France met Belgium in the first semifinal of the World Cup.
An impressive performance from France saw the Euro 2016 finalists storm into the final of the World Cup, as they overcame Belgium 1-0. The French pulled out a defensive masterclass against Belgium, as their defenders neutralised the attack from Lukaku, Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne.
Didier Deschamps will now take a shot at glory again, having won the World Cup as the captain of France in 1998.
Belgium led some quality attacks in the first half but failed to penetrate the French defence, before France took the lead in the second half.
It was again through a set-piece as Samuel Umtiti headed-in from the corner. Courtois couldn’t react on time as France led in the match.
Belgium continued to rally into France’s defence but failed to net the ball in, and Hugo Lloris was on point with some brilliant saves throughout the match.
France will now meet the winners of the match between England and Croatia, which will be played tomorrow. Belgium, meanwhile will now play in the third-place match.
Here are some of the tweets from the match:
MBAPPE WHAT HAVE I JUST SEEN FFSSSSS pic.twitter.com/NN6ienxm7S
— Ⓑ (@BULLETlN) July 10, 2018
😱😍@KMbappe
— Carles Puyol (@Carles5puyol) July 10, 2018
Henry sneaking in to the France locker room like pic.twitter.com/I2p1OdFAzU
— Rex🇯🇵レックス (@ThatRexGuy) July 10, 2018
Are we going to talk about Kevin De Bruyne’s disasterclass or does that only apply to Paul Pogba? He’s been woeful all game.
— R™ (@RealTalkMUFC) July 10, 2018
Pogba bossing it at both ends of the pitch in a World Cup semi final… pic.twitter.com/1g8fEkFJuV
— Stephen Howson 🇾🇪 (@MrStephenHowson) July 10, 2018
The strutting after Umtiti’s goal almost killed me pic.twitter.com/Evg6Wk5WTb
— Miriti Murungi (@NutmegRadio) July 10, 2018
‘Umtiti’ sounds like something Shaggy would sing over and over again in one of his reggae fusion masterpieces.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 10, 2018
*Cheering up for Belgium*
– pic.twitter.com/YU1VnccNPr— Selgot (@ZeSelgot) July 10, 2018
Thierry Henry on the Belgium bench rn pic.twitter.com/2suJEGe6IR
— Bruh Report (@BruhReport) July 10, 2018
France beat Belgium, and earn the right to finish runners up to #ENG in the #WorldCup final. What an achievement.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 10, 2018
Having Kante in your midfield is like using cheat codes in a video game
— Jamie (@LegendJohnTerry) July 10, 2018
Bloody hell, I know Kylian Mbappé has got potential but the way the commentators are going on about him you’d think he was Harry Maguire.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) July 10, 2018
THE BAR FOR A FOUL IS NOW THAT THE LIMB MUST BE COMPLETELY SEVERED FROM THE BODY FOR THE REFEREE TO BLOW THE WHISTLE
— A West (@ayyy_west) July 10, 2018
If anyone is looking for Romelu Lukaku for the rest of the night, he’ll be in Raphaël Varane’s pocket.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 10, 2018
Belgium have had a great #WorldCup. Those players are Belgian heroes now, joining the likes of Hercule Poirot, Jean-Claude Van Damme Tintin, Tintin’s little f*cking dog, waffles, that little smug gnome with the little f*cking red hat on bottles of La Chouffe, and Kim Clijsters.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 10, 2018
