If La Provence assures les Bleus have "a devil's hunger", many French media dread the coming match against their best neighbours.
Some passer-by interviewed by the TV channel of L'Equipe even confessed they "would have been more confident to play Brazil rather than Belgium".
L'Equipe believes France has already scored an "own goal", as 1998 world champion Thierry Henry is now Belgium assistant manager.
On the other side of the fence, this fact is also key for the Belgian press.
La Libre compares Belgium 2018 to France 1998 with 'Titi' Henry as a lucky charm. Confident, the daily points out "5 stats showing that Belgium is already world champion in a certain way".
Belgium still seems in a state of shock after defeating the ogre auriverde, Le Soir running as a headline "It was Brazil!".
Following what's presented as the "biggest performance in Belgian football history" in this newspaper, most of the Belgians are convinced their team is now unstoppable. 72% of them see the Red Devils winning out over France (2000 votes), in a consultation realised on the website of Le Soir.
Wednesday's match will be the first between both teams in an international competition since 1986. It will feed an omnipresent and friendly rivalry.
Belgian and journalist for the radio France Inter Alex Vizorek promises "all of us will remember that for a long time". He adds "I announce a trauma for you (the French) for 25 years… It feels good because you talk about 1998 for 20 years".
Interviewed by the French weekly JDD, France Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Belgians are more than neighbours, even more than friends". He predicts 3-1 for France.
More than friends, it's also the idea of L'Equipe, presenting both teams as 'rivals rising twins'.
Rendez-vous on Wednesday for a historic family reunion.
