France has won the 2018 World Cup with stunning 4-2 victory against Croatia in Moscow
France won the World Cup following a stunning victory over Croatia in Sunday's final in Russia
This important match saw French coach, Didier Deschamps become the third person in history to win the trophy as both a player and a manager, after Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo,and also Kylian Mbappe became the first teenager after Pele to score in a World Cup final.
Croatia started the game on a good but fell behind through a Mario Mandzukic own goal. They levelled up however, due to a thunderous strike from Ivan Perisic from the edge of the box.
At closing moments of the first half a penalty awarded against Perisic for handball - reviewed with the use of VAR - and Antoine Griezmann cooly tucked away a penalty to give France a 2-1 lead at half time.
The French team played less after the break though, scoed twice in quick succession through Paul Pogba and Mbappe.
A terrible error by Hugo Lloris allowed Mandzukic to score Croatian second goalFrance held on to seal their second World Cup trophy win following their win on home soil in 1998.
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