simon, he touched on france and belgium there and what's at stake for tonight. france has been criticized for, until now, not really reaching a top team, not meeting a top team. >> absolutely. thee been criticized for not reaching a top team, and they've also been criticized for the way they've dealt when they've played what we consider lower-caliber teams. just going to take you through the results up till now. they beat australia 2-1 in very difficult circumstances, then peru again very slight winning margin, a draw against denmark, which has been branded as the most boring game in the world cup so far. and, of course, they came to life in the argentina match, when they won 4-3. but the problem is that many people regard it as an argentina team that couldn't defend, you know, that had a lot of problems of their own, and it wasn't, you know, the usual argentina teams full of flair and with the attacking flow going forward. they played a uruguay team which was certainly solid, but missing one of their best players, of course. and even in that game, it was a head

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

know welcome to studio live from st petersburg belgium beat favorites brazil two one in booking a place in the last for all the world cup. was just. packing with a two nil win in mission looking comfortable that. in the meantime france literally on cloud nine following my quarterfinal victory with flags being waved wildly. bombing on cars and celebrate on result i. was. welcomed back to football if you review watching us today one of the has been the first day of the quarter finals has now come to close we know exactly who the first player was still in the race for the trophy belgium and france all through to the last resort of the wife it's time to pack their bags and the game of the day belgium saw off five time world cup winners brazil two goals to one. i. i. it were. and what a game it was belgium opening the scoring in the thirteenth minute chadli curling the ball in straight from warner cable for nadine you know straight past anderson into the net embarrassment for the experience the friend is there and really that set the mood for the whole game belgium doubling their lead a litt

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tried to reach is that the world cup final with a one to zero victory over belgium in st petersburg. lies off the old you don't know if the twenty. six is. a standoff is expected at wednesday's nato summit in brussels after donald trump accuses european countries are failing to pay their way in the alliance. and the alleged victim of a nerve gas poisoning in the u.k. regains consciousness but remains in critical condition. for broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international thomas certainly glad to have you with us. france is through to the final of the two thousand and eighteen world cup in russia after defeating belgium one 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 now they will be meeting the winners of wednesday's semi final order. from which they go marching on to the world cup final said it isn't really what you just think. well i think as i was telling you. the whole fun. what we could expect when will would we need.

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belgium still in belgium and can unite belgium france.can you imagine frons well you know it's based on sat forward this . now that's an american representation is there in this world cup well that's a shame an end is going over who comes into this world called time for the i think the good those who started before the world com and they had a twenty three percent chance of think it was a winning this will call and the next one was spain sixteen and then it was german fifteen for the time the world champions you know in the in the tenth the ten percent behind them what they've done they've taken all the dates and more than a million inputs and they've sort of made a virtue of simulation of that and they came up with the with these figures of course a very very inaccurate because football is football and anything can happen but at the moment it looks like that team is the leading the it's one of the i think belgium was around nine percent eight i and so still very high but you know nothing like twenty four twenty three children but it is i

so seeing plenty of highlights there for belgium and of course low lights for brazil ali how exactly did the out and crush the brazilian funds train. well this belgium side is also very skillful and they certainly had enough to capitalize on those brazilian errors i thought kevin the brilliant in particular was very good at driving the ball forwards away from his defense taking the pressure off them and pinning the brazilians back likewise the captain and as i thought he gave a little master class in keeping the ball under pressure again taking the pressure off of his defense and frustrating the brazilians basically as well the keeper we saw a very good performance making a couple of great saves to keep belgium in the late and then there's that great football variable luck you need it sometimes to get past a tough opponent belgium got that luck first early on when she goes silver the brazil defender hit the post from point blank range and secondly i think a little bit maybe with that penalty decision too sometimes is what you need belgium certainly got the bounce of the ball last nig

