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.
FIFA World Cup: Quarter-finals Day 1, results, highlights
Uruguay kick off
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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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,