lifting the jewels from a trophy on july fifteenth friday storefronts break the hearts of all of europe why belgium crushed the dreams of brazil just weeks ago both losing sides were actually favorites to win but as you already know it's such unpredictability that has made this one. cup so thrilling and there's still so much more to come to saturday's games promised more high drama the first game of the day they go on for the three lines as england take on sweden and the winner of that match will face either russia or croatia who come toto deceiving is the first time in thirty two years that russia has got this far in the tournament and russia knocking out spain as you know was one of the big upsets so for them to go even further would be absolutely incredible so what more can we expect well more tears more cheers most likely more big. russian croatia reach the quarter final off the winning dramatic penalty shootout croatia are one of the tournament favorites but russia are riding high on the new found wave of confidence after their win against spain team russia in the quarterfinals performing some

penalty shoot out an england defeated sweden in friday's quarter finals france got the better of europe why of belgium east cost brazil that means the semifinals are now set france will battle belgium and say petersburg on tuesday and croatia will face england in a moscow on wednesday. well then time to take stock i'm joined in the studio by former professional football it's fun and stale he's now head of international relations and scouting the bundesliga side hoffenheim great to have you with us today now it was an incredible match between the hosts russia of course and croatia on saturday crow i trow asia coming out on top can they go all the way what do you think you think they played a brilliant two women so for loop expression in the group stage very strong for looking at the last two games in the knockout stage they did have their problems they had to go all the way in the penalty shoot out twice but here i mean they have a brilliant scored looking at motegi and rocket teach them a very personal and absolutely world class players and those are the taking sides of this month's who could have bee

in belgium all through heavyweights europe why and brazil. on the right. i. i. i. i i i i. i. i i i i i. i. i. ok so let's take a quick look at how things currently stand in the tournament of the beautiful game only six nations are left now with a chance of lifting the famous gold trophy. it was on friday that saw france inflicting a painful defeat on europe why it's so wrong carries on through in the tournament but also though belgium did a crushing blow to the out of brazil so belgium is through as well of both losing sides by the way we're pre tournament favorites now i think it's fair to say unpredictability has truly been one of the defining moments all of this world cup and saturday's games are promising more high drama in the first game of the day sweden taking on england and the winner will either face russia or croatia clashing in the evening those two now it is the first time in thirty two years that the host nation has gotten this far in the tournament russia's knocking out spain was one of the big upsets but also if you note here there's not a single country from l

themselves explode to get saddam hussein and did what they had to do against europe why they're looking very very good belgium must be feeling bulletproof you talked about knocking at south american countries they knocked out the favorites in brazil so they must think that they can beat anyone big decision for a bit about the belgian manager who is he going to play got a tactical run against brazil does he stick with the same table does he go a little bit different but the may still think france got the edge big decision today shows as well midfield as you bring about maturity or is he stick with. talented teams i think france will take it out how important is this for the premier league's of the last two or three years everybody talks about ronaldo messi the leader is the best this is a massive shot in the arm when you've got paul pogba so in france where you've got kevin de bruyne and a lot of these belgian players playing in the premier league for the premier league . well course it is the premier league in my opinion is the most of the tightening league in the world by weather and all it's the best it's v

the quarter final stage starting on friday we can look forward to france against europe why and then brazil against belgium can't forget the biggest game that for people here in russia goes head to head with croatia and of course england sweden taking place on the same day as well it's a real football fast over the coming couple of days we'll be here bringing you all the action on and off the pitch the first game kicking off the quarterfinals. against france that's taking place in the. pipe are the teams like evenly matched on absolutely of course can be looking for that star striker luis luis suarez cavani as well i'm out of the match there are two goals that save the people on something's wrong yeah sure defeat for the squad of course has three of the top expensive players in the world one of them forward can have a lot of talk to him about you know kind of justifies reputation as the world's hottest young talent cup with the pressure i think that something has coped with very well with those two goals seven goals for that we saw in sochi yeah and in particular the quality of opposition in argentina perh

very same day for russia they play crazy in society and then the day before we've had belgium brazil and europe why france and should be completely honest of the eighteenth we've seen them all in this knockout stage i have no idea knowing playing and no sense of who is good enough now to go all the way and i think that's what a lot of people have enjoyed about this well for so far that it does. wide open not many people would have even fancied sweden to be facing england in the big game in the quarter final in somalia july seventh or five pm kickoff our time here in moscow i say they're going to france sweden after they saw them lose agonizingly to german the swedes have rallied they'll be a tough prospect now for an absolutely we see in the greatest sweden we saw sweden lose germany on a sunday night and they lost very very cruelly to tony crow's free cake in the ninety six minute literally the last kick of the game and then witnessed a night they had to play possibly the best playing team in the tournament aboud to that point mexico where this a night that's not a lot of days in between and they

