FIFA World Cup 2018: France beat Belgium 1-0 to enter final

FT - France beat Belgium 1-0 to enter final Samuel Umtiti's header in the 51st minute helped France beat Belgium 1-0 in an entertaining first semi-final on Tuesday. France entered their third final in 20 years, after 1998 and 2006. They also broke 24-match unbeaten run by talented Belgium squad. 90+6' - SAVE! Another brilliant save by Thibaut Courtois, this time to deny Corentin Tolisso90+4' - Yellow Card! Belgium's Jan Vertonghen booked for a foul on Kylian Mbappe90+3' - SAVE! Thibaut Courtois collected the ball with a dive to deny Antoine Griezmann90+2' - Yellow Card! France's Kylian Mbappe booked for time wasting90+1' - Substitution! Third change for Belgium: Nacer Chadli is replaced by Michy Batshuayi90' - Six minutes added as stoppage time88' - Good delivery from Kevin de Bruyne from the resultant set piece. France somehow cleared it out87' - Yellow Card! France's N'Golo Kante booked for a foul on Eden Hazard86' - Substitution! Blaise Matuidi is replaced by Corentin Tolisso for France85' - Substitution! First change for France: Olivier Giroud is replaced by Steven N'Zonzi84' - Time is running out for Belgium. 81' - SAVE! Axel Witsel's thunderous long ranger was punched out by France keeper Hugo Lloris80' - Substitution! Second change for Belgium: Marouane Fellaini is replaced by Yannick Carrasco79' - Paul Pogba's header went over the Belgium crossbar. Griezmann with the curling delivery from a free-kick76' - Kevin de Bruyne shot it well over the France crossbar from 25 yards out75' - Free-kick for France near their own penalty area after Griezmann was brought down by Witsel71' - Yellow Card! Belgium's Toby Alderweireld booked for a foul on Blaise Matuidi70' - Dries Mertens with another good cross in into the French penalty area from the right flank, but Belgium failed to utilise it properly67' - Antoine Griezmann passed the ball to Olivier Giroud on the edge of the Belgian box, but the striker skied it over the goal 65' - MISSED! This time Marouane Fellaini's powerful header went just wide of France goal65' - SAVE! Hugo Lloris punched out the Dries Mertens' cross in from the right flank63' - Yellow Card! First booking of the game went to Eden Hazard for a foul on Blaise Matuidi63' - Chadli won a corner for Belgium. Another delivery from Chadli and France cleared out easily61' - MISSED! Kevin de Bruyne mishit the volley and the ball went straight to France keeper Hugo Lloris60' - Substitution! First change for Belgium: Mousa Dembele is replaced by Dries Mertens 56' - SAVE! Chaos in front of Belgium goal. Dembele with a timely block to deny Giroud from inside the penalty box54' - Free-kick for France from the left flank. Griezmann's delivery from the set piece was headed out by Belgium 51' - GOAL! Samuel Umtiti header put France in the leadGriezmann's delivery from the corner was headed in at the near post by Umtiti, outjumping Fellaini51' - Giroud's attempt from the top of Belgium box was deflected out by Kompany for a France corner 49' - Good build-up from Belgium. The final cross in from Chadli for Fellaini was headed out by France defender48' - Lukaku headed it over the France crossbar from close rangeSecond half underway...HT - It's 0-0 between France and Belgium after an entertaining first halfFrance and Belgium went into halftime drawing 0-0 in an entertaining first semi-final, with both teams creating half chances but neither able to break the deadlock. Eden Hazard was a lively presence on Belgium's right, dragging a shot wide and Toby Alderweireld forced a smart save from Hugo Lloris while at the other end Olivier Giroud flicked a header narrowly wide.45+1' - MISSED! The ball went wide for a France goal kick after hitting a surprised Romelu Lukaku inside the box.45' - One minute added as stoppage time45' - Griezmann hit the Belgium wall from the set piece44' - Free-kick for France from a dangerous position for a foul on Pogba by Dembele 42' - Nacer Chadli's cross in from the right flank was easily cleared out by French defenders40' - The resultant corner kick for France was cleared