The quarterfinals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will open on Friday, July 6, with the match between Uruguay and France at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.The French team is the favorite to reach the semifinals, and we are talking about a team full of quality that has reached the qualifiers in a more than solvent way and leaving Argentina in the ditch. Of course, we must not forget that the South American team also signed a remarkable initial phase and managed to overcome Portugal, the current European champion, thanks to a stellar performance by Edinson Cavani.
Mbappe, the feeling of the 2018 Football World Cup
The French team has been winning whole to be positioned as
the main rival of Brazil in the fight for the Soccer World Cup. Although their football is not being as exquisite
as expected, the players of Didier Deschamps are knowing how to get their games
ahead thanks to the quality flashes of their attack players, especially Antoine
Griezmann, author of two goals to the moment, and of Kylian Mbappe, who signed
his first big match in a FIFA World Cup
against the Argentine team of Leo Messi.
As a unique but we found the defensive fragility that led to a result of 4-3 in
the eighth finals more tight than what was seen in the field, and we must not
forget the absence of Blaise Matuidi in the midfield by accumulation of cards.
Those doubts in defense will be those that have to take
advantage of Uruguay if it wants to
repeat the semifinals of the FIFA World
Cup of South Africa 2010. The Uruguayan team achieved the full victories in
the group stage after beating Tunisia, Egypt and Russia, and already in the
eighth of the end broke the odds by beating the Portugal team 2-1 thanks to the
two goals scored by Edinson Cavani in his first great performance in this
event. The PSG striker will have to join forces with Luis Suarez to take
advantage of any gap in the Gallic defense, while GodÃn and Giménez will have
to return to lead one of the most powerful defenses on the world scene. Without
a doubt, it will be a one-on-one fight in which the individualities and the
quality in attack will have to stand out in order to decant the balance from
one side or the other.
We went on to review the direct confrontations between
Uruguay and France, a good measure to face in the bets in which the South
American team comes out slightly favored. Throughout history, these two teams
have met six times, three of them in World Cups. Uruguay's only official
victory over France came in 1966 by a score of 2-1, while the most recent
clashes in Korea and Japan 2002 and South Africa 2010 ended in two goalless
draws. His last face to face took place in a friendly played in 2013, when
Uruguay took the victory with a solitary goal by Luis Suárez.
