France vs croatia

• العربية • Azərbaycanca • تۆرکجه • বাংলা • Български • Bosanski • Català • Čeština • Chi-Chewa • Dansk • Ελληνικά • Español • فارسی • Français • 한국어 • Հայերեն • Hrvatski • Bahasa Indonesia • Italiano • עברית • Қазақша • Latviešu • Magyar • Македонски • مصرى • Bahasa Melayu • Nederlands • 日本語 • Norsk bokmål • Polski • Português • Română • Русский • Scots • Simple English • Српски / srpski • Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски • Suomi • Svenska • தமிழ் • ไทย • Türkçe • Українська • اردو • Tiếng Việt • 中文 The Luzhniki Stadium, previously known as the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium until 1992, originally opened in 1956 as part of the Rated as a Route to the final [ ] France [ ] France's route to the final Opponent Result 1 2 3 R16 QF SF France entered the 2018 World Cup as the In the round of 16, France faced Group D runners-up Argentina, on 30 June at Kazan Stadium. In a match dubbed by writers for Croatia [ ] Croatia's route to the final Opponent Result 1 2 3 R16 QF SF In their In the round of 16, Croatia played Denmark on 1 July at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. Pre-match [ ] Croatia GK 1 RB 2 CB 4 CB 5 LB 21 41 ' CM 6 CM 13 27 ' 55 ' RW 10 AM 7 LW 14 73 ' CF 9 81 ' Substitutions: MF 15 55 ' MF 12 73 ' FW 18 81 ' Manager: GK 23 RB 2 90+2 ' CB 6 CB 21 LB 3 81 ' CM 7 CM 11 RW 18 71 ' AM 10 LW 4 CF 17 Substitutions: FW 9 71 ' FW 20 81 ' Manager: Man of the Match: Hernán Maidana ( Juan Pablo Belatti ( Erwin Zeinstra ( Carlos Astroza ( Match rules • 90 minutes • 30 minutes of •...

France's victory meant Deschamps, who captained them 20 years ago, became just the third man to win the competition as a player and coach. Croatia also felt their luck deserted them, but ultimately France ran out victorious to erase the memories of the loss to Portugal in the Euro 2016 final in Paris. • Mbappe will be the best in the world - the pundits' view • World Cup win is 'supreme coronation' - Deschamps • Kane wins Golden Boot as Modric named best player In one of the most exciting World Cup finals of the modern era, played out to a soundtrack of thunder, Croatia and France delivered an enthralling spectacle that brought the joint highest goal tally in a final since 1958, a pitch invasion, and a controversial intervention from the video assistant referee that had a huge influence on the outcome. France took the lead after 18 minutes when Antoine Griezmann's free-kick deflected in off Mario Mandzukic's head - but Croatia were by far the better side in the first half and deservedly equalised courtesy of Ivan Perisic's left-foot finish. Croatia were left nursing a burning sense of injustice when France restored their lead seven minutes before half-time through Griezmann's penalty, awarded by referee Nestor Pitana for handball against Perisic after a lengthy delay while VAR was consulted. In a compelling second half, France looked to have wrapped it up with two strikes in six minutes from Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe either side of the hour mark. Croatia, however, showe...

Match in brief Didier Deschamps' side ensured their unbeaten run against Croatia continued with a repeat of the scoreline in the 2018 World Cup showpiece in Russia. Dayot Upamecano's header and sub Olivier Giroud's late penalty restored the hosts' advantage, after half-time replacement Josip Brekalo had weaved through the French defence to score an equaliser 11 minutes after the break. Anthony Martial celebrates his goal Icon Sport via Getty Images A devastating four-minute spell just before the interval had turned this Group 3 game around for Les Bleus, with Antoine Griezmann's close-range effort and a Dominik Livaković own goal eclipsing Dejan Lovren's neat 18th-minute opener. Reporters' views David Crossan, France reporter: France may have repeated the scoreline from the World Cup final but Didier Deschamps will know that it was unconvincing for long spells and that Les Bleus will have to perform much better when Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal come to the Stade de France in a repeat of the EURO 2016 final. The 3-5-2 system still needs perfecting but France have a happy knack of getting results. Eduardo Camavinga did enough in his cameo off the bench to suggest the 17-year-old will soon become an integral player. Elvir Islamović, Croatia reporter: Although Croatia looked good most of the time in Paris, the fact is they conceded four goals. Eight goals shipped in their opening two matches in this UEFA Nations League season. That's too much. It's true this was a different ...