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Exactly and months and 63 exhausting games later, the 2018 World Cup will culminate when a young French team led by Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann will play Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Sunday. It's a final that few people could have anticipated four weeks ago, while the competition in Russia was just beginning. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar have all returned home. So have the traditional powers of the international game – Germany, Brazil and Argentina. Instead, it's a talented French team with the tournament's second-youngest team, epitomized by lightning Mbappe, who faces a Croatian team inspired by Luka Modric, arguably the best midfielder of the season. world right now. (Live Score: France vs Croatia)
Live updates between France and Croatia, final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, directly from the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow
18:20 IST : Croatia has triumphed in knockout matches at Russia 2018, despite conceding the first goal in each of them. They are the first and only team in the history of the World Cup to avoid defeat after three knockout matches in a single edition.
18:18 IST: FACT! Antoine Griezmann was involved in 5 goals at the 2018 World Cup (3 goals, 2 badists), no French player has done better in a single tournament over the past 50 years.
18:00 IST: The trophy that everyone was waiting for arrived
The trophy arrived at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow … #WorldCupFinal pic.twitter.com/2ubabJaBFy
– FIFA World Cup ™ (@ FIFAWorldCup) 15 July 2018
17:55 IST: TRIVIA! With an average age of 26 years and 10 days at the start of the World Cup, France could become the youngest team since the 1970 Brazil champions (25 years and 5 days at the start) to lift the trophy.
17:52 IST: Welcome to the live updates of the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup between France and Croatia
The Blues have worked with their group, beating Australia and Peru by odd goal and shooting with Denmark in the only match of the tournament. Beaten on penalties by Italy in the 2006 final, France is even more hungry after the agony of its defeat as host against Portugal in the final of the season. Euro 2016. The race of Zlatko Dalic's team has been grueling and exhausting, and they have to pull themselves together for one last effort. "We have taken the difficult road, we will probably be the only team at a World Cup to have played eight games to reach a final if we add up every minute," admitted Dalic.
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