BELGIUM captain Eden Hazard has revealed he supported semi-final rivals France as a kid.

The Chelsea playmaker, 27, followed Les Bleus because of their World Cup win on home soil in 1998.

4 Eden Hazard, right, supported France as a kid and wore the 98 jersey with his brothers Thorgan, middle, and Kylian, left Credit: Twitter

Hazard, 27, grew up in a French-speaking part of Belgium and moved to Lille when he was 14.

And ahead of Tuesday night’s last-four tie, the Red Devils star said: “With my brothers, we have always been more supporters of France than Belgium because we grew up with ‘98.

“At the time, there wasn’t the jersey of Belgium, that's why we wore the one of France.

“I do not want to denigrate the Belgium team of the time, there were very good players, but at that time, it was France.”

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4 The Belgium star will be hoping to triumph over France in the World Cup semi-final clash on Tuesday Credit: AFP

Hazard also admits he now loves watching France teen sensation Kylian Mbappe.

He said: “I have a lot of respect for what he's doing.

“If Mbappe was watching videos of me when he was younger, now it's me watching videos of him!

“What he does is amazing, especially at his age. In modern football, we have never seen that.”

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4 Hazard admits he's a huge fan of French teen sensation Kylian Mbappe Credit: AFP

Hazard thinks Belgium will struggle to beat France unless they get the better of his Chelsea team-mate N’Golo Kante.

He added: “For me, he’s the best in the world at his job.

“If Kante is on top, you have 95 per cent chance of winning.

“It's up to us to do whatever it takes to stop him from picking up the ball.”

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4 Hazard has warned Belgium they must shackle N'Golo Kante if they want to win the game Credit: Reuters