falling yes for just over two hours away from the first let me file of the world cup france play belgium in the last four we have correspondents in both of those countries standing by to talk to us but first let's get to andy richardson in the piece where that game is happening and the belgium a very experience but france had the youth almost side so was more important when it comes to this stage of the world cup. should not see me i'm an englishman we never normally get this far in a world cup so i've got no idea but i mean if you if you're a member that the early stages of this tournament with this young french team they came in for a lot of criticism stumbled really through the first two games but they pick up a couple of wins and by coach to be a day shops at pains to point out that that's a game against australia he was the youngest french team in a world cup since nineteen thirty eight he was saying that the heart of this squad it is their first world cup really since that group stage they've really burst and so life is up for three win over argentina while we still killing them ba

the belgium players. they go home with a bad feeling a feeling that we could do more and better. feeling that probably. is all there it because it drives absolutely everything. but many of the players. they kept hiding and a little bit more in the 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 beagle cajun friends was. who was good on the basics things of the game they defended well they were competent. they scored. a ball that probably was. from a near miss match the last man to touch it but they score and then they try to control the game which basically be they did we've. a fantastic performance by. and i seem to have. very good performance by bob bob the walls was meant to. play the game weeds with great maturity when we had to hold a position and to keep control of the game when the show to call for was useful to bring move on then for the have more freedom but that freedom not to do silly

belgium escaped another twenty eighteen world cup upsets coming back from two goals down to win their last sixteen clash against japan a three two set a meth labs delirious. brazil are also through to the next round of the knockout stage after defeating mexico a win that set off some of celebrations from some morrow to south paolo they'll meet belgium in the quarter finals. and in other news this hour the three month old coalition government of german chancellor angela merkel has averted collapse after the interior minister reiterated his threats to quit over immigration policy. welcome to our international. and other day of the knockout stage in the twenty eight hundred free for world cup has been completed brazil and belgium are the first quarter finalist they've sent mexico and japan packing more analysis and commentary coming up a bit later on our special coverage of the tournament. amazing game we've just witnessed an amazing second half to five goals to enjoy in the end it was belgium were strong but really only just to have to say japan almost causing the upset of the tournamen

celebrations from the mara to sao paulo they will meet belgium in the quarterfinals. other news this hour the three month old coalition government of german chancellor angela merkel has a verdict collapse after the interior minister reiterated his threats to quit over immigration policy. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. and you know other day the knockout stage in the two thousand and eighteen feet for world cup has been completed brazil and belgium now proceed to the quarterfinals and in mexico and japan packing there is more analysis and commentary on the tournaments they just received. amazing guy you just witness that an amazing second half saying five goals to enjoy. oh oh. oh in the end it was belgium were strong but i do really really just have to say japan almost causing the upset of the tournament it would have been having gone to new ahead i mean you could you said there was going to be an upset i mean did look like it was going to be that way belgium ranked

powerhouse picking the ball up in the belgium is off powering forward. through the midfield the fans passing out wanted to give and took a shot very powerful allowed time and space on the ball while a solo into the bottom left hand corner no chance for the keeper that douglas course they came up. forward did change the pace of the game a bit strengthened brazil's midfield pulling out wide trying to spread the belgians didn't work their defensive masterclass their aside from one for brazil lab results were not. reviving hopes just three minutes after coming on to the pitch bearing this had a right into the bottom right corner after fourth from zero two you could just see their splitting the difference was enough so for the brazilians the attack largely looking unimpressive throughout the whole but really shot down by the belgians at all their star strikers star trek and we feel is looking pretty helpless in the face of the belgian machine without further ado let's cross live to source who's joining us there in the fall and of course the world cup host pet

but i don't think that's what belgium wants some belgium is is really cautious in in their approach and he's trying to learn to control the game. defensively and then and then contract out but they are really really sort of in. the difference of expert. he's one of the players before the match people think is a contender for the gold as a player is it a big incentive is it a big trophy is it something that you want to go forward and i would terry cain for england is on course for that she said no i think you few us them they want they want the gold wall or they want the gold medal of course they want the world the world mail is what gives them. a place in the gallery of heroes in their countries is not the individual award but players this think about it players this think about it players may have the eagles there to be a selfish when these individual awards. are crossing in front of of them but honesty's is a game of alive is a game of. concrete history for them and i think they're ready for everything and even being attacking players they're ready to be defensive they're ready to hel

