KEY MOMENTS IN THE TENSION SOAKED WORLD CUP GAME

NEXT!URUGUAY VERSUS FRANCE MATCH REPORT

The atmosphere was fully and emotionally charged as Uruguay noted for its defensive discipline faced France whose 19 years old teen bomber:Kyllian Mbappe's electrifying pace became pretty difficult for teams to cope with so far at the World Cup.

Uruguay has Oscar Tabarez in charge as manager for the 4th time at a FIFA World Cup and France has a Didier Deschamps ,Skipper for the blues in 1998 when it won it for the first and last time till date.

Major absentees were Blaise Matuidi who was out due t accumulated cards and Danger man:Edinson Cavani who was injured and will not be playing for his nation, Uruguay.

1st minute:the match started in a free flowing fashion in front of a parked but expectant crowd in the stadium at Nizhny Novgorad in Russia.

2nd minute:match is halted temporarily so as to attend to French forward Olivier Giroud who was caught up in a slight tackle from a latino.

3rd minute:a poor pass by Pavad sets Luis Suarez up as he leads a wave of attack on the French defence.

6th minute:youngster Kyllian Mbappe who has been quiet so far set the stadium alight as he puts his pace and trickery in use to put his opponent under pressure.

10th minute:Mbappe's trickery got him into trouble with the latinos as he limped slightly after been caught up in tackles amidst a sea of legs.

13th minute:acorner kick by uruguay forces the french goalkeeper to punch out of danger ahead of cristain stuani.

14th minute: 10 shirted Mbappe seems restricted to the flanks as Uruguay kept him in the background..

15th minute:Mbappe's header misses target narrowly as he tries to impose himself on the game after discovering he was becoming anonymous due to the latino's tactics.

19th minute:both teams in serious battle for supremacy in the middle with the luxuriant Paul Pogba trying to lead his teams' charge in the middle of the pack

23rd minute:Pavad was hit by an Uruguay player and this led to a halt ,Supersports analyst noted that the latter had only conceded a yellow card before the Quarter Finals.

26th minute:an Uruguay defender whose looks bears semblance to The Nigerian international forward now in retirement:osaze Odemwingie concedes a corner kick but the eventual kick did not yield much dividends.

32nd minute:Frenchman Hernandez is given a yellow card after holding the shirt of a latino  player who was trying to make hay while the sun shined at the stadium in Novgorad.

34th minute:Mbappe's electrifying pace and trckery rips apart the Uruguay's defence and his cut back into the 18 yard box of the Latino's had nobody to connect as it rolls across the goal line.

43rd minute:a free kick by Uruguay leads to Martin Caceres attempting to equalise for his nation but his attempts is foiled by the goalkeeper and Godin could not quite connect the rebound into the net as the French heave a sigh of relieve.

35th minute:The game becomes much busier as the Uruguay team switches defence for attack as they initiate a move of their own as well but the french goalkeeper takes care of the situation.

 39th minute:a free kick by Antoine Griezmann sees Raphael Varane stealing in from the defence to head into a gaping net.

Varane's goal was the 3rd for his nation as he had missed out on a place in the team for the European championships for France due to injury in previous edition.

43rd minute:a free kick by uruguay leads to caceres attempting to equalize for his nation but his attempt is foiled by the goalkeeper and Godin could not quite connect the rebound into the net as the French heave a sigh of relieve.