In the Headlines | The Blues in the firmament: what to remember from the last day of the World-2018

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– B / R Football (@brfootball) July 15, 2018 [19659008] 22h: Rami retires internationally

After the presentation of the cup, Adil Rami announced that he was ending his international career with the Blues.

He who did not not disputed a single minute in this World has therefore worn the blue jersey 35 times.

9:30 pm: Karim Benzema congratulates the Bleus

9:20 pm: The Blues land during the press conference of Deschamps

During the press conference of the coach, all the media have seen the players of the team of France, who sprinkled Didier Deschamps!

9:10 pm: Benjamin Pavard always undefeated with the Blues

He is the unexpected guest of 23 French champions world champions but it is also the talisman: Benjamin Pavard, one of the hero of the eighth finals against Argentina, is still undefeated with the Blues at the end of this World Cup, and this in all categories. Whether in youth selections, with the Espoirs or with the A, the right side still has not experienced the reverse with the jersey struck the bad.

9:04 pm: a nice bonus for every world champion ]

Having won the most beautiful competition for any footballer, the 23 members of the French clan will switch to another world and also receive a nice bonus of about 400,000 euros each for their title, as it was negotiated before the World Cup. If they keep it, charitable donations are sometimes customary in such circumstances.

20h48: when Benjamin Mendy makes "dabber" the President

Fantastic on his social networks, the defender of the team of France Benjamin Mendy s' is amused during the visit of President Emmanuel Macron in the French dressing room.

The former Marseillais has indeed "dabber" the president, to celebrate the victory of the Blues against Croatia.

20h40: The Blues will come down Champs-Elysées Monday

After the coronation this Sunday of the Blues, the French team will parade on the Champs-Elysées Monday from 17:30 to 18:30 and will also be received by the President of the Republic. 19659054] 20h26: Giroud the brawler, Mbappé the dribbler

The French team won the World Cup with a racy attack. As proof, two of them broke very significant records. Olivier Giroud is the French player to have played the most aerial duels during a World Cup since 1966, while Kylian Mbappé is the one who has managed the most dribbling.

8:24 pm: Platini congratulates the Blues

The ex-captain of the France team Michel Platini congratulated the players and the coach of the French team Didier Deschamps for the victory at the World Cup-2018, judging "fantastic" the "three finals of world cup in 20 years of which two wins. "

" Congratulations to all players of the France team. Congratulations also to the thousands of volunteers who, all over France, live this extraordinary game, take care of all these young people and train such good players able as today to win such great victories, "he said. he confided.

20h20: victor in Italian, still

In this final, the Blues have taken the best on the Croatians by striking hard on his rare offensives. When Kylian Mbappé scores the 4th French goal, it is only the 5th shot squared the team. A statistic says all the essence of this victory: France has the lowest ball possession of a team in the World Cup final since 1966.

7:38 pm: Courtois best goalkeeper [19659003] In addition to Luka Modric being voted best player and Kylian Mbappé best young, two semifinalists get individual awards. First, the Englishman Harry Kane with six goals on the clock. Then the Belgian keeper Thibaut Courtois, sacred Golden Gan.

7:28 pm: France raises the Cup

In a torrential rain, Hugo Lloris raises the World Cup surrounded by all his heroic teammates. The Blues first greeted FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Russian Presidents Vladimir Putin, Frenchman Emmanuel Macron and Croatian Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. They did it, they were devilishly good!

19h22: Mbapped best young, Modric best player

Best Young Award and best day of the competition were awarded to Frenchman Kylian Mbappé and Croatian Luka Modric.

19h13: Antoine Griezmann elected man of the final of the World Cup

Author of a goal and a decisive pbad for Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann, became the second best scorer in France on a final phase behind Just Fontaine with this 4th achievement, was elected man of the match of this final of the 21st World Cup.

19h09: already reactions from all over the world

7:05 pm: a second star, like Argentina and Uruguay

The victory of Bleus in the final of the World Cup has the effect of bringing France up to Argentina and Uruguay to the rank of the sacred nations twice in the World Cup. Meanwhile, Didier Deschamps joins Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo in the very closed circle of the sacred men both as a player and as a coach.