celebrations in brussels that after belgium defied the odds to beat brazil in the quarter finals back in brazil will sole source in the house another have underperforms under pressure. belgium's come into broiler who took the pass and five ball into the net to help his country advance to the final full we'll show you what happened and find out what is next. at her. also coming up on the day it started on so far we're all still here today the world's the two largest economies the united states and china started what beijing has described as the biggest trade well in economic history. no one will emerge a winner from a trade war. it benefits no one. will undermine the multilateral free trade process by respect china and i respect that. but shelling out five hundred seven. dollars. trade deficit. if one insists on waging a trade war it will hurt others on themselves. it's time for anyone who cares about the health of the economy to sit up and take notice. and trade many years ago you know when they're saying not a free trader said no no the war was lost but now we're going to win because

news live from berlin brazil i was of the world cup then hands of unlikely football powerhouse belgium. the celebrations impress those of the girls and defied the odds to beat brazil in the quarter finals and then brazil most soul searching as i have a fancy team underperforms under pressure. it was belgian second into brought in the who took the pass and five the ball into the net to help his country advance to the final four will show you what happened and find out what's next best brazil heads are. also on the program authorities in taiwan slowed down the efforts to free the children trapped in a flooded cave system efficient leading the rescue effort says the twelve boys and the football coach not yet ready to make the dice afraid and rescuers want to give them more time despite fears that the conditions i was. on feel got a welcome to the program first it was germany the world cup's top ranked crashing out of the group stage now as president the second round tain dismissed from the quarterfinals losing to belgium a to walk. well matters of t w sports is here to talk us through ano

well we've just seen a goal in that belgium brazil game and it's going to belgium one nil to belgium called up from the left and it was headed into his own goal by put on denio always likely to be done at the other end that would mean a fantastic don't want these two to find it's fun to do you know. not live picture actually let's go to the browns and i can see this you go you see. the belgian fans faces. will count as a goal for belgium but no bells and plans going on the scoresheet because that was a number how much we saw most narrow require fronts in the last game i want to own gold wife and i do know that you can see the brazil captain running his plans to go forward what's essential to happen there is the court has come in double hey susan for the both going up to the same board and i suppose good in each other's way the kind of ducked his head down and it's come off the i think it's kind of cover his shoes first then hit the nail on the keeper stood no chance really was it actually the start of the bright saw the two teams they've actually start to bat so they have a couple of

belgium escaping another twenty eight seat world cup size coming back from two goals down two in the last sixteen clash against japan three to send in that i'm still doing x. . i. am belgium off i still my favorites next brazil in the quarter finals after the fatal mexico so you know of. in the spark somber celebrations from from our own side paolo. there were our coverage of well here in russia amazing going we've just witnessed an amazing second half so you five goals to enjoy in the end it was belgium were strong but only only just i have to say japan almost causing the upset of the tournament it would have been having gone to new ahead i mean you called it you said there was going to be an upset and it did look like it was going to be that way belgium ranked third in the world japan sixty sixty one as it was before the tournament brilliant goals as well as you said all the action coming in the second top we did think we were going to go to extra time the last kick of the game cruel on japan but brilliance i'm sure we thought was going to go to extra time to be fair what with fift

french fries is from belgium so it should be renamed to belgium yes yes that's right so maybe the winds can decide yes yes we can do that spoke to a boggs give the vice president the belgian football union he sold his expectations for the upcoming game. i think our friends is a well respected team it's a very good team with very great players and a very good coach they already won the world cup so they have your experience we are a small country but i think we have also great players a good coach. and we have the will to win so i hope we can make it i'm impressed by what we saw here it's really great cities we went to cling to sochi. this in pittsburgh and now in moscow yeah they're all it's marvelous organization it's well oiled. the players every part of this stuff is really impressed by everything so it's where we're told that i thought of my wife we should definitely come back to russia and visit all the cities because they're so beautiful and of course all of belgium or france will be sent packing i'm so far there has been one big party for fans of both teams who get a lot share bu