out easily by Belgium39' - SAVE! Thibaut Courtois deflected it wide with the foot to deny Pavard from a close range 38' - Giroud walking off the field for some medical assistance. Came back soon to resume his duty37' - Griezmann made a counter run from his own half, but his final shot from the edge of Belgium box was well wide of the goal34' - Giroud shot it wide after getting the ball from Mbappe, who made a good run on the right flank and volley the cross in for the tall striker 33' - Griezmann shot it well over the Belgium crossbar from the edge of the box31' - Griezmann passed the ball to Pavard on his right from the set piece, and the cross in from the defender was connected by Giroud for a low header. The ball went just wide of the Belgium goal30' - Jan Vertonghen warned by referee for a foul on Mbappe28' - De Bruyne's low cross, from the left side, into the France box was blocked out for a Belgium throw-in. Hazard and De Bruyne leading the Belgian attack25' - First corner of the match for France. Griezmann's delivery was headed out by Fellaini22' - SAVE! Hugo Lloris dived full length to his right to palm away the ball for another Belgium corner. Brilliant attempt from defender Toby Alderweireld, who struck a thunderous shot with his left foot 21' - Corner for Belgium. Nacer Chadli with the delivery again, a better one this time.20' - Nacer Chadli's delivery from the resultant corner was a weak one. Headed out19' - SAVE! This time Eden Hazard's right footed attempt from the top of the France area was headed out for another Belgium corner18' - Blaise Matuidi's long ranger from 25 yards out went straight to Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois15' - MISSED! Eden Hazard's left-footer from the left top of the France box went tantalisingly close to the far post13' - Paul Pogba's long pass almost found Kylian Mbappe in the Belgium area. Thibaut Courtois had to rush out to collect the ball 11' - Antoine Griezmann lopped it into the Belgium box, and Kylian Mbappe tried to control it from an awkward position but failed. Cleared out by Belgium10' - Kevin de Bruyne's through pass for Eden Hazard in the left flank was a bit long. Goal kick for France7' - Nacer Chadli's delivery from the set piece was long and it's a goal kick for France5' - Eden Hazard's cross in from the left was deflected out by Samuel Umtiti for a corner for Belgium4' - Belgium attack from the right side. Kevin de Bruyne's cross in from the top right was a little far off for Marouane Fellaini 2' - Early possession by FranceHere we go....KICK-OFF TIME*Time for National Anthems*Starting line-upsFrance (4-2-3-1): Hugo Lloris (capt); Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante; Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Blaise Matuidi; Olivier Giroud. Coach: Didier Deschamps (FRA)Belgium (3-4-3): Thibaut Courtois; Toby Alderweireld, Vincent Kompany, Jan Vertonghen; Mousa Dembele, Marouane Fellaini, Axel Witsel, Nacer Chadli; Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard (capt). Coach: Roberto Martinez (ESP)Referee: Andres Cunha (URU)TEAM NEWSMoussa Dembele was a surprise pick to replace the suspended Thomas Meunier in Belgium's line-up and Blaise Matuidi was restored to the France midfield for Tuesday's World Cup semi-final. Matuidi missed the 2-0 quarter-final win over Uruguay due to suspension but has been recalled in place of Corentin Tolisso. Belgium's right wing back Meunier was cautioned for a second time in the tournament in their quarter-final victory over Brazil and Dembele takes his place in the starting side. Dembele will play alongside Axel Witsel in the centre of midfield with Belgium coach Roberto Martinez moving Marouane Fellaini to the right.Nacer Chadli goes from the centre to the left where he will try to nullify the threat of speedy France striker Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe and midfielder Ngolo Kante were included in the France team despite sitting out training on Monday. Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the first semi-final between France and Belgium. The match starts at 23:30 IST.