18h55: it's finished in Moscow, France is world champion!

Hallelujah! Twenty years after the band Aimé Jacquet and Didier Deschamps, it's the turn of the … Didier Deschamps and Hugo Lloris to go back on the roof of the football world, beating Croatia (4-2) in the final of the World Cup, Sunday in Moscow. The Blues had to work to win a complicated match against valiant Croatians and clinch their second star.

18h28: the big mistake of Lloris puts the Blues under pressure

Author of a world in concrete, with a decisive stop with every match, Hugo Lloris was too greedy on a ball back: wanting to pick Mario Mandzukic, he was caught by the Croatian striker, who is recovering from his inaugural SCC. Cruel for the captain of the Blues … Will this goal revive the Croatian dynamic, cut by the two goals tricolor occurred one after the other?

] 18h23: and four thanks to Kylian Mbappé!

The festival of French realism continues: the fifth shot of the Blues is the good, and Kylian Mbappé, the crack that has revealed to the eyes from all over the world if it was still needed, has just placed a powerful 25-meter strike at the bottom of Subasic's post. There is still a good twenty minutes to play.

6:19 pm: Paul Pogba brings a third goal to the Blues

And the score goes to 3-1 in favor of the France team! Paul Pogba managed to make a beautiful left-footed shot to the top of the box after a nice attack. It remains half an hour to play and the Blues are more than gone to get a second star.

] 18h19: Paul Pogba brings a third goal to the Blues

17h56: Antoine Griezmann joins great thanks to his goal

No happy to become the 4th best French scorer in the major tournaments, behind Platini (14), Fontaine (13), Henry (12) and tied with Zidane (10), Antoine Griezmann entered a closed circle thanks to his goal on penalty in the final of the World Cup: he is the third player to score in the final of the World Cup & a European club competition (C1 / C2 / C3) in the same season after Gerd Müller (Germany and Bayern Munich) in 1974 and Jorge Valdano (Argentina and Real Madrid) in 1986, as confirmed by Opta, the statistician of the fo otball.

5:38 pm: Refereeing video allows Griezmann to score a penalty

The Blues are again in front in the final in the World Cup, with a penalty of Antoine Griezmann seven minutes from halftime. A penalty after a call to the video referee, asked by the Argentinian referee after a hand of the Croatian striker, Ivan Perisic, on a French corner.

17h29: Croatian equalization by Perisic [19659003] The Blues have led the score only ten minutes: the Croatians have just equalized through Ivan Perisic, a boy recruited FC Sochaux when he was a teenager , without ever playing it. The attacking midfielder of Inter Milan has just placed a half-volley at the entrance to Lloris' penalty area after a set kick that France failed to clear.

5:18 pm: France opens the scoring [19659003] What realism of the Blues, who have just taken the lead in the score thanks to the goal CSC Mario Mandzukic. The men of Didier Deschamps converted, via this free kick hit in the box by Antoine Griezmann, their first opportunity, having been manhandled for a quarter of an hour.

5 pm: kickoff of the final ]

Croatia has kicked off the 21st World Cup final. Let's go for the long-awaited rendezvous!

16h50: end of the ceremony before the final ]

With Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi playing the World Cup anthem and former footballer Ronaldinho at the djembe, the closing ceremony of the 21st World Cup is over and the two teams will enter the lawn. At the moment, the captain of the German champions in 2014, Philip Lahm, presents the trophy acquired four years ago in Brazil. In about two hours, one will know who will succeed him on the podium.

16h40: Nice moment of communion in Brussels with the Red Devils

] After having obtained the best ranking of Belgium at the World Cup football, after this 3rd place obtained Saturday against England (3-0), the Red Devils returned to Brussels, where they were put to the honor this Sunday afternoon on the Grand-Place, where several thousand fans came to dance with Eden Hazard and his band.