in good stead actually so although france the favorites i'm still tipping belgium. mark meadows thank you very much mark. to some tennis news now in defending men's champion roger federer has yet to drop a set at wimbledon he breezed into the quarter finals defeating france as a rino it is a different story the women's draw however with the top seeds continuing to fall that means germany's angela cabot the eleventh a seed is now the highest ranked female player left in the competition she beat belinda bench in straight sets the exodus of top seeds plays right into serena williams hands she is through to the last eight after thrashing of genya. williams is a seven time champion at wimbledon she only returned to action in march after giving birth to her first child. now the trade war has car makers starting their engines monica you're more than that was certainly a specific u.s. car maker there sunidhi u.s. auto manufacturer tesla is the first to hike prices in the world's largest car market and that is china analysts say are likely to take the same road in response t

in good stead actually so although france of favorites i'm still tipping belgium. mark meadows thank you very much mark. and to some tennis news now defending men's champion roger federer has yet to drop a set at wimbledon he breezed into the quarter finals defeating france as i know it is a different story in the woman's draw however with the top seeds continuing to fall now that means germany's angela khabar the love of the seed is now behind ranked female player left in the competition as she beat belinda bench in straight sets that the exodus of top seeds plays into serena williams as hands she's through the last eight after a thrashing again yet we're deena williams is a seven time champion but only return to action in march after giving birth to her first child time for business news now and is the european union ready to expand again monica that's a big question and that's what people were discussing yesterday and actually still today in london sumi european union representatives have been meeting with foreign ministers of six balkan states in london to disc

belgium face brazil in the quarter finals. well belgium will have to be at their best to stop neymar in that match he starred in brazil's two nil victory over mexico the forward scored one and set up another as his country made it through the last eight for the seven tournaments in a row the first goal was a move started and finished by neymar i will be taking up the slack in between is low cross leaving brazil's star man with a simple finish soon after halftime and brazil made sure of their victory with two minutes to go name of this time the provider for substitute roberto for me no two nil it in the bud and now it's time for the play of the day belgians deadly counterattacked in the very last moments of their match against japan just twelve seconds from goalkeeper courtois. to kevin to broadway to thomas renee to now says shall be football heaven for belgium and misery for shit. and this sports news just coming in germany coach will stay at his post despite his team's world cup failure that's according to the newspaper bear

they will now play belgium, who looked down and out against a brilliant japan, belgium, who looked downut against a brilliantjapan, three late goals saw the red devils rescue themselves in rostov. back from the brink. belgium scraping into the quarter—finals. japanese hearts broken. hazard, debra winger, lukaku, the big names we re debra winger, lukaku, the big names were all back for belgium butjapan had the better of a dull first half. to brokaw dark not helping the belgian nerves. blood into the second match exploded into life. rocksolid jan vertonghen led japan m, rocksolid jan vertonghen led japan in, my haraguchi converting under pressure. inui with a rocket from outside the box. belgium shellshock. but not dead yet. vertonghen atoning for his earlier mistake. and soon they were back level, pinpoint from hazard and maroune fellaini once again the man to turn to in times of trouble. with all of rostov ready for extra time, a brilliant half of football had one last twist. nacer chadli finishing a textbook break to win the game in the last minute. their prize, a showdown with brazil,

and and as we know belgium are taking on japan in rostock where the score is nil nil at half time well andy i mean it was an eventful day wasn't it well shall repeat what i said before i was upset today simply because we've seen so many of this world cup i think the gulf between smaller same's and larger teams is definitely lessened over the last four years perhaps i think japan so far are doing well belgium in my mind are on top just look at the stats. just fifty five percent possession shots compared to pounds three although a big that doesn't always mean that those shots are on target so he will remain a big difference between this game tonight and the game i watched yesterday in russia russia were just defending so much on that penalty they had two blocks of four but this time around japan i actually think trying to attack go forward when they can and the wings. have to try and work something if they can and they get the opportunity and i think i was in a slightly wary that i think that's right and i think it's like we said before and i would also touch upon the game when japan pla

