Belgium held a limited training session ahead of the World Cup semi-final match against France. The winner will advance to the finals in order to fight for the World Cup against either Croatian or English players in Moscow. The Red Devils had a day off on Saturday and they resumed training on Sunday while only those footballers, who did not play in the quarter-final match, as well as midfielder Marouane Fellaini, Nacer Chadli, Kevin De Bruyne and the goalkeepers, took part in the session. The training session was held at Belgiums World Cup base camp outside Moscow. The team will have one more training on Monday morning before heading to St. Petersburg in the afternoon. Meanwhile, Belgium defender Thomas Vermaelen said that the players are worried their fans may be in minority in the stands at the upcoming match against France. At the same time, the defender stated that the team has players who can win the Ballon dOr award. The Ballon dOr is an annual football award that honors the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists. Belgium beat five-time champions Brazil 2-1 in Kazan on Friday to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals, where they will face the 1998 winners France at St. Petersburg Stadium on Tuesday. The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 14 and will continue until July 15, with the final set to be played at Moscows Luzhniki Stadium.
