Belgium and France are huge rivals in the world of football nowadays. We have not been in position to enjoy that many competitive clashes between these two sides in the last couple of decades.
As a matter of fact, we only saw one such match and it was none other than the World Cup semifinal three years ago in Russia.
France edged it 1-0 before storming past Croatia in the final. Interestingly, Belgium were also stopped at the recent Euro 2020 by the latter winners Italy, coming 2-1 short in the quarterfinal of the competition.
Could this be an opportunity the Belgians have been waiting for? They will certainly come into this semifinal in much higher spirits than their counterparts.
The Red Devils have been flying high in the final third for quite some time. They’ve actually scored at least a goal in each match since the aforementioned defeat to France at the World Cup 2018.
The Belgians have bagged nine goals in three subsequent wins in the World Cup qualifications (5-2 at Estonia, 3-0 against the Czech Republic, and 1-0 at Belarus).



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比利时和法国是当今足球界的劲敌。在过去的几十年里，我们没有享受到两岸之间如此多的竞争冲突。
事实上，我们只看过一场这样的比赛，那就是三年前在俄罗斯举行的世界杯半决赛。
法国队在决赛中以1-0险胜克罗地亚队。有趣的是，在最近的2020年欧洲杯上，比利时也被后者的冠军意大利阻止了，后者在四分之一决赛中以2比1落后。
这是比利时人一直在等待的机会吗?他们肯定会以比对手更高的斗志进入半决赛。
红魔已经在最后三分之一的位置上飞得很高很长时间了。事实上，自从2018年世界杯输给法国队以来，他们每场比赛至少都进了一个球。
比利时人在随后的三场世界杯预选赛中打入9球(5-2战胜爱沙尼亚，3-0战胜捷克，1-0战胜白俄罗斯)。