let's get it right now it is world cup quarter finals time and friday was to europe why take on france and brazil with belgium. you can be here just seems out of thirty two remaining in the game later in the day will likely see france as a teenage sensation kilian vying with your wife luis suarez a personal strike a name on meanwhile has been promised land by the mayor of cazan if he pulls off a hat trick in the evening game against belgium football players are busy on the field their fans support them across the spectrum of social media. i. am. was. i was. i. was. with was. was. i was. so nineteen ninety eight world cup champions prongs will be facing off with two time when is your of y. . fans affordable not play a big role today the role of a caught up with one bronze reporter who's already troubled own over russia and she his team. one of the things for me as a football fan the i phone so interesting about this told him into the lengths that all the fans will go to to get out. there on the spectacular ways and one of those i'm joined by right now french front of eat how have you been travelling around i'v

there was a calculated composed performance against europe why they want to know so they seem to be growing into the tournament i mean as for belgium they really have played some of the best football we've seen so far this tournament they have won all of their games so far they're the only team in these foreigners to have done that by the top scorers with fourteen goals and they're sharing them around we've had nine different scores and they now find themselves just one game away from their first ever world cup final and how does that happen because back in two thousand belgium couldn't even get out of the group stages of the euro how have they returned to this level in such a short time. you know they've completely overhauled their academy system if we look at the late seventy's early eighty's belgian suppose very strong . cup seems like a get into the european cup final in one thousand seven hundred and elects were winning the european cup winners' cup around the same time and the national team was doing quite well they were runners up in the euro rising nine hundred eighty goals the semi's of the world cup in one thousand nine h

was to be their off to noon europe why are left wondering what might have been if starman coventry had been available their world cup campaign ends here. result face belgium in tonight's second quarter final which kicks off in cousin in less than an hour belgium head into the game having completed the comeback of the tournament thus far in their last match against japan brazil meanwhile have faced criticism for the antics of their star striker neymar that's not something that's bothering the country stands. brazil have carnival two . two games from the final their momentum is picking up and the fans aren't fussed about the criticism their star neymar has been receiving for his play acting and all games people try to hurt him like. his he's only doing what anyone in his place would do and everybody's criticize him but it's hypocrisy because everyone does it every player in soccer does it so. there's no doubting the magnitude of name os talent to make a difference against mexico with one goal and want to sister but coach says there's much more to him than just attacking flair no we're sure. it's not just with the ball and not just dribbling there are moves

by game we played well against argentina and then europe why every game is different now we will prepare ourselves well and be very focused for belgium. but this french team is also going up against one of its own greatest players theory on re who helped win that world cup in one thousand nine hundred eighty s. now an assistant coach for belgium while only has been criticized by some of the french players for picking the wrong side the belgians say he's been giving them some useful inside knowledge. and he brings a lot of experience. to the team especially in tournament as well he won the euros he's won the world cup so for us it's very important. a lot of players look up to him because he's a legend in football and you can see that and you can give us especially to the strikers a lot of the inside information one day when i helped them so just to experience you know to us it's very important and twenty ten world champions spain have moved quickly to appoint their new head coach of the finance cut ties with the spanish federation luis enrique is the new man in charge of the national team he was most recently involved with barcelona w

europe why packing with a two nil defeat. on friday evening twenty one favorites brazil take on belgium in cuz with the winner facing france in the semifinal. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me now our top story this hour the british home secretary is calling on russia to come clean after another case of the nerve agents novacek was detected in the south of england a couple are in a critical condition in hospital after reportedly being exposed to the substance artie's party boyko reports on the questions raised by the new incident they saw in the story had finally gone away but for months on there are police cordons journalists and that strange russian back on everyone's lips over charcoal remain deadly for long periods exposed to the nerve agent nobody chunk being caught a few months to think of things you know it seems you came back to normal for a few sites still closed off so for it to reset again it's a bit sort of iraq is going to go away we're going to come back again. oh personhood is it just to drink or like to play. and when you see nerves i think you do very well is a bit confusing reall

by game we played well against argentina and then europe why every game is different now we will prepare ourselves well and be very focused for belgium. but this french team is also going up against one of its own greatest players terry henri who helped win that well cup in one thousand nine hundred eight is now an assistant coach for belgium while henri has been criticized by some of the french players with picking the wrong side the belgians say he's been giving them some useful insight knowledge. he brings a lot of experience. to the team especially in tournament as well we were in the euros he's won the world cup so for us it's very important. a lot of players look up to him you know because he's a legend in football and you can see that and you can give us especially to the strikers a lot of the inside information was what i was helps them so just to experience you know to r.c.c. is very important for me on world champion lewis hamilton has hinted that rivals ferrari cheated their way to victory at sunday's british grand prix hamilton went from pole at his home race but after a poor starts the sadie's drive his hopes of record s

