Two South American teams, Uruguay and Brazil, were eliminated by France and Belgium in the first half of the World Cup finals in Russia on the morning of Beijing time Sunday, while European teams locked in the top four ahead of time.
In the first quarter finals of the 2018 Russia world cup on June 6, France, with great impact, beat Uruguay, who is good at defense and counterattack, 2-0, becoming the first team to reach the top four in this cup. It's also France's second semi-final after 12 years.
In the 40th minute, gritzman's free kick was passed, and varane's header broke the deadlock. In the 62nd minute, gritzman shot a strange arc from a long distance, and Muslera made a mistake to save the butter hand and let the ball into the goal!
Because of the injury of Uruguayan striker cavalni, cavalni failed to partner with Suarez in this match, which also greatly reduced the threat to the French defence. At the same time, France also rely on the overall strength of the advantage, in the attack has gradually improved efficiency, the first half by varane first next city.
In the second half, even though Uruguay strengthened its attack, Suarez could not stand on his own without Cavani, and it was difficult to pose a threat to the French defence. France did not give up the chance to expand the score. Shortly after Uruguay changed two players in a row, gretzman's long-range shot caused goalkeeper Muslera to let go and score another goal. Then Uruguay was unable to return to the sky, and had to face the result of being eliminated by France.