FRANCE, AGAIN IN 'SEMIS'
France 'stops' a very serious England and is in the semifinals (1-2)
It took France more than expected to stop England from the stars, but 'les bleus' have sealed the goal and, with goals from Tchouameni and Giroud, 'les bleus' sneak into the best four teams in the world
The parties in the final stages of the Glass of the World are defining by small details and in the England-France was not the exception. In one of the most contested crashes of what goes of tournament, the selection trained by Didier Deschamps achieved a vital triumph thanks to a zapatazo of Tchouameni and an unappealable head butt of Olivier Giroud.
'Them bleus' were more intelligent and knew to brake to an England that, comandada by Harry Kane sensacional and dress of leader, did to work as never to Hugo Lloris. The ones of Gareth Southgate did the work as in the blackboard to brake to the best offensive arms of France, Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé, with a lethal defensive work... But they did not expect to an invited of luxury of face to the goal.
And it is that, to the 17 minutes of the meeting, arrived the played unexpected so that the Frenchmen opened the marker: Ousmane Dembélé stepped the area and, after braking , supported in Antoine Griezmann so that cedira to an Aurelién Tchouaméni that, appearing by the centre, stepped the balloon, raised the head and finished taking out a derechazo potentísimo from the frontal so that colara at the bottom of the goal of Pickford.
It was the wake up of an England that began to merodear the area of Hugo Lloris, but that did not have luck in the last pass in the first-half (with several interventions milagrosas of the guardameta of the Tottenham) and that it had to expect to the ten minutes after the resumption to change by goal all the effort in the French area. First it was a shot of Bellingham that detained the born in Nice, but afterwards there was not at all that do: Harry Kane did not forgive him from the twelve metres, after they earned a penalti by demolish of Tchouameni to Saka.
A 'war' announced
It was impossible that in a meeting of stars there was not war. France wanted to put by in front immediately after the goal of Harry Kane, with a finish far of Rabiot, in career, that the guardameta English detained underneath. The 'three lions' reacted with a Saka -imparable- that attained colarse by the central lane of the defensive saga, but his finish finish being toneless and Lloris resolved with solvency.
The party, happened the first 65', put 'in favour' of the English, that could put the 2-1 until in two opportunities: first with a head butt of Harry Maguire that happened brushing the stick, entirely only, and afterwards with a centre of Luke Shaw to the that arrived Saka in the area, but Theo Hernández was very positioned and remained in 'swim', by a fault in attack.
England forgave, more than the account, something that does not know to do France, because when worse happened it arrived a goal saviour of Olivier Giroud to recover the advantage. Antoine Griezmann put a lateral centre sensacional and the forward of the AC Milan cabeceó, touching in Maguire, impossible for Pickford. The target of the Frenchman added importance when, five minutes afterwards, Harry Kane commanded a launching from the twelve steps to the terracings. France put to 'semis', again, suffering to the end.
