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'Children of Immigrants' French Team Wins World Cup 2018

  • France's Ousmane Dembele, Benjamin Mendy and Kylian Mbappe with the trophy as they celebrate winning the World Cup.

    France's Ousmane Dembele, Benjamin Mendy and Kylian Mbappe with the trophy as they celebrate winning the World Cup. | Photo: Reuters

Published 15 July 2018
Opinion

During the 2018 World Cup teleSUR brings you live scores and updates from Russia.

France overwhelmed Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium on Sunday to lift the trophy for the second time in 20 years.

The French, playing their third World Cup final, were made to sweat initially and were lucky to go ahead when Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic headed an Antoine Griezmann free kick into his own net in the 18th minute, the first own goal in a World Cup final.

Ivan Perisic leveled with a powerful shot 10 minutes later but the Croatia midfielder was then penalised for handball following a VAR review and Griezmann stepped up coolly to convert the 38th-minute penalty and put France 2-1 up.

Croatia fought hard for an hour but gradually ran out of steam after playing extra time in their three previous matches, and goals from Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe gave France a three-goal cushion.

Mandzukic pounced on a mistake by France keeper Hugo Lloris to cut the deficit in the 69th minute, making it the highest-scoring final over 90 minutes in 60 years, but Croatia could not find the net again in their first World Cup final.

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