the so. thank. you. france reaches the world cup final with a one to zero victory over belgium in st petersburg. do you let it go

up to your allies after all you don't have the time and. a standoff is expected at wednesday's nato summit in brussels after donald trump accuses european countries of failing to pay their way in the alliance. and an alleged victim of the nerve gas poisoning in the u.k. regains consciousness but remains in critical condition. france is through the final of the two thousand and eighteen world cup in russia after defeating belgium one to nil in st petersburg will be the third final for france in twenty years. they lifted the trophy in one thousand nine hundred eight and lost on penalties to italy in two thousand and six and they will be leading the winners of wednesday's semifinal croatia and.

france they go marching on to the world cup final said it was really what did you think of. well i think as i was telling you it. the whole fine. that's happened. or it could expect one ball we knew. one would create some we actually. and that happened more space for france to contract the morning we should do from. belgium players. they go home with a bad feeling a feeling that we could do more and that the. feeling that probably. is all there it. we cause it tried absolutely everything. but many of

the players. they kept hiding and a little bit more in the last twenty twenty five minutes but they are much better than that and for beagle cajuns big players and many of the players they were not there in the vocation affronts was. who was good on the basics things of the game. they defended well they were competent. they scored. a goal that probably is. from a near miss match the last man to put the chips they score and then they try to control of the game which basically they have and they did we've. a fantastic performance by. and i think a very good performance by bob walls was meant to. play the game weeds

with great maturity when we had to hold position and to keep control of the game when bush took off. as usual to bring move on z. and form the have more freedom but that freedom to do silly things you had freedom to keep the ball away from the bench was arius to keep to keep the ball to a ceased griezmann for a great chance he was very very mature but we can probably see the pictures for the goal now i mean it's another goal from a set piece and this will couples who are set piece is something. that you can train. your dog damage. more of your physical condition and when you are in the competition like these where the commission the fifty come. you have just to recover then is very

difficult to have training sessions of development of tactical situations that create even more spending of energy. opening the door for more small injuries so walk in you train said please you don't run. you don't spend any of your in there's attics or seas you do it you do it in a relaxed way you do it you do it as part of your. recovering sessions and you go for the set pieces and you know so used to talking about energy as well i mean getting a bath again shows that they have some tricks and flicks as well he proved that he is a forty something for the future for france as well and this french team is zero you know looks looks. play with twenty years of

football but. must be below twenty five. you played his first match with me with eighteen in real madrid that was two tolls and. thirteen so he must be no twenty four years old also. is young always young. and isn't t.t. . three d. i think on the lorries. three d. they are on the thirty's is a very very young team so france got watching on that duff they saw the croatia all england had you see you said before the collation were tied how do you see the seconds and if i'm. you know i think. england is fresher. has younger players had it easy group phase where they plea to easy matches and them. chicken's belgium big change every player sold the

players that are playing the they all had one match less than crew issue to play because they didn't play against belgium and the majority of the players. are young feed the players when i look to the team my seeing actually and. these three years old just today or yesterday something like that and part of that the players are all very young and between england and croatia i think croatia has great mentality. from sydney to play to control the game in the possession of the game but then when these. is a happy team is a team that you look at them and you see happiness is a team that they went from. even candidate to candidate and i just hope because that that's

what they really need i just hope that they are themselves and not like belgium where the majority of the player is they were not themselves in big matches you have to be yourself or be the big match can make you a bit better and that extra adrenalin that extra. feeling of how big i am. can only make you better. as france they go marching on to the world cup final and for us we crossed to our moscow studio with neil and you. many thanks kate and many thanks jos a very warm welcome we are here on the rooftop of red square we've just been digesting that semi final. lots of french funds going crazy both here in russia and also of course in france. self let's take

a look at what those fans have been getting up to after that final whistle went on france were into the world cup final. was . france within touching distance of the coveted trophy will they get it or not i'm sure the fans are thrilled to have the chance let's go over now live to st petersburg and amani is outside the stadium and hopefully we'll see want to see jubilant french fans at an already in the ball is a set thank. god that these thousands of fans stream away from these st petersburg stadium we've seen a number of actually belgian fives pretty happy i was surprised to see

a number of them cheering and shouting belgium belgium of course very proud of their team getting to that semifinal this was a generation of players who always seen as being the so-called golden generation young. hungry players who finally came into their prime but just couldn't do enough to win that game this evening the french france however a little common now but i can tell you they were absolutely jubilant with that victory who was who was who was who was who was. the was these funds hugely delighted i can imagine that there will be a party all night here in st petersburg who do you know you do you know it was you . if you would.

i. and many of them now are figuring out how they're going to make their way to moscow they'll be scouring the websites for flights and trains and even figuring out how to get up by bus and by car and then the question of how to get one of those golden tickets put out final on sunday in moscow at the disney key stadium so the frogs the journey goes on as they seek to win their second world cup and who will join the being over there be crazy shall we find out some or even. france through and what will they be offering us in the final a lot of people are looking for to the. young superstar any show bit of flashes little flashes in this unity didn't they was me let's see a little bit of the skill that he can offer on the big occasion this was on fifty six minutes little bit of tricky from

a play the double shuffle but if you want to call that a little back you'll pass through ball as well after doing that get not just for show there was an end product to that group on this occasion unable to finish the was it by the last challenge one of the things we saw in belgium they didn't give up all they had the lion's share of the ball in the first half then when the goal went in the second half they kept and this is more unfair lanie going. around sixty five minutes on the floor he's a big man get him into the box he's going to do damage just couldn't get the ball on target at this cases monitor just really you could feel the frustration refer to martinez so close to getting into a final just a stout we were looking about it earlier and every manager who's ever won the world cup has been from country how much would spanish. martinez love actually to be able to break that. who do and go on lift the world cup that's

not going to be happening this world cup having and belgium course had to go for a late song mission substantiations make themselves a bit more adventurous and it was a fantastic shot on eight minutes. it's what you would call this pile driver thunderball but it was told and it was true but unfortunately for visually was a bit too close to loris. carried out the way in france was to play the danger and they really kind of i would say stifle the prostrated belgium from that point on to the end as you would expect they played out the clock as it did the additional performance wasn't even the bell getting through should be paid that shot they never really looked like letting in a goal but letting belgium close the all seem to be in game management. to see see the best team gets to the final one way or another and that's what they're looking forward to their third finally in twenty years nineteen ninety eight they won and

of course losing to italy two thousand and six who are members is the down head book that we've got here we'll be hoping to go back with with better memories this time i've been making it to from. a let's just for a while with for it's interesting stats only for this instance so the only other previously been to football is one as a player and then gone on to win the trophy as a manager and will have opportunity in the final in just five days time when they can do that to brazil's mario friends back and of course for germany so that will be a very exalted company he manages it we were expecting probably goals tonight. and formation that kind of paid to that was a lot more cautious fearful this is the real you said the game must speak briefly before we leave about croatia england and see if you.