France vs. Uruguay score: Highlights from World Cup quarterfinals

Gabe Fernandez

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France are through to a blockbuster semifinal after defeating a Uruguayan side that had just shown how dominant they could be just one round earlier.

Edinson Cavani's injury was enough to stifle Uruguay's attack so that Luis Suarez was essentially on an island for the whole game. The French defense did their best to smother the Barcelona striker as his feeds from all over the pitch always seemed to be off target. As a result, he did not have a single shot for the game.

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For France, it's a sign that they don't need to come out firing to win in this tournament. This game was an exhibition of controlled play and strong defense, something that could be important if they face a speedy side like Brazil. Regardless, the important thing is that Les Bleus are moving on and are one game away from the championship game.

Sporting News provided live updates, highlights and more from the game. Here's what you might have missed.

France vs. Uruguay score: World Cup Highlights

FINAL: France 2, Uruguay 0

90' + 3' —  SUBSTITUTION: Nabil Fekir IN, Antoine Griezmann OUT

90' —  Five minutes of injury time added.

88' —   SUBSTITUTION: Ousman Dembele IN, Kylian Mbappe OUT (France)

80' —  SUBSTITUTION: Steven Nzonzi iN, Corentin Tolisso OUT (France)

73' —  With their third substitution, Uruguay is indicating Edinson Cavani will not come on in regular time. Jonathan Urretaviscaya IN, Nahitan Nandez OUT (Uruguay)

69' —  The game is back underway. No VAR review. Yellow cards handed out to Mbappe and Cristian Rodriguez.

65' —  Mbappe apears to have gone down hard and is holding onto a limb for injury. Uruguayan players immediately surround the 19-year-old in what appears to be an accusation of faking the injury. A scuffle has emerged but the referee is doing his best to keep the groups seperated.

64' —  Close chance for Uruguay as a corner leads to a shot that rolls JUST wide of net.

63 ' —  GOAL FRANCE (2-0)!!  Muslera is unable to catch the soft shot from Griezmann and let's it bounce in to allow France to double the lead.

60' —  SUBSTITUTION: Cristian Rodriguez IN, Rodrigo Bentancur OUT; Maximiliano Gomez Gonzalez IN, Cristhian Stuani OUT (Uruguay)

56' —  Uruguay's first real chance of the half and it's a shot outside of the box that is way wide of the net.

50' —  Incredibly delivery from Mbappe to almost find Pogba in the box from a free kick, but Uruguay's Muslera punched it out of harm's way.

46' —  Start of second half

HALFTIME: France 1, Uruguay 0

45' + 1' —  Uruguay has turned up the pressure against France but have been unable to get anything going with their attempts.

42' —  WHAT A SAVE! Uruguay's Caceres forces Hugo Lloris to stretch out as far as he possibly can and he gets a hand to the ball to keep the lead at 1-0.

40' — GOAL FRANCE (1-0)!  Antoine Griezmann sends a great ball for Raphael Varane to get a goal just before halftime. 

38' —  YELLOW CARD: Rodrigo Bentancur (Uruguay) he will miss the semifinals if Uruguay make it through

36' —  Counter opportunity wasted for Uruguay as the pass to a streaking Luis Suarez was way too wide for him to reach. One can only wonder what Cavani would do in that scenario.

34’ — As has been the case all tournament, possession doesn’t yield results.

33’ — YELLOW CARD: Lucas Hernandez (France)

32’ — The French defense have yet to be seriously troubled this game.

30’ — The ball just isn’t bouncing France’s way. They’re getting the chances in the box but just can’t finish when it counts. Every feed is looking great. The French midfielders are getting smothered quickly and often whenever they’re outside of their third. 20' —  France appears to be getting into their rhythm and are threatening the Uruguayan defense more and more.

19' —  Paul Pogba gets his first touch of the game and attempts a long shot that goes way wide.

16' —  First real attempt on goal from Mbappe who attempted to head the ball in but hit it just over the bar.

Pre-match notes:

Stuani replaces Cavani as a striker for Uruguay today as Edinson Cavani was deemed unfit to play. The forward was forced off with an injury to his left calf after scoring the second of his strikes against Portugal. He did not train during the week and has not been named in the squad for the contest today.

Starting lineups

FRANCE (4-2-3-1): Hugo Lloris; Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante; Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Corentin Tolisso; Olivier Giroud.

France subs: Presnel Kimpembe, Thomas Lemar, Ousmane Dembele, Steven N'Zonzi, Steve Mandanda, Adil Rami, Nabil Fekir, Djibril Sidibe, Florian Thauvin, Benjamin Mendy, Florian Thauvin.

URUGUAY (4-3-1-2): Fernando Muslera; Martin Caceres, Jose Gimenez, Diego Godin, Diego Laxalt; Nahitan Nandez, Lucas Torreira, Matias Vecino; Rodrigo Bentacur; Luis Suarez, Cristhian Stuani.

Uruguay subs: Guillermo Varela, Carlos Sanchez, Cristian Rodriguez, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Martin Campana, Gaston Silva, Maxi Pereira, Maxi Gomez, Sebastian Coates, Jonathan Urretaviscaya, Martin Silva.

Gabe Fernandez