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France's qualifier qualified in the World Cup finals in Russia after defeating Belgium's 1-0 (0-0) on Tuesday night at St. Louis. Petersburg in the first semifinal of the competition. France, the world champion in 1998, will play its third world final thanks to the goal scored by defender Samuel Umtiti (51).

Belgium, the semi-finalist in 1986, again missed the chance to play for the trophy and will fight in the small finals. '' Red Devils '' had a better possession and tried to break the French defense blockade, but they had few chances, and then Lloris opposed.

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The first chance of the game was missed by Hazard (15), who sent a shot at the long corner, a little near the gate. 'Les Bleus'' replicated Matuidi (18) from the edge of the court, captured by Courtois.

Roberto Martinez's team was again almost empty in the minute. 19 when Hazard's shot was blocked by Varane over the goal. Lloris (21) rescued Alderweireld's return shot.

The French had a set of occasions until the break, but Giroud resumed his head in the center of Pavard (31) and then failed to resume Mbappe's centering (34). Griezmann (33) shot over the goal net and courtois courtesy of Pavard (39), launched by Mbappe.

In the first half, Umtiti defeated De Bruyne (45 + 1), but Lukaku was not careful to take advantage of.

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'Les Bleus'' started the second round better and Giroud (51) was blocked by Kompany in the box. At the corner which was followed by Griezmann, Umtiti sent to the corner with his head, the ball being deflected by Fellaini, and France was in the advantage.

The Belgians have tried to build phases at Lloris' gate, but the French settlement was impeccable, with Deschamps's players being the most dangerous.

After Moussa Dembele blocked Giroud (56), De Bruyne (61) missed a shot from a tall ball, Fellaini (65) sent the ball to Mertens with his head. One of the few great situations was Witsel's shot, outside of which, Lloris rejected (81). Lukaku (89) missed De Bruyne's ball encounter at Belgian's last opportunity.

On the other hand, France was almost to score the second goal, but Courtois (90 + 3) caught Griezmann's shot, and then Chelsea's goalkeeper rejected Tolisso's ball (90 + 6).

France, which proved to be the more mature team, had to face each other in the final tournament clashes, 3-1 in 1938, 4-2 in the small finals in 1986 in the World Cup and 5-0 in the EURO 1984, '' cocks '', then getting the continental trophy.

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Spaniard Roberto Martinez was defeated by 23 matches, with Belgium's last failure being made by Wales in the EURO 2016 quarterfinal. The striker Romelu Lukaku had 17 goals and 3 goals in his last 13 appearances in the Red Devils' ''.

In the final of Sunday, France will face the winner between Croatia and England, the semifinal scheduled in Moscow on Wednesday (21:00).

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