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Scorers for France: Mandžukić (19 og), Griezmann (38 p), Pogba (59), Mbappé (65)
- Quality and Luck - A Deadly Combination
- Croatia's Pride and Passion
- The Great var Debate
- First Pl Player to Score in Final Since '98 - The Stats
France are the team for all seasons - possessing an all-round quality that has carried them to this World Cup triumph. When that is added to an element of good fortune, it can prove a deadly combination. Croatia will complain bitterly that Griezmann went down theatrically for the free-kick that led to Mandzukic's own goal, and they will also feel P...
Croatia return home as beaten World Cup finalists but their approach to this match will have won the hearts of neutrals and earned them a prolonged standing ovation from their fans at the final whistle. Zlatko Dalic's side were the better team for the first hour despite trailing, and were pushing France back when they were hit by those two swift ha...
This was the first World Cup to utilise VAR - so it was perhaps inevitable it would play a major part in the final. The moment came just before half-time when France's players appealed instantly for a penalty when a corner struck Perisic's hand at the near post. Referee Pitana took what seemed an age to consult VAR - even having one last look to ma...
Deschamps is the third person to win the World Cup as both a player and a manager, after Brazil's Mario Zagallo and Germany's Franz Beckenbauer.France became the first team to score four goals in a World Cup final since Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in 1970.Croatia are the first team to lose in their first appearance in a World Cup final since the Netherlands in 1974 (2-1 v Germany).Mandzukic is the first player to score an own goal in a World Cup final.Despite late pressure by Croatia, the match finished as a 4–2 victory for France, the highest-scoring World Cup final since 1966 and the first World Cup final since 2002 to be decided without extra time.
- 15 July 2018
- Antoine Griezmann (France)
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Jul 15, 2018 · Sun 15 Jul 2018 12.54 EDT. When the decisive blows arrived the entire squad piled on top of one another in the victory scrum. Hugo Lloris, the goalkeeper, had run the entire length of the pitch...
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Jul 15, 2018 · FRANCE WIN WORLD CUP 2018!!! Peep! Peep! Peeeeeeeeep! It’s all over – France have beaten Croatia 4-2 to win their second World Cup, two decades after their only previous success in the...
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Jul 16, 2018 · Four times in the French penalty area they won the ball, from a Modric free-kick, with Domagoj Vida finally turning it back to the outstanding Ivan Perisic who deftly pushed it away from Kante...
Jul 15, 2018 · France have won the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ after defeating Croatia 4-2 in a thoroughly entertaining Final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow in what was a fitting end to an...
