the premier the. most all those you know while google more familiar it abuts group. that was. thousands of belgium and france fans fled the streets of russia's northern capital just one hour before the team's clash in the semifinal of the football world cup. and in other news one of the victims allegedly exposed to a toxic substance in the u.k. town of a mystery regains consciousness that remains in critical condition. after

a life of gold you don't have the twenty. six is. because. spats and disagreements are predicted at wednesday's nato summit as brussels publicly swings back at trump's criticism of a perceived lack of alliance funding by the e.u. . a very well welcome you are watching r.t. international with me nicky arun we've got the world news update coming up for you but first let's talk football.

good evening welcome to the wonderful bring up feel good sense and less than an hour to pick up in the semifinal belgium against france not significant because it means that we have the lineup they've been handed and we're just going to make sense of them no surprises from france and he said last hour pretty much you could expect the team from v.j. shop for but i'm not seen as indulgent trying to make sense of this one peter how they line you know well how the east surprise he has moved them barely in his. it is line up the way i work it out he's going to play with the a three man defense which he has played with all the way up to the plate to brazil in the quarter final that he went to fall but he's going to have company and fits on been playing at the back three of course. in goal he's been absolutely fantastic and then i think it's

a five minute field candidate kevin to burn. at exhibit full. fellaini is in there as well and then chatty and i think in that order so kevin to burn the place a little bit from the right place on the left and then a three man midfield often belly it's fun for the game just to keep it tight and of course the two sort of immediate superstars even has and romelu lukaku upfront and with friends i stuck my neck out didn't i i said that can't be any surprises here it's exactly the team i said who is in goal. on tuesday and had landis as a back four concept poc but just in front of them then the pub agrees man my two e d and. chu up front so he a very strong and offensive and attacking mind is french team and i read the belgian team not cautious but

a little bit more cautious than normal but still very. respectful of the qualities of france. but i still see with these lineups i see goals it's a high quality midfield when you read across it a name bringing the likes of mustard and bailey and that's not really weakening any side is it he's an absolutely fantastic player the tottenham player. and he's just i mean it's to have that kind of play as you know to have the luxury is incredible for martinez and i say he sprong as a prize and you know it is a surprise because bell is only only came in came in in the first game and then started the game against england and then he hasn't featured so it is a surprise in the respect that he then starts a game which is semi final of the world cup. that then bell it is a quality player and he's someone who can give a lot of experience

a lot of power to the village in midfield and a lot of protection for players like. kevin de drawing and then you can have only much of. an eleven that could probably kind of move martinez could change that into several different slot slightly different formations depending on the match situation and how it's going he's got he's got so many play is on the pitch now who can play various positions i'm just trying to see if if. fever has just released a tactical line of it is normally very very accurate but he has got players think you move around in different positions fellaini can play up front for instance but he can also play in a number six role. and. as we see it here it is exactly well they've got to bring your. on the other side but it was pretty much just what we were expecting from with a five five across midfield. but and that is you know when you have talent like he has to have the luxury of actually being able to move your players around

and put them into different positions so example fever have been the brunt of playing on the left hand side and he plays like that for manchester city now and again and can you imagine the crosses that he puts in with his right foot into the box how dangerous they are we've seen him against brazil when he scored the goal he came from the right insight to this kind of versatility within the squad is an incredible weapon to have and it's something that the opposition coach needs to work out on the run with his players and they would you have to see how it pans out as you said slightly different look from about a martinez there but still looks very attacking lots of attacking intent and talent of course in the belgian side let's get more analysis on the situation alex cross live to manchester manchester united posters in marino is back with us here in our take speaking to is our kate partridge. thank you very much neal thank you very

much peter yes i'm here in manchester yes we're here with josie marino ahead of that semifinal between belgium and france josie thank you very much indeed for joining us well the last time you joined us was the last sixteen rad and quite a few things have changed since then have been some surprises some shocks what are your thoughts about how we've got to this stage now to the semi final stage of the last few rounds. first of all i have to i have to get ten seconds. to say that. we what happened in thailand. and. the heroes are there i'm not in the world i'm sorry to say that but the heroes are. the kids. especially the everybody involved in the rescue you know. from the world cup comes second them sort of said that but we're here to speak about the world cup. and i have to say.

a funny world cup. lots of surprises and i like good surprises in informal so i'm pleased. with the fact that we are going to have. a final that was not expected expected we are going to have to semifinals that. at least the second one was not expected we have to prove that in football many times the favorites don't tween and many times the teams. the big players a place that everybody expects that they're going to win matches by themselves that doesn't happen all the time. i'm also pleased with something that i used to say for many many years in not called competitions we choose the draw.

