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Moscow (EFE) .- Twenty years after having realized it in his temple of Saint Denis, with Didier Deschamps as a captain and with Zinedine Zidane of great figure, France imposed on Croatia the law of the strongest to become for the second time in its history the world champion , this time in Moscow
The Coliseum of Luzhniki was the big scene of a change of order, maybe style after the good taste of the combinatorial game of Spain in 2010 and Germany in Brazil 2014. In the Eurocopa 2016 Portugal beat it with this same medicine
France took the lead in a way that relies more on defensive firmness , order, balance, maximum use of the stopped balloon and dizziness of this brazen young man called Kylian Mbappe next to the "little prince" Antoine Griezmann became new king. He has already realized what other big stars like Leo Messi Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar at whose table he wanted to sit, they n & # 39; Have not succeeded.
disappointed, far from it. He played his weapons with all that the heart gave him after the great accumulated attrition, but a goal and a penalty goal through the VAR boosted their morale. With the third goal, prize to the good work of Paul Pogba he has already fallen. The mountain was too high to think of the feat.
Didier Deschamps met his expectations. He formed with the eleven gala, the expected, who gave him such good returns throughout the tournament. Muscle in the marrow, dizziness of Mbappe the quality of Griezmann the work of Giroud and the firmness behind. That of the block, in brief
Zlatko Dalic also contributed for his equipment holder after that in the last hours he was speculated with the loss of some of the heroes, mainly that of Ivan Perisic determining in the semi-final against England and that it seemed that it would not happen in time.
On the table of Luzhniki, therefore, were placed all the first pieces, which mark the different styles and models that brought these two teams here to renew the world football scene.
Deschamps and his men claimed that they had learned the mistakes that cost them two years ago the continental title at home and that it would lead them to their second universal crown. years after having won at Saint Denis.
Dalic and his irreducible armada had already made history, but they wanted to enlarge and enter the Olympus of the World Champions to write the most golden page, also twenty years after the generation of 98 Davor Suker Zvonimir Boban and Robert Prosinecki ended up hanging bronze after the fall precisely in front of France.
Despite the theoretical fatigue of having accumulated three extensions, that is to say having played a game more played, Croatia has badumed its role. He was brave. He did not hesitate to take the reins of the final. France, delighted, handed the ball to Modric Rakitic and the company, waiting to take a counter or a ball stopped.
No need for the & # 39; blues & # 39; dominates Match. All they needed was the ball near Danijel Subasic's area. Although apparently inferior, they found it, as in previous matches. Griezmann blamed and an unfortunate touch of Mandzukic, the man who put Croatia in the fight for glory, got the first goal in the history of the final and overtook France.
Croatia is full of pride and heart. But also of quality. Although he seemed to blame, he only needed ten minutes to retaliate. Another foul, bouncing off to Modric's right, header in the box, Vida lowered the ball back and Perisic did the rest with a cut and a cross shot (m.38).
To his disgrace France quickly found a corner kick. Griezmann threw it out and Perisic himself turned away again. The French claimed a hand while Pitana continued the shock early. Instead, of the VAR, they warned that something had happened. The Argentine referee witnessed the situation and eventually declare the maximum penalty, the first of a final in the history of video refereeing. The striker from Atletico de Madrid did not miss a "parapenaltis" like Subasic.
Without doing anything extraordinary, France again took the lead and sanctioned a Croatia that took the new direct to the waterline. Even though he was still dreaming, but Lloris's intervention on one shot of Rebic prevented him from doing so with foundation.
An abortive Mbappe gallop by Subasic gave way to the jump of four "spontaneous" quickly reduced and another round of the PSG player that ended with the goal of Pogba (m.59) [19659006Croatiawasafighterontheedgeofthekoatthemercyofthedizzinessofthe"blues"Mbappeimmediatelytookadvantageofitwithanotherlash4-1withmoreseestwentyminutesinadvanceThefinalwbadettledmuchearlierthanexpected
But a resounding error of Hugo Lloris against Mandzukic who never forgets a race and an attempt at pressure, has allowed to the striker Juventus gives a minimum of hope to the Balkans, and subtracted the tranquility of France, knowing that Croatia, which was close to the elimination in the previous and suffered as the most in this World Cup, eventually coming back
This unshakeable faith is what allowed the game to endure until the end. Another team would have fallen to be beaten and beaten. Croatia, in a not very bright day of its big football engines, Modric and Rakitic, never gave up. The checkered set fell, but he did it with honor and make history.
France has a lot of merit. He has indeed learned the lesson of Portugal. He showed throughout the tournament. Deschamps, who joins the group of Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer as the only ones to have been proclaimed world champions as players and coaches, managed to recompose the figure of an armed group, a solid block with these doses of Essential quality and efficiency make something as big as winning a World Cup.
Datasheet:
4 – France: Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Kante (Nzonzi, m.54), Pogba, Matuidi (Tolisso, m.73); Griezmann, Mbappe and Giroud (Fekir, m.81).
Coach: Didier Deschamps
2 – Croatia: Subasic; Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Strinic (Pjaca, m.82); Brozovic, Modric, Rakitic; Rebic (Kramaric, m.71), Perisic and Mandzukic
Coach: Zlatko Dalic
Goals: 1-0, M.18: Mandzukic, own goal 1 -1, M.28: Perisic. 2-1, M.39: Griezmann, penalty. 3-1, M.59: Pogba. 4-1, M.65: Mbappe. 4-2, M.69: Mandzukic.
Arbitrator: Néstor Pitana (ARG). Amonestó to Kante (m.27), Lucas Hernandez (m.41) and Vrsaljko (m.92).
Incidents: Final of the 2018 Russian World Cup held at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow against 78,011 spectators Russian President Vladimir Putin led the Luzhniki stadium with the leaders of the two finalists Croatian Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and the French Emanuel Macron
. ] The presence in the main cabin of the enclosure has been plagued by heads of state and government from different countries. Armen Sarkisyan of Armenia, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Igor Dodon of Moldova, Mahamoud Abbas of Palestine, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, where will be held the next World Cup in 2024 , and Omar Al Bashir, President of Sudan. EFE (D)
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