Umtiti played a key role in France's match against Belgium, not only defending solidly, but also helping France score the winning goal, and the way he twisted his ass to celebrate after the goal also aroused heated discussion.
Despite a minor injury, Umtiti started against Belgium, a testament to Deschamps' trust in him. As the backbone of the French team's defense, Umtiti did not disappoint, and he repaid Deschamps's trust with a decisive goal.
In the 51st minute of the match, France won a corner kick, Griezmann drove a corner kick and Umtiti scored with a header from Fellaini's confrontation. It is worth mentioning that the ball actually hit Fellaini's head, which slightly changed direction and made it easier to score goals.
Umtiti twisted his ass to celebrate the goal with his teammates, which is how his Barca teammate Mina celebrates. Umtiti's goal was the only goal of the game, and its importance is self-evident.
It is worth mentioning that after Umtiti scored this goal, barca players scored 11 goals in this World Cup, tying up with Tottenham Hotspur and becoming the club with the most goals contributed by players in the World Cup. The last time Barca scored in the World Cup semi-final was in 2010, when Pujol scored against Germany. And it was also a corner kick to break the goal. After Umtiti scored, Puyol also wrote the words "Samuel (Umtiti)" on the social networking site and sent several applause emoticons in praise.
The World Cup has scored a total of 158 goals so far, with 72 goals coming from set-pieces. It is worth mentioning that France's last 6 goals scored in the World Cup semi-finals, 4 of which were scored by defenders, in addition to Umtiti scoring 1, Turan also scored 2 and Tresol also scored 1.