belgium escapes another two thousand and eighteen world cup upset coming back from two goals down to win their last sixteen clash against japan three two making their fans go wild. brazil is also through to the next round of the knockout stage after defeating mexico to nil a win that set off some celebrations from some merit to south paolo they will meet belgium in the quarterfinals. and in other news this hour the three month old a coalition government of german chancellor angela merkel avoids collapse after the interior minister reiterated his threats to quit over immigration policy. right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our national i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. another day of the knockout stage in two thousand and eighteen feet for world com has been completed now brazil and belgium proceed to the quarter finals in mexico and japan packing there's more analysis and commentary on the tournaments this results. using going we've just witnessed an amazing second half save five goals to enjoy oh. oh oh oh in the end it was belgium were

in good stead at chile so although france of favorites i'm still tipping belgium. mark meadows thank you very much mark to some tennis news now defending men's champion roger federer has yet to drop a set at wimbledon he breezed into the quarter finals defeating france's adrien monnerie no it's a different story in the women's draw however with the top seeds continuing to fall and that means germany's angela cabot the eleventh seed is now the highest ranked female player left in the competition she beat belinda bench which in straight sets now the exodus of top seeds place into serene serina williams hands she's through to the last eight after thrashing afghan yet were deena well the only return to action in march after giving birth to her first child. time for business now the trade war has car makers starting their engines monika absolutely they have to react to this is special to us all to make a tesla is the first actually to hike prices in the world's largest come market and that of course is china analysts say others are likely to take the same road in respon

belgium beats favorites brazil two to one in close on to book a place in the world cup semifinals. plus earlier on friday france knocked out you're a boy with a two nil victory and you know. and france is on cloud nine following their porter final victory as fans waved flags and climbed on cars in celebration. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow we start our special coverage of the world cup or at crunch time to football on friday saw france and belgium go through to the last four of the championship teams across all the excitement. i am thankful every. welcome back to football h.q. of you watching us today what a day has being the first day of the quarter finals has now come to a close we know exactly who the first pair was still in the race for the trophy belgium and france all through to the last for brazil in the wife it's time to pack their bags in the game of the day belgium saw off five time world cup winners brazil two goals two one. i do i much i think what we did today i think we did game. we were technically really wouldn't. we we

and france will face the winner between brazil and belgium that match kicks off in cars and in just under an hour. and in other news the u.k.'s media and politicians go into speculation overdrive on the latest nerve agent incident on british soil with many convinced russia is involved. is r.t. international coming to live from moscow on cape partridge thank you for joining us well and you are going buyouts and is a blur as france march on off to bow to no victory but they face in the semifinals for a lot match on the build up to brazil against belgium that's cross live now to dan and he said with our special coverage in some petersburg. eleven . summer abby was no small welcome back to st peter's got a prussian skeeball cup quarter final time i'm going to hold his head with the sun for seems we'll have how it's probably going on in the next few days before stay in seattle for the title of the post saw all the quarterfinals between false and euro why has ended with a two new win lose goals from iran and i'm talking greaseman sendings the french support to interact see. you. great scenes th

thirty five belgium that is a scandal to all that issue with the f. thirty five. the military having clearly pushed for the american plane. why is the old sixteen could still be alive with a little bit of for a freshman for six seven years so you know all this it'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. independent journalist look at evade thank you so much for your time and your comments today thank you that's our wrap up of the day's top headlines and your world cup updates for this hour but we'll be back with more in about thirty minutes. greetings and salutation. when making important decisions in life sometimes you know it's best to wait as they say for all the evidence to come in this is true not only for doctors and scientists but for journalists plumbers and politicians as well. or should be especially for politicians because unlike plumber swerve you jump to the wrong conclusion the worst that can happen is your toilet explodes in your basement blood's when a politician jumps

belgium of course very proud of that team getting to that semi.

