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This is the biggest sporting event in the world. France defy Croatia Luka Modric this Sunday, July 15, in the final of the World Cup football in Moscow. The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, received in the Kremlin just before the final, congratulated Vladimir Putin for the "perfect unfolding" of the tournament.
The unexpected fall of all the main favorites (Germany, Brazil, Spain) resulted in an unprecedented finale, which could resemble a style opposition between French solidity and Croatian self-denial. Croatia runs after a first major title, the Blues for a second star on their jersey, 20 years after 1998.
Follow the events of the final live:
5th – The Croatians monopolize the ball
On a center coming from the right, Varane spreads the ball. The Croats better entered the final and win the duels, even to multiply the faults.
2nd – Modric dries Umtiti
Luka Modric sets the tone: after a race of 30 meters to come put the pressure on Samuel Umtiti, he mow the shin of the French defender. The commitment is already total.
17h – Here we go!
The Croats in their traditional checkered jersey, the French in their dark blue outfit.
16h55 – The Marseillaise first
The concentrated Blues. The "Marseillaise" is ahead of " Lijepa naša domovino" (the Croatian hymn of course) in a red Loujniki stadium … like the Croatian and Russian fans who came in droves.
4:50 pm – The teams in the hallway
The most coveted trinket in the world, the FIFA World Cup, appeared under the cheers, pulled out of a Louis Vuitton suitcase for the best effect. It is precisely 25 ° C in Moscow. The Argentinean giant Nestor Pitana, referee of the final, is ahead of the two finalist teams on the pitch. The story is in progress
16h40 – The Closing Ceremony is currently taking place at Loujniki stadium
Not really the moment we were all waiting for, to be honest. The American reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has made a rather forgettable show, before Will Smith and Era Istrefi interpret the official song of the World Cup, the nice porridge "Live It Up".
16h30 – For " 'Obs', foreign journalists analyze the game of the Blues
Journalists Australian, Peruvian, Argentine or Belgian, they commented the defeats (or the draw!) Of their national teams opposed to France. Not resentful, they come back and raved about the game of the Blues.
The opinion of Stéphane Pauwels j Belgian sports journalist and consultant of La chaînee chain :
"France was slightly stronger than Belgium. a lot, but enough to make the difference, especially in terms of organization. […] Deschamps has formatted the team in his image, he has been able to maximize the potential of each and create a collective that executes the instructions perfectly. of the coach. "
The Blues beat their team: foreign journalists remake matches
16h10 – Macron congratulates Putin
" I wanted to congratulate you for the great performance of the team from Russia [quarts de finale, NDLR] who played with great courage, "French President Emmanuel Macron said at the start of his meeting with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. "And congratulate you as the organizing country for the good progress of these events, they are not only looked at the whole world but the whole world comes there".
"L ' to have done in conditions of safety and perfect unfolding was a wager and bravo for that! "
The head of the State will attend the finale with his wife Brigitte in the stadium, in company of Vladimir Putin and other foreign leaders.
16h – The compositions were announced
No surprise: the two breeders renewed the same teams as during the semifinals . On the Croatian side, winger Ivan Perisic, scorer and man of the match in the semi-final against England (2-1 ap), is tenured, while he was uncertain.
The France team presents himself with his eleven guy, led by his attackers Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud. Matuidi will again take his place as a false left winger, alongside the pair of recuperators formed by Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kanté.
FRANCE: Lloris (c) – Hernandez, Umtiti, Varane, Pavard – Kanté, Pogba – Matuidi, Griezmann, Mbappe – Giroud
CROATIA: Subasic – Strinic, Vida, Lovren, Vrsaljko – Brozovic, Rakitic – Perisic, Modric (c), Rebic – Mandzukic [19659033] THE FORMATIONS OF THE FINAL! # CM2018 #ENG #CRO #FRACRO #WorldCupFinal pic.twitter.com/tKlo9V4b0D
– World Cup? ??? (@fifaworldcup_fr) 15 July 2018
15h30 – Find our report with the French fans (and Francis Lalanne)
Our special correspondent Doan Bui continues his Russian adventures. " Since the last Euro, that's it is, I am reconciled with them," says Samuel, a loyal blue supporter at the Blue House in Moscow. She also crossed the road of the inevitable Francis Lalanne, who has not missed a World Cup since 1970:
"I said to myself anyway.France is in the final. son, he did not know 98. The day before yesterday, I took tickets with the tear, I struggled to find two tickets for the final "
France-Croatia: in Moscow with the supporters of the Blues and … Francis Lalanne
15h – Modric, you know?
Luka Modric, 32, is at the top of his game. By dint of flamboyant performances, the Croatian esthete has almost succeeded in relegating to the background the scandal of corruption affecting Croatian football in which he is entangled. Here are 10 things to know about an awesome player, close to the golden ball and risky jail.
Bombs, corruption, tax evasion: 10 things to know about Luka Modric [19659002] 14h20 – The fan zone of Paris is already full
At 2:40 of the kick-off, the police prefecture of Paris asks the public "not to converge" towards the fan zone Champ-de-Mars, which is full: 90,000 people gathered in just one hour. In Paris alone, 4,000 policemen and gendarmes are mobilized.
At the moment when the police closed the accesses on the avenue de la Bourdonnais, "there was a crowd movement, the CRS thought we were trying to force the dam ", describes a supporter very reassembled with AFP. "They started pushing us very strongly, but at 20 against 2,000 or 3,000, the crowd won." The gates fell and the front lines of the crowd fell to the ground, "people trampled, we stayed on the ground one to two minutes."
The Prefecture of Police has for its found "a few pushes on two filter points, a few minor injuries light."
Retransmission of the final #FRACRO of the World Cup football # CM18 on the Champ-de-Mars, the gauge is reached. We can not accept new people on the fan zone for security reasons
– Police Prefecture (@prefpolice) July 15, 2018
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