DIRECT. Belgium-France: follow the semi-final of the League of Nations

The essential

• Like an air of revenge.

  Bitter, the Belgians were the night of their defeat (1-0) against France, July 10, 2018, in the semifinals of the World Cup, in Saint Petersburg.

  Since then, the two rival neighbors have not met.

• Over the past twenty years, the Blues have faced the Red Devils six times (including friendly matches).

  Result: two wins on each side and two draws.

• Unlike the last match of the France team against Finland, during the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Didier Deschamps will be able to reform his trio of star attackers by aligning Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema for this Final Four.

Follow the shock half of the League of Nations live:

15th.

De Bruyne tries to catch a volleyed ball, but his shot is unscrewed.

14th.

Offside signaled for Benzema, who found himself in a duel with Denayer after an excellent through pass from Paul Pogba.

13th.

Tielemans dares and tries his luck from afar.

Without any danger for Hugo Lloris.

12th.

Vertonghen misses his control at the far post and the Blues leave forwards.

11th.

One-two initiated by De Bruyne in the axis.

The Mancunien relies on Lukaku who gives him back but his shot is deflected for a corner.

8th.

Mbappé cross at the far post towards ... Pavard, who tries to resume acrobatically with an outside foot.

No problem for Courtois.

7th.

Excellent return from Lucas Hernandez who stopped De Bruyne perfectly, after a good race in the axis of Le Mancunien.

6th.

Griezmann speeds up the game on the right side and finds Hernandez who throws Mbappé.

But the Parisian pushes the ball too far on his control.

5th.

Paul Pogba and Adrien Rabiot have never lost in the tricolor jersey when they were aligned together, in 14 matches.

4th.

EXTRAORDINARY PARADE OF LLORIS!

De Bruyne finds himself at 6m, alone in front of the tricolor doorman who pulls out a huge reflex stop with his left hand!

What a rescue!

2nd.

Mbappé's first call, which is found by Koundé.

But the Belgian defense takes the striker of PSG in pincers and recovers the ball.

8:45 p.m.

Let's go for this Belgium-France shock!

8:42 p.m.

Daniel Siebert will be the referee for this semi-final.

8:41 p.m.

It's time for hymns.

And it begins with a Marseillaise whistled by the public ...

8:40 p.m.

The 22 players make their entrance on the lawn of Juventus Stadium!

8:30 p.m.

France and Belgium are competing for a place in the final of the Nations League, where the winner will find, Sunday in Milan, Spain, yesterday faller of the Italian European champions (1-2).

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8:27 p.m.

Through their joint selection, the Hernandez brothers become the first siblings to play together in an official match.

The Revelli brothers, Patrick and Hervé, had shared the tricolor tunic during two friendly matches in the 1970s.

8:24 p.m.

Regarding the current dynamics of the two formations, the Blues remain on two draws and one victory since their elimination against Switzerland in the round of 16 of the Euro.

While the Red Devils, released by Italy in the quarter-finals of the Euro, recorded three successes in as many games over the same period.

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8:19 p.m.

Despite an established audience, in Italy, at 50% of available seats (20,000 people), only 15,000 spectators made the trip to Juventus Stadium in Turin to attend this semi-final.

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8:15 p.m.

On the Belgian side, coach Roberto Martinez also chose a 3-4-3 to start the match, notably with Chelsea striker at the top, Romelu Lukaku:

Courtois - Alderweireld, Denayer, Vertonghen - Castagne, Witsel, Tielemans, Carrasco - De Bruyne, Lukaku, E. Hazard (cap.).

1️⃣1️⃣ 💪 Let's take on our neighbors.

🇧🇪 #SelectedbyPwC #DEVILTIME #BELFRA pic.twitter.com/bf16JnwHYz

- Belgian Red Devils (@BelRedDevils) October 7, 2021

8:10 p.m.

COMPOSITIONS.

Discover the 11 that Didier Deschamps decided to line up for the France team, a 3-4-3 where we find the two Hernandez brothers and a trio of star attackers:

Lloris (cap.) - Koundé, Varane, L. Hernandez - Pavard, Pogba, Rabiot, T. Hernandez - Mbappé, Griezmann, Benzema.

The composition of the French team to face Belgium!

🇧🇪🇫🇷 #BELFRA #FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/uCpRe1rM9I

- French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 7, 2021

7:45 p.m.

Good evening everyone.

Welcome to leparisien.fr to follow LIVE COMMENTARY the semi-final of the League of Nations between Belgium and France.

Kick-off at 8:45 p.m. at Juventus Stadium in Turin.