of what we want to do in attack and we want to able to implement all of this”.
Eriksson was England’s first foreign manager when he was appointed in 2001 and he guided them to the quarter-finals at three successive major tournaments, only to see their run end there on each occasion.
“Set-pieces will be one key factor”.
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“The strongest teams that have been dominant for a long time, maybe their team has an era of players that is very strong”.
