France beat Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup in Moscow. It was an exciting to a very successful . France also won the World Cup in 1998. French Didier Deschamps became the man to win as a player and . The final was a great that had good football, controversial refereeing , an own goal, a pitch invasion, and a big goalkeeping . Billions of people watched on TV as France slowly controlled the game. Their talented team included the next global - the speedy 19-year-old forward Kylian Mbappe.
Croatia were best on in the game and looked like scoring . However, France got a free kick after 18 minutes which was deflected in for an goal by Croatia's Mario Mandzukic. Croatia equalized 10 minutes later with a shot from Ivan Perisic. France restored its from the penalty after the referee reviewed video of a handball. Two goals from Paul Pogba and Mbappe extended France's . An from France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in the 69th minute gave Croatia , but France held on to win.
