Belgium v France live stream, Thursday 7 October, 7.45pm BST
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Belgium and France lock horns for a place in the UEFA Nations League final in Turin on Thursday, as both countries look to bounce back from disappointing Euro 2020 campaigns.
A supremely talented Belgian squad again fell short at a major tournament over the summer, as they lost 2-1 to eventual winners Italy in the quarter-finals.
Things went even worse for world champions France, who were beaten by Switzerland on penalties in the Last 16 in one of the Euros’ biggest upsets.
This is the second edition of UEFA’s new international tournament, with Portugal winning the inaugural trophy, and features the four group winners of the League A section.
Belgium reached this stage by topping Group A2 ahead of England, Iceland and Denmark, with Chelsea front man Romelu Lukaku scoring five goals along the way.
France went unbeaten as they pipped Sweden, Croatia and Portugal to first place in Group A3.
The winners will face Italy or Spain, who face off in Milan on Wednesday, in the final.
“There is a title at stake; we have a semi-final to play against one of the best teams in the world. With Italy and Spain on the other side, there are four of us fighting for this title,” France boss Didier Deschamps said.
“We did everything to qualify for this final phase in a very tough group. We want to get this title. Before there were two titles: the Euros and the World Cup. Now there is the Nations League. This is our goal.”
Deschamps left his top scorer from the group stage and France’s second-top scorer of all time, Olivier Giroud, out of his squad for the finals but welcomed back defenders Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard.
Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante will miss out after testing positive for COVID-19.
Manchester City star Kevin de Bruyne is fit again for Belgium after missing last month’s World Cup qualifiers, but Crystal Palace’s Christian Benteke was dropped from the squad.
Kick-off is at 7.45pm BST on Thursday, 7 October, and UK viewers can watch it on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra HD. See below for international broadcast options.
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