16:30: Eliaquim Mangala, Moussa Sissoko and other footballers behind the Blues

Eliaquim Mangala and Moussa Sissoko, present at the Euro 2016 with the Blues, are not resentful of not being in the World Cup in Russia and have been keen to support their comrades, just like other football personalities, like coaching eur and consultant Pascal Dupraz or Marseillais Maxime Lopez

4:20 pm: Hugo Lloris to overtake Didier Deschamps to the number of selections

The final of the World Cup will be the opportunity for the goalkeeper and captain of the Blues, Hugo Lloris, to wear the jersey of the selection for the 104th time, is a step more than his coach Didier Deschamps, which he is not ready to equal the winners however, he who won a Coupe de France with OL, against Quevilly, in 2012.

4:15 pm: Usain Bolt is at the stadium

One month after taking part in the 20th anniversary of the coronation of the World Cup at U Arena, the world record holder in the 100m and 200m, Jamaican Usain Bolt, is present in Moscow to attend the final, like many personalities, whether they are about heads of state, former or in office (Macron, Sarkozy, etc ..), People like Mick Jagger, already present for the semi-final, or French fans well known to the French, from Dany Boon to Patrick Bruel via Nagui.

15h30: the French team with its usual holders for the final

expected, Didier Deschamps did not play the card of the last minute surprise and returned the same eleven players as against Belgium to face Croatia in the final of the World Cup, from 17 hours. Blaise Matuidi will occupy the left lane in the middle.

France: Lloris (Cap) – Hernandez, Pavard, Varane, Umtiti – Pogba, Kante – Matuidi, Griezmann, Mbappe – Giroud. [19659003] For Croatia too, Zlatko Dalic renews the same team as against England, the uncertain, the lateral Mario Strinic and the attacking midfielder Ivan Perisic, being in front line in the Croatian 4-3-3

Croatia: Subasic – Vrsaljko, Strinic, Lovren, Vida – Brozovic, Rakitic, Modric (Cape) – Perisic, Rebic, Mandzukic

15h10 : present at the Loujniki stadium, Patrick Bruel "happy and confident"

Already present in previous rounds, Patrick Bruel made the move from Moscow to support the France team in the final. He resides at the Hyatt Regency, the same hotel as the Blues. "It's wonderful to be here, coward the singer and comedian. This is my third final in "live". I am happy and confident, as from the first day besides. Croatia has 90 minutes more in the legs, but at this point, it does not play. We, we have a serene team, welded. I believe it. "

15h05: the French arrive at the stadium

The supporters of the French team start arriving at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. Croats seem more numerous. On the spot, one also crosses disappointed of the World cup like Argentine fans, Brazilian, German …

14h58: few supporters in front of the hotel des Bleus

Quite a few fans in front of the Hyatt Agency in Moscow where the Blues reside until their departure for the Luzhniki stadium, but the media are there to catch some images in the air.

14h27: Marco Materazzi supports Croatia

His name is synonymous with disillusion throughout France … Marco Materazzi, victim of Zinedine Zidane's header in 2006, said supporting Croatia at the Gazetta dello Sport. "Between France and Croatia, I have no doubt," said Materazzi, "I'm on the side of Inter fans, not because I have something against the French, not at all. was said and written because of what happened in 2006, but I love France and consider it one of the favorites for victory in the competition. "

] 14h: the cloakroom of the Blues is ready

The hour of truth approaches. In three hours, the Blues will enter the lawn of the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Everything is in place in the locker room for their pre-match. All you have to do is put on the tunic and give everything for a second star.

12:38 PM: "L emotional aspect will play "(Guy Stephan, Deputy Deschamps)

" It's a final, the emotional aspect will play, "said Guy Stephan, the right arm of coach Didier Bleus Deschamps, in a video broadcast by the French Federation Sunday, a few hours from the final of the World Cup-2018 between France and Croatia.
"On the mental level", Croatia is "a team capable of fetching very far away his energy, "he says. There are similarities with France on its ability to use a "low block (for) to go fast attacks."