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On Tuesday evening hosts host Russia in the stadium of St. Petersburg, the next heavyweight: After the 0-3 defeat against Brazil on Friday is now waiting for European vice-champion France. The game against the Selecao showed that the Russians are still waiting for work until the start of the finals. The Sbornaja was completely without chance against the five-time world champion. The sportive development is worrying. But even in France, there was no reason to celebrate: While on Friday many World Cup top favorites such as Spain, Germany, Brazil or Argentina with top performances and good results set an exclamation point, the French had an embarrassing 2: 3 home defeat against Accept Colombia. Can the “Equipe Tricolore” make amends against the host?
Russia:
The Russians are trained by the former Dresdner Bundesliga goalkeeper Stanislaw Tschertschessow. He still has just under 12 weeks to send a competitive team to the home tournament. His players almost exclusively earn their money in the domestic Premier League. The squad is only equipped with three legionnaires. This one has it against the top nations of the individual class ago and always difficult. In addition, Russia as hosts except the Confed Cup could only play test games. In the last eight games, there was only one victory for the Russians (4-2 against South Korea). In addition, they lost four defeats in this period. Russia has been waiting for victory for four games. Against Brazil, who competed without Neymar, you clearly showed the limits.
Especially in the defense, there were big problems. In the Confed Cup, the Russian national team was eliminated in a group with Portugal, Mexico and New Zealand as third in the table. This weekend, the former Bundesliga pros Roman Neustädter and Konstantin Rausch caused trouble. Both were not used in the test match against Brazil and then with friends until after midnight in the center of the capital in a Moscow nightclub on the way. As a result, the duo was fined by the Russian Federation. The behavior violates the rules and pity the image of the Russian national team, said the association. The two then apologized in an official statement and promised improvement. At the World Cup the Russians will meet Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay. The Russians are currently missing players like Georgi Dzhikiya (Spartak Moscow), Viktor Vasin (CSKA Moscow) and Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St. Petersburg).
France:
In the country of the Vice-European champion, they were surprised by the setback against Colombia. The team seems to be more friable than expected. Coach Didier Deschamps said after the game of a “power outage” and denounced “complacency”. The French had already led 2-0 against Colombia. But after the clear leadership, the French had inexplicably stopped playing football. There were also weaknesses in the construction game and a lack of aggressiveness. The team had big problems with the high pressing of the Colombians. The defeat against the South Americans was the third defeat after the European Championship in 2016.
There were also goalless draws against Belarus and Luxembourg in qualifying. Seven of the last 13 games were won by France. But there are also three draws and three defeats. With the 2: 3 was also a series of seven games without bankruptcy to an end. The French secured first place in Group A ahead of Sweden and the Netherlands the direct ticket to the World Cup. In the ten qualifying matches you had to accept only one defeat (in Sweden) and two draws. Overall, the team met Tricolore 18 times in the group stage and conceded six goals. At the World Cup, coach Didier Deschamps’s team in Group C will face Australia, Peru and Denmark.
Russia vs France head to head matches
29.03.16 FI France Russia 4 : 2
17.04.02 FI France Russia 0 : 0
04.06.99 EUR France Russia 2 : 3
09.10.98 EUR Russia France 2 : 3