[(Title)]Putin congratulates Macron after Team France becomes World Cup finalist — Kremlin

MOSCOW, July 11.

莫斯科，7月11日。

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated his French Counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Team France’s victory over Belgium and advancement to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final, the Kremlin press service said early on Wednesday.

克里姆林宫新闻服务部门周三早些时候表示，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京向法国总统埃马纽尔·马克龙祝贺法国队战胜比利时并晋级2018年国际足联世界杯决赛。

"Shortly after the semifinal game between teams of France and Belgium, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a phone call to French President Emmanuel Macron, who was present at the game.

“在法国队和比利时队之间的半决赛之后不久，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京打电话给出席比赛的法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙。

Putin warmly congratulated Macron and all French fans on their team’s victory in this match and their advancement to the World Cup final," the statement reads.

普京热忱祝贺宏(Macron)和所有法国球迷，因为他们在本场比赛中取得了胜利，法国晋级了世界杯决赛。”

Moreover, the Russian president also made a phone call to King Philippe of Belgium, who was also present at the game.

此外，俄罗斯总统还打电话给比利时国王菲利普，后者也在场。

Putin noted that "Team Belgium has demonstrated supreme football throughout the entire championship," the Kremlin press service said.

普京指出，“比利时队在整个锦标赛期间都显示出最高足球水平，”克里姆林宫新闻机构表示。

The French national football team defeated Belgium 1-0 in the semifinal match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, played on Tuesday night in Russia’s Saint Petersburg, to become the first team to vie for the much-coveted FIFA World Cup Trophy this year.

法国国家足球队在周二晚上在俄罗斯圣彼得堡举行的2018年FIFA世界杯半决赛中以1比0击败比利时，成为今年第一支确定将争夺令人垂涎的FIFA世界杯奖杯的球队。

The match at the over 68,000-seat capacity Saint Petersburg Arena saw tonight an attendance of some 64,286, including FIFA President Gianni Infantino, French President Emmanuel Macron as well as King Philippe of Belgium with his spouse Queen Mathilde.

今晚在圣彼得堡体育馆举行的超过68,000个座位的比赛中，有64,286人出席，其中包括国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺，法国总统伊曼纽尔·马克龙以及比利时国王菲利普及其夫人玛蒂尔德女王。

In another semifinal match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Croatian football squad is set to take on Team England on Wednesday, July 11, at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium.

在2018年FIFA世界杯的另一场半决赛中，克罗地亚足球队将于7月11日星期三在莫斯科的卢日尼基体育场迎战英格兰队。

The match is scheduled to start also at 9:00 p.m. local time (18:00 GMT).

比赛将于当地时间9时开始（格林尼治标准时间18:00）。