by game we played well against argentina and then europe why every game is different now we will prepare ourselves well and be very focused for belgium's. but this french team is also going up against one of its own greatest players thierry henri who helped win that world cup back in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight is now working as an assistant coach for belgium while henri has been criticized by some of the french players for picking the wrong side the belgians say he has been giving them some useful inside knowledge. and he brings a lot of experience. to the team especially in tournament as well he won the euros he's won the world cup so for us it's very important. a lot of players look up to him because he's he's a legend in football and you can see that and you can give us especially to the strikers a lot of the inside information was what helps them so just his experience you know to us he says is very important our sports correspondent andy richardson is in st petersburg the venue for tomorrow's first semifinal and he takes a closer look at the match up between france and belgium ahead of their semifinal clash. well twent

special coverage but now we'll sell goodbyes to you and to europe why go out of the world cup and say low ball to the next pass so belgium decide who will be taking on in the semifinal the game about to start in just on the fourth seed from the. speaker which we decide we're going to. thank you guys meanwhile in other news the british ime secretary is calling on russia to come clean off to another case of the nerve agent not the child was detected in the south of england a couple are in critical condition in hospital after reportedly being exposed to the substance auntie's party boyko reports on the questions raised by the latest incident. they thought the story had finally gone away but four months on there are police cordons journalists and that strange russian back on everyone's lips no bitch i can remain deadly for long periods exposed to the nerve agent no rich young being caught a few months to sort of thing i think you know it seems you came back to normal still closed so for it to rear its head again is a bit sort of iraq is going to go away we're going to come back again like you have a person who does it just t

acquire in today's quarter it was a lot easier than the brazil belgium game france one to nail against what we have to say was quite a poor europe why side on the day they didn't have the top striker to play alongside suarez we can have a look at some of the goals coming up now i mean i see the file given away there by your a guy who really pride themselves in good defending cross comes in from greece man and a great head of from rafa around to give france the lady the goalkeeper fernando muslim or a couldn't do anything about that was right in the corner but he doesn't want to see what we're going to see next an absolutely shocking mistake by the euro go i go the shot from griezmann is pretty tame it goes right from muslim. his hands into the go very reminiscent of laura scariest in the champions league final so you're of france a throw to european sides big european side facing each other in a semifinal skin to be quite a game it is i mean this is a bit of tension between france and belgium obviously the neighbors and what's interesting is most of the belgian side are actually flemish speaking rather than french speaking so that a

where tournaments favorites brazil have been knocked out by belgium they'll now me france send an all european semi final after franks beat europe why. portraits of the syrian president bashar al assad have been raised at a border crossing and his soldiers have been celebrating after rebels ended their fight in southern iraq more than two weeks of fighting has seen at least three hundred thousand forced to leave the region but a cease fire deal brokered by russia has now brought the battle for the rock to a halt there are four villages that will remain under local control that means the government has agreed to not go into them burnet smith has been at the jordan syria border for days now as it's gone from heavy fighting to this new com he joins us live bennett give us a sense of how many people are leaving the area. well i think the hope is that the many thousands of syrian displaced syrians who've been amassing along this border will feel confident enough now to go home and we just over my shoulder is where some of them have been over the last couple of weeks or so and we went out and asked the we can't see the movement over there

quarter finals we go on friday europe why against france then on saturday hosts russia go head to head with croatia also there then we've got brazil they'll be taking on belgium after they kicked japan and mexico out of the championship last night talking of which let's take a look at the highlights and heartbreak of those encounters. but we knew it was going to be tough. but i think we controlled defensively we are really strong and. the quality of our players they made a difference so we were really happy with the game which i suppose we have to be proud of the things we did well we had a great game against germany with korea we dominated the ball all the time today was difficult but we have to learn from our experiences. was it was. the old it was. was i got the guys out of my life i'm so sorry i started i don't russia i would be general director of speak to dish a good game simple. we know the awfully good the full range once for the world cup . and. show how to be due to be dressy that you need to be under it for some sleep and even enjoy it one hundred twenty percent of your capacity and mentally physically a. defining foresting for everybody in the tea

the final the next game is either against belgium or japan no playing at the moment and in the course of in the semifinal to be up against the france for europe why so no easy the path to the final is there but if you really want to win this tournament you need to beat the best and this is brazil's chance to show they are the best and that they can beat their rivals but what about mexico they start in germany with their opening game and then sell to the still so they going home mean that an absolutely cracking start to the tournament in that germany game blistering pace compact at the back they really had a plan they knew what they were doing but always a bit passé the last two games that they lost against sweden they of course lost today against brazil and i think. sums it up. the class was us today we didn't do too well for mexico i'd say on the pitch we lacked persuasion especially in those moments where we could have hurt brazil. we were far too hectic in those moments just. so yesterday's result means that russia hosts face croatia in the quarter final so how did they look in their game against them that they would lose they were missing but