plays a very important part. one seeing is. east to get an easy draw easier draw not the easy one another thing is to get the draw that he needed a big pressure on you. but looking to the semifinal france belgium we have to look. to the quarter final and. belgium with a fantastic performance beat brazil and france with another very good solid performance. i think in. seoul. is a big seven final week to week two teams who have top players and two teams that could could play a second team and still be good could play probably the thirteen the one

that stayed at home by the manager of the season and they're really teams with lots of good players players with a lot of experience playing for the best clubs in the world the best leagues in the world in the best age they're not too young they're not over over thirty so. i thinking in the end france and and belgium they they deserve to be where where they are belgium was very close to be out when they play against japan they were very very close to be out but i think in the crucial moment of the match roberto or remember that they had on the bench player that can change matches and fellaini changed the match and fellaini changed and the future of the belgium national team japan was controlling the game well fellaini is a different player he's a player that is very difficult to control in the box. belgium started playing more

direct. and then japan and collapse. obviously belgium a much better team friends full of talent. less to look up they also reached the final so is nothing new for them so i'm really. excited to see these semifinal because i can see i can see. if i can see them and if. fifty one percent against forty nine and i can't even say they're looking at those teams you've said there is a lot of attacking talent going forward both teams sparkle do you think then that the deciding factor will be the defense in this match there is one thing that people many times forget you can only attack well if you defend well you can only be offensive with lots of numbers if you have great defenders if you are solid

behind because if you are offensive and you are fragile behind you are going to lose the match and you look to both teams and. france is probably the best central front in the world. i think a phenomenal phenomenal defender they're solid. the midfielder. he's giving a great balance to the team. very positional. much the more on the left but positional defensively. can play phenomenal defensive player good fullbacks good food. and is a very good solid left backs. fronts defensively solid then they have all the talent you can but the weeds we reason with all these guys that can change a match but they're. going to belgium. is phenomenal. i

know i've been very very lucky to have always fantastical keepers in my teams. pete the chair. drew says by the. always the best goalkeepers in my teams. he is absolutely phenomenal and then sometimes playing with three sometimes playing with a line of four like it happened in the last match but. the experience they have of the. company. sold me to players positionally. we feel a need to they are very strong defensively and the teams that are very strong defensively and they have very good defensive talent are the teams in better conditions to be offensive to have flair and then they have for that they have

obviously some of the best players in the premier league the bruin. look and look to the bench americans and look to the ones at home long one will learn and mazing swards amazing sports. team for a few years if you. do you deal with them roberto or less a couple of years with the manager with a good knowledge of these players because he was a manager in in the premier league and the majority of the players are premier league players for example in the last match where he plays look awkward from the right. only possible if you know the play a very well and he knows the play very well because he was not just in the premier league he was also his manager when they were together at everton so roberto was a good choice by and by the belgian for the ration because not being belgium but he

knows the players probably better than any belgium a manager. so i think to two very good teams obviously everybody including myself were sinking about brazil germany argentina all these teams to be here but the reality is that france and. and belgium to be here is not a surprise at all belgium are missing thomas many because he's suspended do you think given as you said for the strength and depth that they will miss. you know i think they will miss him because routines because of confidence because of their playing a well because when you can play with three in the back and as a wing back but you can also play as a back as a back for like you do it against brazil. is is an extra man in. in both boxes in the year because he is really tall good in defense he is good in attack and against france they need that they need to be dominant in both boxes

because france has very good people also in. india and. you know was not a surprise for me that all the brazil can see the against belgium in the corner i know was was our only goal but the difficulty of. small brazilian players to mark tall and strong belgian plays in the air and then in the end they had belts man to man zone going through those zones so they put in the vault in the zone of the first post for the new and you have a deal which is was there not specially good india but they had to keep will see over me and i ended to taking care of of the phalanges of the companies so they were dominant in that expect by losing when you're going to lose one of them but you know them bellies coming to the team. i don't know if they're going to play

with three week charlie on the ride so i don't know if they're going to play vertonghen center defender and i'll divide right back which is also a possibility similar to what they did we develop playing left back big and play with all the right back and these are the kind of things that again i repeat you can only do if the manager knows the players very well and roberto by being in the country where the majority of the players are you know the players well and they can you can manage that big big semifinal. to the team structure one final question before we get to the break looking over the form of the teachings as they progress through the tournament it would seem that perhaps france of started absolutely in sort of gaining momentum or is belgium seeing their position more consistent throughout is ones that are more important than the other across the top of the moment i think again the draws they mean

they had easy draws in the group phase of. belgium had to play against england but music group was just first or second and the meaning was it was nothing they could go progressively playing against the news of playing against. the draws the same happened with france. they were qualified even before the group started and that gave them momentum confidence also all kind of. relax approach they never felt the pressure they start feeling the pressure now quarter final was a moment where they started feeling the pressure you look for example to croatia what croatia had to do to be here the difficulty of the group phase two extra times two penalty shootout starters. of course the moral. they are going to get

strength. even from the grandparents old. but they are tired of belgium and and france know and they manage to sort of match of the group face to rest of the players the rest all the players they play the ones that are not play so i think they are fresh strong and they will be disappointed if the match is not going to be a big match because has all the ingredients he said he doesn't think matches are like your maestro's amory near one hundred. one else seems wrong. just don't. get me.

