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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...

France's 2022 World Cup journey continued on Saturday evening after their enthralling 2-1 win over After winning their group with relative ease, France took on Poland in the round of 16 - where Kylian Mbappe's heroics alongside a smartly-taken Fans throughout both sets of nations were anticipating their toughest test by an absolute landslide - and with England having breezed 3-0 past Senegal on the same day France ousted Poland, supporters across the world could see the potential damage to be done by both. Of course, it was Giroud's heroics and READ MORE: They have a grandstand clash against Morocco in the semi-final to determine who will face Argentina in Sunday's final. But how many times have France won the World Cup? Football.London has you covered ahead of Wednesday's clash. How many times have France won the World Cup? Surprisingly, France have only won the famous tournament twice; firstly in 1998, and more recently in 2018. In fact, despite France's major reputation as one of the leading footballing nations, they had only ever made the semi-finals three times before their eventual win in 1998, which was their first ever World Cup final. Even in 1990 and 1998, they failed to qualify - which made their win just before the turn of the century more impressive. Held in France, the hosts dismantled South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Denmark with ease in the group stages before knocking out Paraguay in the last 16, Italy in the quarter finals on penalties, Croatia in the semi-...

Matthew Leckie teed Goodwin up inside of 10 minutes to finish high into the net, but Rabiot leveled with his head after Theo Hernandez's ball in after replacing his injured brother Lucas. Rabiot then turned provider to give Giroud his 50th goal in French colors, and it was 2-1 at the break. Mbappe headed home from Ousmane Dembele's cross to make it 3-1 midway through the second half and then provided Giroud's second of the night just three minutes later. The AC Milan man is now joint with Thierry Henry as Les Bleus' top scorer on 51 goals after a memorable night at Al Janoub Stadium. Sorry! There was an error processing your subscription. Here are some takeaways: Mbappe off the mark Back for a second bite at the World Cup after his 2018 success with France in Russia, the Paris Saint-Germain man has started in ideal fashion with a goal. Mbappe headed in from Ousmane Dembele's cross and then teed Giroud up as the 23-year-old quickly found his feet in Qatar. With Denmark and Tunisia to come in Group D, he will be watched closely after this showing. Giroud the great Two goals for the AC Milan man who is now level with Thierry Henry as France's leading scorer on 51 goals. One was the easiest of finishes after Rabiot set him up and the other was a much more impressive header from Mbappe's ball in. Another page in history with Les Bleus for Giroud and signs that Deschamps' attacking setup could still bear fruit. OLIVIER GIROUD 🔥 With this goal he ties Thierry Henry for the most g...

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France are at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar hungry to defend the title they lifted four years ago in Russia as they head into a final with South American heavyweights Argentina. Their star-studded side was confident of another good run at the tournament but had to be wary of a recent trend that's seen past winners fail to escape their group. And their luck with injuries was not been kind to them in the lead up to the tournament. After winning the World Cup in 2018, France also won the UEFA Nations League in 2021 but were knocked out in the Round of 16 at the delayed Euros. Didier Deschamps' side went into the 2022 World Cup having won just one of their last six matches and are relying on their players to step up back to form when it matters most in Qatar. However, the French progressed as group winners ahead of Australia, before defeating Poland, England and Morocco to reach the final. MORE: France World Cup squad Manager Deschamps had until Friday, October 21 to submit an official preliminary list of 35-55 players to FIFA from which he selected his Notably, Paul Pogba was absent from the list, as he was ruled out of action with a new thigh injury picked up while rehabbing his prior knee injury. Pogba's agent Rafaela Pimenta N'Golo Kante was also Raphael Varane was included despite Boubacar Kamara, while Real Madrid full-back Ferland Mendy was excluded as well. Finally, there were late reports that Eduardo Camavinga could be left out, but that proved not to be the case. Desc...