[(Title)] France solid on track for 2018 FIFA World Cup Trophy after 1-0 win over Belgium

ST.PETERSBURG, July 10. /TASS/.

The French national football team defeated Belgium 1-0 in the semifinal match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, played on Tuesday night in Russia's Saint Petersburg, to become the first team to vie for the much-coveted FIFA World Cup Trophy this year.

法国国家足球队于周二晚间在俄罗斯圣彼得堡举行的2018年世界杯足球赛半决赛中1比0击败了比利时，成为今年最受青睐的FIFA世界杯足球队。

Coaches of both teams seemed to place their bets on the offensive strategy for this semifinal match as the opening quarter of the first half saw a mutual shower of attacks of the French and Belgian sides against each other.

这两支球队的教练似乎都在这场半决赛的防守策略上打赌，因为半决赛的上半场比赛中，法国和比利时相互之间相互发生的进攻只有零星几次。

It was on the 22nd minute, when Belgium's defender Toby Alderweireld cannoned a powerful shot into the upper corner of the French net,

就在22分钟，比利时的防卫者托比·阿尔德韦雷尔德向法国球门上角猛开一脚。但是被守门员雨果·洛里斯扑出。

but it was saved by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris as he made a last-second dive and tipped off the ball with his upper hand sending it out wide.

The teams settled down a bit later testing each other on the offensives and the first half of the semifinal match ended with a scoreless draw, but the statistics pointed to Belgium's dominance in the opening 45 minutes,

后来两支球队就攻势进行了一些彼此的测试，半决赛前半场以无记分成绩的结果收场，但统计数字显示比利时在45分钟前处于主导地位，占球率为58%，法国为42%。

registering a ball possession advantage of 58% against 42% on behalf of the French squad.

The match at the over 68,000-seat capacity Saint Petersburg Arena saw tonight an attendance of some 64,286, including FIFA President Gianni Infantino, French President Emmanuel Macron as well as King Philippe of Belgium with his spouse Queen Mathilde.

圣彼得堡(Saint Petersburg Arena)竞技场有超过68,000个座位的比赛，今晚约有64,286人参加，其中包括国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺、法国总统马克龙以及比利时国王菲利普及其配偶玛蒂尔德王后。

The list of football fans being present in Saint Petersburg for the match between France and Belgium saw a host of celebrities including legendary rock star Mick Jagger from 'Rolling Stones' and Hollywood film star Pamela Anderson.

法国和比利时的比赛，有很多名人来观看，其中包括“滚石”中的传奇摇滚明星米克·贾格尔和好莱坞影星帕梅拉·安德森。

The score was opened five minutes later after the teams'15-minute mid-time break with a thunderous shot on the speed from a corner kick of French defender Samuel Umtiti.

法国队在半场开场5分钟后，打入一球。法国队发角球，后卫塞缪尔·乌皮蒂大力抽射得分。

The second half also saw yellow cards flashed for two players of the Belgian team, namely for forward Eden Hazard (for hauling down French midfielder Paul Pogba) and Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld.

下半场，比利时队的两名球员也获得了黄牌，即前锋伊登（因为拉拽法国中场保罗·波格巴）和后卫托比·阿尔德韦雷德。

With 15 minutes remaining in the regular time, the Belgian squad took control of the game on the offensive play registering the figure of 61% regarding the ball possession,

在离比赛结束还有15分钟时，比利时国家队占据主导位置，控球率达到61%。但是法国后卫防范住了比利时所有的攻击。

but the French defense was solid guard on the guard fending off all Belgian attacks.

The final whistle in the match signaled the 1-0 win of France over Belgium.

这场比赛的最后哨声响起，法国1-0战胜比利时。

In another semifinal match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Croatian football squad is set to take on Team England on Wednesday, July 11, at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. The match is scheduled to start also at 9:00 p.m. local time (18:00 GMT).

在2018年国际足联世界杯足球赛的最后一场半决赛中，克罗地亚足球队定于7月11日星期三在莫斯科的Luzhniki体育场迎战英格兰队，比赛也定于当地时间上午9:00开始（格林尼治时间下午6:00）。

Russia is staging its first-ever FIFA World Cup, which kicked off in Moscow with a remarkable opening show at Luzhniki Stadium on the evening of June 14.

俄罗斯正在举办首届国际足联世界杯赛，该杯于6月14日晚在卢日尼基体育场开场举行。

The country selected 11 host cities to be the venues for the matches of the 2018 World Cup and they are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.

该国选定了11个主办城市为2018年世界杯足球赛，它们分别是莫斯科、圣彼得堡、索契、卡赞、萨兰斯克、加里宁格勒城、伏尔加格勒市、罗斯托夫顿市、尼日尼诺夫哥罗德、叶卡捷琳堡和萨马拉。

The national football team of hosts Russia managed to make it to the quarterfinals stage of this world championship, where Croatia edged them out in a 4-2 penalty shootout on July 7 at the Fisht Arena in Sochi.

俄罗斯国家足球队成功进入了四分之一决赛，被克罗地亚7月7日在索契的菲斯特竞技场点球4-2淘汰。