it's beautifully balanced fronts against belgium both. huge support for you for russia for this might be just michael is alongside me helping to break down this looks like a. really really good close encounter here would you try to give the edge to at this point was that mission impossible i think the last part that i think it's so evenly balanced. it's two teams that has slowly progressed in terms of quality they evolve they've played it's on and fantastically well. and the talent on spec tonight is incredible and i think a lot of people had belgium as a doc who was coming into this tournament they were two years ago as well they called the belgium. squawked all the pelting players circled in generation and it didn't quite turn a full that fulfill that two years ago the expectations. and and this year it's just been fantastic the way they've played with so we've been so accident in one thousand and three in the game against england and they still looked a capable team so a lot of expectations for this start in sight and they are now. on

and at the world cup in russia belgium fought their way back from a two neil deficit to come away with a win against japan in their last sixteen match last minute goal from now seshadri secured a three two victory for the belgians who will now face brazil in the quarter finals . well i'm terry marchin good to have you with us it was a crisis that threatened to bring down the german government but after hours of intense talks last night chancellor uncle americal and her interior minister hosts a hope for managed to strike a deal on illegal migration it will involve setting up holding centers for some migrants at the border with austria both sides are claiming victory say hope i called it a complete turnaround of germany's policy on asylum. this could be the end of a dispute that has been shaking germany for weeks horst de hoffa's bavarian c.s.u. and chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. have found a compromise for their ongoing fight over germany's migration policy. after very intense negotiations between the c.d.u. and the c.s.u. we've reached an agreement we have a clear arrangement for pre

in seven matches belgium won six. and. they lost the guns fronts in the in the semifinal in win seven matches one sri lost sri and drew one and the three matches that england won two of them all against panama and to musea. overall and belgium is a sort of place sure when you talk about that i know when you talk about that defeat against france i sense that you believe that belgium perhaps could be in the final they were that close and all dogs sing the problem. was clearly was clearly that some of the players and the performed in the match where they need to extra perform and i think for the players if they want to be on the street themselves which sometimes they aren't because especially a new generation of players it's easier for them to find excuses everywhere but always run away from their own responsibilities but if they want to be honest i think they would they would feel and seeing. some of the important belgium players they were not there against france because in terms of the talent of the generation the talent o

belgium escapes another two thousand and eighteen world cup upset coming back from two goals it down to win their last sixteen clash against japan. three to two making their fans go wild. was also through to the next round of the knockout stage after defeating mexico two nil a win that set off a somber celebrations from some morrow to sao paolo they will meet belgium in the quarterfinals. in other news this hour the three month old coalition government of german chancellor angela merkel has diverted collapse after the interior minister reiterated his threats to quit over immigration policy. all right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right another day of the knockout stage in the two thousand eight hundred feet for world cup has been completed brazil and belgium now proceeded to the quarterfinals center in mexico and japan packing. more analysis and commentary on the tournaments the latest results. amazing getting we just witnessed that amazing second half save five goals to enjoy

belgium face brazil in the quarterfinals. and belgium will have to be at their best to stop neymar in that match he starred in brazil's two nil victory over mexico the forward scored one and set up another as his country made it through to the last eight for the second tournaments in a row while the first goal was a move started and finished by mario williams picking up the slack in between is low for a meeting are still strong man with a simple finish soon after half time in the workforce again. and brazil and made sure of their victory with just two minutes to go neymar this time the provider for substitute for better than you know. to nail the finals my in the no today's match as sweden take on switzerland and colombia play england for the last two quarterfinal spots the english squad was an unknown quantity ahead of the tournament but after some impressive performances they are approaching this clash as a favorite. england have made it to moscow. they even brought a few supporters with him. plenty of fans had been kept at

between france and belgium and we actually have a number of very good byes behind us getting into the mood by getting into the atmosphere at the gable vents and by not only those fans french president tomorrow my role as well as belgium's world family whatever far profile names france belgium actually iris which will come all the time for we are not going to choose one of the strongest teams with posting talent such as the twenty seven year old midfielder kevin the broiler and he school the decisive goal in the quarterfinals are both teams also after tennis for the big golden boot process case greece one belgium of course have star struck a real miller look call committee of the youngest player nineteen year old kid him about by a bit of a domestic name before now truly made his name as an international superstar it does seem now we've seen french players darting at the airport after defeats you know go on to secure that semifinal place. beyond. the. belgian who also plays for english club chelsea has reportedly admitted he grew up being more of a supporter of france than of belgium b

