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World Cup final: England could play France after Les Bleus beat Belgium
ENGLAND will play France in the World Cup final if they get past Croatia on Wednesday.
World Cup: Pundits praise France after semi final win
France beat Belgium 1-0 in their World Cup semi-final on Tuesday night.
Samuel Umtiti’s header was enough for the French to battle into the final after a gripping encounter in St Petersburg.
And now England know who they will meet in Moscow on Sunday if they can get past Croatia.
England are the bookmakers’ favourites to make it to their first World Cup final since 1966.
But Croatia have fought their way through two penalty shoot-outs to reach this stage of the competition.
The victors will play a France side widely tipped as favourites to win the World Cup before a ball was kicked.
Didier Deschamps’ men reached the Euro 2016 final two years ago - but were beaten 1-0 by Portugal.
They possess the deadly strike force of Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann.
But England cannot afford to dwell on the French just yet, with Croatia likely to be a tough battle on Moscow on Wednesday night.