Uruguay vs France FIFA Quarter Final 2018 Kickoff line up

Uruguay vs France FIFA Quarter Final 2018 Kickoff line up for the fight for the semis. This is the first quarterfinal match of FIFA world cup 2018. Both the teams, Uruguay and France are equally competent to qualify for semis. Match Details are -

FIFA World Cup 2018: Quarter-finals, Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Nizhny Novgorod

Uruguay vs France

06 Jul 2018 - 17:00 Local time | 10:00 AM ET

Uruguay vs France FIFA Quarter Final 2018 Kickoff line up

Uruguay are very strong in this FIFA world cup, specially in the defense. Uruguay already played 4 matches and the number of goal against Uruguay is only 1. On the side, Luis Suarez are very much alert for conducting counter attack and bring good outcome for Uruguay. Uruguay is the FIFA world cup champion of 1930 and 1950. Uruguay is also semifinalist of 1954, 1970 and 2010's World cup. Last four matches of Uruguay team are -

In the group round phase, Uruguay showed how to defend. Uruguay football team's defense was so strong that no team could break that. The number of goals against Uruguay is zero. In the group round, Uruguay played against -

1. Egypt VS Uruguay, the first match of Uruguay which they won by 1 - 0.  J.M. GIMENEZ of Uruguay Football team on the last minute. Uruguay football team scored goal on 89 minute. 
2. Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia, the result of this match was same of the previous match. Uruguay football team won the match against Saudi Arabia team by 1 - 0 and the only goal was scored by L. SUAREZ on 23 minute.
3. Russia vs Uruguay was the 3rd match of the Uruguay football team in the FIFA World Cup 2018. Russia was strong team which made 8 goals in first 2 matches; score was 5 - 0 and 3 -1 but Russia football team was not able to score any goal against Uruguay football team. Uruguay won that match by 3 - 0 and goals were scored by SUAREZ (10'), CHERYSHEV (23') which was contributed by Russia (own goal) and CAVANI (90') minutes.
4. Uruguay vs Portugal, knockout phase match of "Round of 16" and Uruguay won the match by 2 - 1 goals. Portugal's did well in the group phase. Portugal football team won only 1 match and drew other two matches. Portugal had Ronaldo, who scored 2nd highest goal in group phase. On that match, E. CAVANI shine like the sun for Uruguay. He scored two goals, first one on 7 minutes and second one is on 62 minutes. PEPE, player of Portugal was able to return one goal back to Uruguay on 55 minutes. 

Uruguay vs France FIFA Quarter Final 2018 Kickoff line up

France, the FIFA world cup champion of 1998, have to win against to qualify for semis. If France win the match, France will have to face one of "B" teams, Brazil or Belgium. In the round of 16, France just blew away Argentina by 4 - 3 goals. That match was very exciting for the supporters of both the teams. France's performance in this FIFA world cup is given below -

1. France VS Australia on June 16 and France won the match by 2 - 1. GRIEZMANN on 58 minute from penalty and BEHICH on 81 minutes which was Australia's won goal. Australian sticker JEDINAK was able to return one goal on 62 minute through penalty.
2. France VS Peru on June 21. France won this match by 1 - 0. France's MBAPPE scored the only goal on 34 minute.
3. And the last match was against Denmark, in the group round, which also qualified for the knockout phase. The match was tie between them and the score was 0 - 0.
4. France vs Argentina, knockout phase match of round of 16, France won the match by 4 - 3 goals. Pavard scores thunderous goal, Mbappe (x2) earns France victory. Di Maria, Mercado strike for Argentina either side of the break. Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring from the spot. First goal was scored by GRIEZMANN on 13 minutes through penalty, PAVARD scored second match on 57 minutes and MBAPPE scored two goals on 64 and 68 minutes. On that match Argentina also tried to return back those goals but Argentina was one goal behind of France. DI MARÍA on 41 minutes, MERCADO on 48 minutes and KUN AGUERO on 93 minutes scored three goals but those were not good enough to prevent them from loosing the match.

   
   

   
   

Uruguay vs France FIFA Quarter Final 2018 Kickoff line up

Uruguay vs France Head to Head matches: Uruguay and France played 8 matches against each other. France won one match and Uruguay won 3 matches. The number of goals France made is 4 where Uruguay scored 8 goals. After comparing recent team strength and weakness, I can conclude, Uruguay has better chance to qualify for FIFA world cup 2018's Semifinal

Uruguay vs France FIFA Quarter Final 2018 Kickoff line up

France team background and team lineups

France did well in the Euro 2016 cup. They were the Euro 2016 finalist but unlikely they lost the final match against Portugal. France is confident enough to go all the way to reach FIFA Football World Cup 2018 Final. France football team is in 7th position.

Team is France (FRA) won 1998's FIFA World Cup. Including 1998's Football World Cup, France is participating 15 times and the sixth in a row. From 1930, they played 59 matches in FIFA world cup and won 28 matches, and lost only 19 matches.

Goalkeepers
Hugo Lloris (1)
Steve Mandanda (16)
Alphonse Areola (23)

Defenders
Benjamin Pavard (2)
Presnel Kimpembe (3)
Raphaël Varane (4)
Samuel Umtiti (5)
Adil Rami (17)
Djibril Sidibé (19)
Lucas Hernandez (21)
Benjamin Mendy (22)

Midfielders
Paul Pogba (6)
Thomas Lemar (8)
Corentin Tolisso (12)
N’Golo Kanté (13)
Blaise Matuidi (14)
Steven Nzonzi (15)

Forwards
Antoine Griezmann (7)
Olivier Giroud (9)
Kylian Mbappé (10)
Ousmane Dembélé (11)
Nabil Fekir (18)
Florian Thauvin (20)

Uruguay vs France FIFA Quarter Final 2018 Kickoff line up

Uruguay team background and team lineups

Uruguay men's football team is in 14th rank in FIFA global ranking. For Uruguay, Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani will be the men to watch in Russia Football FIFA World Cup 2018. If they can prove themselves, then this South American team will pick the 3 points in their pocket.

Uruguay Football team players:

Coach: Óscar Tabárez

Goalkeepers:
Fernando Muslera (1)
Martín Campaña (12)
Martín Silva (23)

Defenders
José María Giménez (2)
Diego Godín (3)
Guillermo Varela (4)
Nahitan Nández (8)
Gastón Silva (13)
Maximiliano Pereira (16)
Sebastián Coates (19)
Martín Cáceres (22)

Midfielders 
Carlos Sánchez (5)
Rodrigo Bentancur (6)
Cristian Rodríguez (7)
Giorgian De Arrascaeta (10)
Lucas Torreira (14)
Matías Vecino (15)
Diego Laxalt (17)
Jonathan Urretaviscaya (20)

Forwards
Luis Suárez (9)
Cristhian Stuani (11)
Maximiliano Gómez (18)
Edinson Cavani (21)