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a comeback this is aussie international and i'm at mccarran from football we now move on to some other world news a man allegedly exposed to a toxic substance in the u.k. town of amesbury has regained consciousness but remains in a critical condition to get the latest my london correspondent and to check in now i must say good to see you what do we know so far. well that mickey we know that forty five year old charlie charlie rally condition is seems to be improving now that he's regained consciousness at salisbury district hospital where he was taken to on sunday june rather saturday june thirtieth along with him with his partner forty four year old dawn sturges who died last sunday night this latest poisoning of course opening all sorts of questions that british officials are now yet to answer about how these two could have come in contact with the nerve agent that

they see was behind this second poisoning given this is something that happened with millions and millions of pounds spent on the cleanup operations in souls very as well as the original poisoning case the script palls sergei and uli of themselves long out of the hospital now and out of the media headlines and despite all of the sort of accusations against russia now we've seen months that this novel saga has been unraveling with certainly evidence and facts yet to be provided so now with this man's condition improving hopefully there will be a little bit more insight exactly into what could have unraveled but curiously this massive story that has been all over the headlines here in the u.k. for months on end has been overshadowed really by what has been going on here in westminster in terms of teresa mayes cabinet of course with just really months left

with the breck the deadline looming we have seen top brags that ministers resign from their posts including boris johnson of course and the breakfast secretary as long as several other ministers throughout this recent time and this is something that's been causing quite a stir here in london with lots of people wondering whether or not another hiccup could cause could cost to resubmit her position and potentially and up with a vote of confidence. send the door shown to her and also of course this whole situation is really has really underscored the also the difficulty that london has been having with the european union and in terms of how these talks have been going on so far forensic demonstrated. caused by brigitte of the biggest problem in the history. of e.u. u.k. relations. well look it's not just obviously the bracks it a situation that has now seemingly reaching

a crescendo but also of course this novacek saga and it's clear that officials here in the u.k. will be forced to find some answers quite soon and it's their check and i thank you for that update while we discuss the situation in the u.k. with journalist and author john white. sangoma the headlines because they are part of an overarching campaign to demonize russia to create russia as this double evil of our country and government that is in. these completely pieces baseless allegations this breaks it creates a sense consumes delish political class it's a greatest political crisis it does in the hands found itself in ghost and since the second world war unless it's arrested soon it's going to morph into an economic crisis a challenge to teresa neves leadership in the coming days and weeks. tensions

between europe and the u.s. are casting a massive shadow over wednesday's nato summit as well donald trump continues to criticize allies for not spending more on defense and brussels sent this public warning to the american president. the president trump america does not turkish and will not turf than europe india america appreciate your allies after all you don't have the money you have a lot of allies but we cannot take you to your regular. eyes here. so i have a go. i ask you which is somewhat third world absolute frankly maybe double what they were saying. continues to insist that other members are not paying nearly enough as america bankrolls more than half of nato's budget in two thousand and fourteen nato members agreed to spend two percent of

their annual gross domestic product on defense by twenty twenty four trump is angry that only five states are anywhere near that in greece estonia the u.k. poland and romania the secretary general of the brussels based military alliance says that members are paying their spending but not to please washington but independent journalist a new career vet told is that ahead of the summit trumps unpredictability is on people's minds everybody's very nervous here in brussels looking at the product could happen tomorrow or the day after with the the temperament with the way to mark trump usually does things you know use a bit reliable the sport again so that all but afraid of what he's going to do miss the toss couldn't resist by saying you know mr trump should know who are his strategic allies and who are his problem he means probably floody me putin but this is trump bashing it's cheap advice and they should do that everybody's not just

because of this issue of finances because of the troops still present in europe that. could send back home because of course also off the fact that several countries are renewing their fleet of fireball mo's all together it's. a dangerous cocktail for the unity of nato but of course it's so good to have a common enemy russia. the back with more of the latest headlines and of course the latest on the football at the top of the hour. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way he's going to be our coach. guys i know you on the us he's a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure to come out you have to go meet the center of the beach with all we with you and we will show the great game the great game you are the rock at the back nobody gets us to you we need you to

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