July 10 will be played the first semi-final match of the World Cup.

In it will meet the national teams of France and Belgium.

Bookmakers have already made their predictions about the favorite of this confrontation. In their opinion, the small favorite of the meeting is the team of Didier Deschamps. To win "Le Bleu" accepted rates of 2.45.

Draw - 3.25. The victory of the "devils", in turn, is estimated at 3.1.

Recall that this match will begin at 21:00 Kiev time. At the previous stage of the tournament, France knocked out Uruguay (2: 0). Belgium, meanwhile, unexpectedly defeated Brazil (2: 1).

Online translation of the game France - Belgium will be available on TSN Proport.

_______________________ Let's remind, 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this were the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine and Syria, the poisoning of Russian ex-intelligence agent Sergey Skripal in Britain, the starvation of Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsov, and the systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the dismissal of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.

2015 Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-regime colony. The actions in support of the director took place all over the world, including in Russia.