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France is itself the best warning. "The important match only happens on Sunday," warned Didier Deschamps, the boss of the France team: "The pain of two years ago, we have not forgotten it "said Deschamps in reference to the lost final of the championship of Europe against Portugal. "That's why we have to do everything we can to make it different this time."
Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, Raphael Varane, Pogba Paul, Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann: France is in all positions with world-clbad players. One show delivered the "Grande Nation" during the tournament, but only in stages. Where the French accent will be his final, revealed Griezmann. "I want the star, and if I have it, I'm mad," the attacker answered a question to find out if he would like a dull job win. For his teammate Blaise Matuidi, a "childhood dream" would come true. "We are so close to the cup, we want to touch it, but before we can, we will have to give it all, it's the game of our lives."
Deschamps successfully taught his talented individual talents its pragmatic and results-oriented game philosophy. "He is respected by us because he won the 1998 World Cup," said Griezmann about the coach. "He knows the way to go, we believe in him, we trust him, we play for him."
What matters is the result. Against Uruguay (2: 0) decided a standard situation and an important Tormannpatzer quarterfinals. Against Belgium in the semifinal, a corner kick was enough. The rest was done by solid defense around Varane, Samuel Umtiti and Abräumer N & # 39; Golo Kante. France conceded only four goals in the tournament. "We are hard to beat in the back, it's beautiful and good and offensively we know we can always meet," Griezmann said.
Comparisons with the 1998 World Cup are coming. Even then, the less the spectacle that calculated risk was in the foreground. Center goalkeeper Stéphane Guivarc & # 39; h remained aimless as Olivier Giroud. Also a slogan, made in the lightness of 1998 and meanwhile drawn, is suddenly in fashion in France: "black, white, butter" – "black, white, Arab". The triad was celebrated by the multi-ethnic French team
Croatia also has fond memories of 1998, but not so pleasant in nature: in the semifinals, they lost against hosts 1: 2. " Everyone remembers this match in Croatia, "said team boss Zlatko Dalic:" Maybe God has given us the opportunity to correct this result. " Nobody wanted to talk about revenge in the Croat camp. Luka Modric and Co. have already surpbaded the generation around star striker Davor Suker.
After Croatia sent an extra goal thanks to Mario Mandzukic's golden goal, the grand final will be crowned by the Great Nation. However, Croatia has not yet won against France. In five comparisons, the French won three times, two games ended in draws. "We must have confidence in our qualities, respect our opponents, but do not believe that someone is better than us, if we think that someone is better, it is impossible to defeat him," he said. Dalic at the approach of
. Croatians rely on the structure of their team, which is also subordinated to stars Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic. "For me, Messi is the biggest and Neymar comes right behind," said Dalic. "But football has evolved, each team can have a very well organized defense, the gaps are minimal and the team is the most important thing." This is especially important for Croatia. Modric praised the cohesion. "Since I have been in the national team, I have not seen such a community yet, which has brought us to where we are now."
Compared to the French, South-Eastern Europeans have less rest and preparation. in the three co-parties in overtime, twice even on penalties. Measured by minutes of play, Croatians arrive at a match more than the opponent. It's up to the moral and the prospect of success to overcome physical tension. "Fatigue should not be an excuse," said Dalic. France also does not expect restless Croats. "I do not think it's a handicap," said Matuidi.
Much more important to both teams is that there are no failures related to injuries. Barely 48 hours before the clash led by Argentine Nestor Pitana (43), everything indicated that Dalic and Deschamps could bet on their eleven players as the last. It's done, everyone is fit.
The players from France and Croatia abandoned the fighting on Friday. "We will not allow another team to win the trophy," said French star Paul Pogba. Croatia captain Luka Modric replied: "You play a final to win, we will be 22 warriors."
Croatia is pretty much the goal of all footballers. "Words to describe feelings do not exist," said Ivan Rakitic: "You have to spend a lot of time in the Duden – or invent something new." For all of us in Croatia, this final is a huge story. "[19659008] The fact that the French did not even have to extend the Croatians in each of their three knockout games and that they had one day less to recover does not see Rakitic as a disadvantage "In the final, you have the power, wherever you are," said the star of FC Barcelona.
The Croatian Ivan Rakitic is fascinated by the euphoria in his country and in the world whole. "There was a stadium for 4.5 million people, it would be complete," said the star of FC Barcelona at a press conference Friday in Moscow on the people of his country , adding, "We have 4.5 million space, it's the biggest game of our life. "
Given the popularity of the world before the final at the Luzhniki stadium, he feels:" Hundreds of millions are for us on Sunday. of the world, which makes me really happy. "The 30-year-old native Swiss would end his career for the World Cup trophy." I would like to pay any price and even put my football boots in the corner on Monday. "
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