Uruguay vs France Soccer Preview-Predictions
In the first-quarter final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, Uruguay and France meet in a match that promises much and a reunion or two. Lucas Hernandez and Antoine Griezmann face off with Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez, their Atletico Madrid team-mates, while PSG strike partners Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani also cross paths. An injury doubt for La Celeste is El Matador, who scored twice against Portugal before limping off.
Heading into this clash of former world champions both teams are unbeaten. Winning all the games and conceding one goal so far are the Uruguayans, while Les Bleus knocked out Argentina in a spectacular Round of 16 clashes.
The finishing skills of the forwards of team France, to extend their nine-match unbeaten run against South American sides at the World Cup will be their prime focus. The Uruguayan belief will be buoyed by another revealing stat: La Celeste on the six previous occasions reached the last eight at the world finals, only once did they fail to progress.
Possible line-ups:
Uruguay: Nahitan Nandez, Lucas Torreira, Edinson Cavani/Cristhian Stuani, Matias Vecino, Rodrigo Bentancur, Luis Suarez, Martin Caceres, Jose Maria Gimenez, Diego Godin, Diego Laxalt, Fernando Muslera.
France: Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Corentin Tolisso, N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez, Hugo Lloris.
Uruguay vs France Soccer Preview-Predictions
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