What to remember from the 30th day of the World

19h55: Rakitic" will have strength "

While he was already played in 70 games this season, FC Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic has said on Friday he is not tired.

"I will have strength, extra energy because it's a game that is not only historic for us, the 11 and some players who will play it, but for the whole group and for all Croatians . We will give everything to win this final.

19h40: The beautiful trailer of BeIn Sports for the final

Less than 48 hours of the final, the channels that broadcast the event are already ready. BeIn Sports, French broadcaster, like TF1, has chosen to tease this France-Croatia in a very special way …

7 pm: Croatia hopes the absence of Thuram

The tension of the final is not yet at its peak, the Twitter accounts of the teams of Croatia and France had fun on Friday.

Croatia has indeed asked France, in English, if the double scorer of the half -final of 1998 was going to play Sunday: "Just to be sure, Lilian Thuram is not in your team this year, is it?"

Follow-up of the blue answer: "If you promise not to let Davor Šuker go against us, we'll convince Lilian not to play! That said, his replacement also has a penchant for the goal! ", Speaking of Benjamin Pavard

In short, a good state of mind before the shock of this weekend.

18h: Training arranged for Varane and Pavard

The Blues trained in camera on Friday but they did not all have the same program. Benjamin Pavard and Raphael Varane, if they were good with their teammates, had a training done.

3:30 pm: Will Smith will perform the show after France-Croatia

After Robbie Williams and his finger opening act, singer and actor Will Smith should sing at the closing ceremony of the World Cup. According to several American and English media, the former "Prince of Bel-Air" should perform the official anthem of the World Cup "Live it up" with Puerto Rican Nicky Jam and Albanian singer Era Istrefi.

14h40: the complementary pair of the Blues

13h39: Macron invites Payet and Koscielny for the finale ]

Deprived of Mondial due to injury, Dimitri Payet and Laurent Koscielny will be in the stands Sunday to attend the final of the Blues. Invited by Emmanuel Macron, the two players will be part of the delegation of the President of the Republic.

13h20: Nestor Pitana will still arbitrate the Blues

Men Didier Deschamps will not be disoriented on the arbitration side. It is indeed the Argentine Nestor Pitana, who had officiated in the quarter-final of the Blues against Uruguay, which was designated to animate the debates between French and Croats Sunday.

12:55 pm: politicians have their head in … World

12:05 pm: what will the Blues do after the final?

If Didier Deschamps refuses to look beyond the final against Croatia, the FFF teams prepare the post-match. Once the final whistle is over, the Blues will return to their base camp in Istra to spend the night and celebrate the title if possible. Monday around 10 am, return to Moscow to take a plane to Paris. After landing at 15:30, they will meet the President of the Republic at the Elysee then have two options: in case of coronation, they will march on the Champs-Elysees, while in case of defeat, they will be satisfied with a passage in front of the fans place de la Concorde.

11h30: Croatia, "worse" finalist of the History

The checkered team has has already broken a record: she is the worst placed team in the FIFA rankings to reach the final of a World Cup. Twentieth, the formation of Luka Modric has indeed suffered to join the Russian World Cup, tearing his qualification in the playoffs against Greece. Croatia took the opportunity to erase tablets the previous "worst" finalist in history: the 1998 France team …

11:10: Lahm will give the World Cup to the winner

Philipp Lahm, captain of Germany crowned world champion in 2014 in Brazil, will hand the World Cup to Hugo Lloris or Luka Modric Sunday in Moscow.

10h50: Deschamps left to stay

In case of coronation on Sunday, Didier Deschamps will leave his post, as Aimé Jacquet did it twenty years ago ? No, assured the president of the FFF, Noël Le Graët: "So, when we do not win, it must not go until 2020 and, when we win, he should stop before? Didier and the Federation are under contract until 2020 and Didier will go to the end of his contract.This is a question that does not arise. "

10h20: the Bleus version Friends [19659004] The group lives well, assure the players of the France team (while proving it in the field). Taking the expression literally, a surfer amused himself by parodying the credits of Friends by retracing a month of competition of the Blues.

8:45: the weakened Croats?

Si the French were able to recover without worry, the Croats, they must do with a day of recovery in less and three extensions in the legs. Worse, the checkered staff must manage the physical glitches of two of its owners. Ivan Strinic, who was out at the start of the extra time against England, could leave his place to Josip Pivaric, who replaced him against the Three Lions.

But it is especially Ivan Perisic, hero of the half final, which raises the most serious concerns. According to the BBC, the former Sochalian had to go through the hospital after the encounter for a pain in the back of the left thigh, making his participation in the final more than unreliable …

] 8h30: World Cup, day 30

D-2 for the Blues. At 48 hours of a possible second star, the time is in preparation: the men of Didier Deschamps will hold a final training session in "their" stadium of Glebovets, behind closed doors, before leaving for Moscow on Saturday. car.