Tournament favourite france are one of the handful of football heavyweight still standing and flying in Russia with the likes of Spain , Argentina and Germany already gone. France claimed their spot in the quarter finals of the world cup after beating Argentina 4-3 on Saturday, 2goals in four minutes from 19year old kylian mbappe helped france knock out the two time world champion, Le bleus will take on uruguay on friday with a place in the semi finals at stake, Paul Pogba's influence in the team has also been the key to France's unity so far with the team full of youngsters, Leaders are hard to come by but the Manchester Uniteds midfielder presence in the dressing room seems to serve as a real positive effect of the team as a whole.
Adil Rami : he as become a real leader without hesitating to take the center stage,I think that he is choosing the right words, mentality, sacrifices and in my opinion this is something very important coming from a person who act well as a leader.
Uruguay beat Portugal 2-1 in their round of 16 match eliminating the european champion and maintaining thier winning world cup run, Striker Edinson Cavani is a doubt for the qaurter finals against France however after the 31year old picked up a harmstring injury in the match against Portugal.
Blaise matuidi has this to say:
Blaise matuidi: there are some pain that can go away suddenly but cannot find a miracle to happen but we will see, of it's true they play without Edinson Cavani,we know his quality,he is such a good striker and he has demonstrated that in this world cup, Uruguay will remain a threat against anybody.
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