In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and in the 51st minute of the game, the French team took the lead in breaking the deadlock! France won a corner on the right, Griezmann crossed into the box, and Umtiti nodded in front of the goal! France 1-0 Belgium!

In the 56th minute of the game, Mbappe made a clever back-heel pass at the edge of the penalty area, and Giroud got the ball to face Courtois and hit the goal, but the ball was blocked by Dembele.

In the 65th minute of the game, Mertens crossed the ball from the right, Fellaini hit the goal with a header from the middle, and the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the right post.

In the 80th minute, Hazard picked up the ball at the edge of the box and fell to the ground under Giroud's defence, and the referee ran over to indicate that Giroud had not committed a foul.

In the 81st minute of the game, Hazard picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area and was brought down by the opponent again, Witsel followed up with a furious shot at the ball, and Lloris fell to the ground to save the ball.

In the 86th minute of the game, Matuidi, who had been injured in a collision with Eden Hazard, could not continue to play and was replaced by Tolisso.

In stoppage time at the end of the game, Pogba played the ball wide to the right in front of the penalty area and distributed the ball to Tolisso on the left, who followed up with a low shot that Courtois saved with one palm.

At the end of the match, France defeated Belgium 1-0 and reached the World Cup final for the first time in 12 years.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who witnessed the victory of his home team, raised his arms and shouted, and his body language in the stands was quite rich.

On the other hand, the King and Queen of Belgium looked a little lonely.

In the semi-final in St. Petersburg, French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as dignitaries such as King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium were on hand to support the team.

However, after the celebration, the French president also turned around and shook hands with the Belgian king in a friendly manner.

After the game, Russian President Vladimir Putin also called the dignitaries of the two countries separately.

Putin called French President Emmanuel Macron to congratulate Macron and all the French fans on the team they supported had finally won and qualified for the final.

Putin also contacted King Philippe of Belgium, who was watching the game, to praise the Belgian team for their excellent performance during the World Cup.

The 2018 World Cup kicks off on 14 June and runs until 15 July, with the final taking place at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, where France will take on the winner of Croatia and England.

French fans celebrate the final: fireworks in the streets, bouncing on the top of the bus!

After the game, French fans flocked to the Champs-Élysées in Paris, or sang the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, to the Place de la Ville to begin the celebration.

According to the French broadcaster RTL, more than 20,000 French fans gathered in the town hall square, with cars honking their horns in the streets and fans shouting in the street taverns that we are in the final.

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With the semi-finals between France and Belgium over and England and Croatia about to begin, the media is getting busy, listening to the news of both sides and analysing the personnel and tactics of both teams.

More importantly, they will have to predict the outcome of this semi-final.

The media generally believed that England had a better chance of beating Croatia, but there were also media that England were likely to lose at the feet of Croatia.

Croatian Sport is a representative of this view: England lost one game in this World Cup, a 1-0 defeat to Belgium in the group stage.

It was clear that Belgium found a hole in the England defence in that game, which was a source of confidence for them to win, and it was Jones and Kane who scored in the games they won, resulting in opposing teams not being able to attack at all.

So Croatia will have to find a way to freeze if they want to win this semi-final, Jones and Kane, the two goal-scoring maniacs.

As long as these two strikers are frozen to score nine goals and seven goals, Croatia have an 80% chance of winning the eventual victory.

The English media also warned the England team to be careful: "Don't be careless, Croatia is very strong and can reach the semi-finals, which fully shows the strength of Croatia!" ”

On the England side, with a number of young players such as Kane, Jones, Lingard, Alli, and Stones, the storm of youth they have created has made the Three Lions finally no longer three meows, which really makes people look forward to this England team.

And Croatia has a very strong midfield, Modric is well-deserved as the world's first midfielder, Rakitic as a B2B can attack and defend, just great liberation and help Modric.

In addition, there are other midfield powerhouses such as Kovacic, all of whom say that the midfielder has the world, and Croatia has a clear advantage in this ring, while Mandzukic and Perisic in the front field are the main players of the giants, and they have performed well in the first few games, among which the newcomer Rebic opened the scoring in the game against Argentina and performed brilliantly.

Combined with the previous games, England and Croatia are mostly attack-oriented, so if either side can score first, or more through the midfield, facing the opponent's backline, it may be able to decide the game.

On the England side, the situation that the midfield is weaker than Croatia may make it play the traditional style of play of long balls and rushes, although the team has excellent defenders with excellent headers, but Kane, the center who scored 7 in the overall type, and Jones, who scored 9 goals, are undoubtedly the biggest threat to Croatia, so the performance of Kane and Jones may determine whether England can reach the final.

On the Croatian side, the core of the team is naturally Modric in the midfield, his play, organization, passing, and counterattacking in the midfield are the strongest links in the Croatian midfield, and his performance is decisive for Croatia in both defense and attack.

The key to victory in this game may be in the hands of these three people.

The English media is also predicting in advance: "England will be severely tested in the semi-finals, whether the two wings can live, whether they can fly, will determine whether they can break the opponent's goal."

Will Croatia give the two of them a chance to fly, obviously the Croatians will find a way to keep them from flying, and in this case we will have to rely on set-pieces and long-range shots.

So, when we attack, we have to cherish the opportunity of set-pieces up front, and after training in recent days, Jones, Raheem Sterling and Jesse Lingard are all practising free-kicks.

It seems that the players are fully aware of this! ”

The Croatian media made it very clear that the key to the semi-final victory or defeat was whether Croatia could contain England's two wingers, Raheem Sterling and Jones.

"They must not be allowed to break through, as long as they contain the two wings of England, Croatia have a great chance of reaching the final!"

The clock passed quickly, and after the match between France and Belgium, the semi-final between England and Croatia will be played at 2pm at the Luzhniki Stadium the next day.

At around 12:30 p.m., the Luzhniki Stadium was already packed, and the second semi-final of the World Cup was about to be played at this stadium.

Supporters from both countries began to gather outside the stadium, their faces painted with the national flags painted and their pro-team jerseys.

Journalists from different countries were already busy interviewing supporters of both teams, and at around 12:40 p.m., Croatian buses slowly drove onto the field.