Fellaini v Pogba and the problem of playing a club-mate for your country | Marcel Desailly

The World Cup semi-final between Belgium and France will see a clash of two giants who play for the same team, Manchester United, and have impressed in Russia

The France-Belgium World Cup semi-final on Tuesday is one the whole world is looking forward to. Two teams full of talent and a 1998 world champion on each bench – the France manager, Didier Deschamps, and our old friend Thierry Henry alongside Roberto Martínez with the Belgians.

Many eyes will be on them. But once the preparation is over and the final words pronounced, it is over to the players and one of the big clashes will be between two big players in midfield. Big in every sense of the word. Paul Pogba is coming up against his Manchester United team-mate Marouane Fellaini.

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