berlin another giant falls at the world cup and a tournament full of surprises brazil are actually belgium having the drawing to do in the brazilians and how the red devils found work to get the nations from sochi. and rescue officials in thailand say that they're approaching near perfect conditions to evacuate the boys trapped in a flooded skate crews are trying to get water as fast as they can before monsoon rains resume talks are of course are in thailand for the lakes as on the rescue operation. welcome to the program a wild nice at the world cup and russia has pushed powerhouse brazil as if the tournament at the quarter final stage they lost to belgium two one earlier i spoke to use force correspondent all over moody in tsotsi to make some sense of this tournament and i asked him how brazil and crushing. but football's a crazy game is now and sometimes at brazil has such a talented side and they've been so good defensively as well in recent times and yet against belgium they were the architects of their own downfall to some extent scoring in on goal to hand in the advantage and then l

belgium face brazil in the quarter finals. belgian will have to be at their best to stop neymar in that match he starred in brazil's two no victory over mexico in the forward scored one and set up another as his country made it through to the last eight for the seventh tournaments in a row the first goal was a move that started and finished by neymar willian there picking up the slack in between the slow process purcell strongman with a simple finish just after half time and here that goal is again. and brazil cemented their victory with just two minutes to go in the match neymar this time the provider for a substitute for back the city meaning to nail the final. today sees the final matches in the world cup round of sixteen with sweden taking on switzerland and colombia playing england gareth southgate's youthful side have impressed in the group stage and as we're about to see the england supporters who travel to russia also seem impressed with the welcoming atmosphere of the tournament so far. england have made it to moscow

versus england belgium beat england to secure their third place what do you make of that game well belgium won two nil and it's a strange game because no one really knows if they want to play a thing and not sort of wilkinson final just really want to play this extra game but actually to belgium it was important because they'd only ever finished fourth before that was their best finish previously so they really wanted that bronze medal and they played a pretty strong side accordingly england made a few changes england had their chances actually but kind of at the end of the tournament they would clinical and know from their want to improve in future terms let's see how the game actually panned out. belgium were dominant from the off casually playing their way through england's midfield their brilliant pass from remember lou cock who found massive chadli who in turn whipped it in for to my menu i. was one nil after just four minutes. tournament top scorer harry kane couldn't increase his tally but his six goals will almost certainly be enough to secure the golden boot in the second half eri

and in the world cup france played belgium in the first summer a final showdown of the tournament on tuesday we quizzed fans ahead of the game on another rivalry whether french fries are you really french. i don't know where the name comes from but they're belgian. to spell to rice but they could have the name we know it's true it's not going to. write. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for tuning in this hour. has new foreign secretary following the resignation of boris johnson has been replaced by jeremy hunt there's been a string of departures by key breaks the tears over the government's adoption of a softer approach to leaving the e.u. the new foreign secretary jeremy hunt has been serving as the country's health secretary for the past six years he supported the remain campaign during the two thousand and sixteen bucks that referendum though he claims to have since become a bricks a tear as forced johnson was leaving his official residence in central london after his resignation he was bombarded with questions from reporters. the

belgium shell shocked but not dead yet.hazard, marouane fellaini once again the man to turn to in times of trouble. with all of rostov ready for extra time, a brilliant half of football had one last twist. naser chadli finishing a textbook break to win the game in the final minute. their prize a showdown with favourites, brazil, whose fans, as always, expect. with messi and ronaldo already home, russia is in the market for a new star — neymar did not disappoint. his performance so instrumental, that frustrations boiled over. a stamp from miguel layun missed by the referee. but as mexico tried desperately to bully their way back into the game, brazil ran away with it, roberto firmino tapping the favourites into the quarter—finals. in the end, a comfortable win. brazil peaking at just the right time. austin halewood, bbc news. two more knockout matches to look forward to today. sweden play switzerland and england take on columbia. team looks ahead to today's action. 1966, english football, —— english football's finest hour. b