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FIFA World Cup: Quarter-finals Day 1, results, highlights

Uruguay kick off

2 mins - Olivier Giroud goes down behind play. A bit of the dark arts from Uruguay... The French striker went down after an introduction from Jose Giminez, who runs his studs down the back of Giroud's achilles. Play continues for a good minute before the French striker eventually gets up.

The teams are out

France's national anthem:

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g"]

Uruguay's national anthem: 

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6L_0NZlqk"]

France are looking to get on the front foot

Les Bleus are fielding an attacking line-up, with Giroud, Mbappe and Griezmann starting.

The big news for Uruguay is that Edinson Cavani has been unable to recover from his calf injury sustained in the second round and is absent from La Celeste's starting line-up. His place will be filled by Cristhian Stuani.

The teams are in

Here are the line-ups: 

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— FIFA World Cup 🏆 (@FIFAWorldCup) July 6, 2018

Hello and welcome

It's the first night of quarter-final action, starting with the clash between two heavyweights - and previous tournament winners - France and Uruguay,

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