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They tried everything again, pushing the French on the defensive and, whenever possible, finding their way to the goal. But precision and strength were lacking in the final minutes of the Croatian game to put France in distress. The final beginner with Fort Ivan Rakitic had delivered a heroic fight, but a turnaround as in the knockout rounds before he failed. The mistake of French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was inconsequential. He had shot in the 69th minute after a pass back in the space of six meters without a joke Mario Mandzukic, as Croatians already beaten through the first goal at 2: 4 at least could still hope.
But the last energy reserves were with the impoverished Croats. In the eighth, quarter and semifinal, they had caught up, on the way to the final, they won only after extra time or penalty shoot-out. And in the final, they came back after the first setback by Mandzukic's own goal (18) back. However, the goals of Paul Pogba (59th) and Kylian Mbappé (65th), who scored 3-1 and 4-1, were not enough to repeat the game.
The first half -time had already offered a show. He brought two first finals and two successes, which gave rise to discussions. In Marcelo Brozovic's fault to Antoine Griezmann, who led the free kick before 1-0 and the first goal against his side in the World Cup final, the Frenchman was easy to fall. And after Ivan Perisic cleared with his third goal of the tournament ten minutes later, ten minutes later, Perisic's hand jumped into a corner of Griezmann's hand that was not attached to his body. The referee Nestor Pitana did not punish the action at first, but showed after the intervention of the video referee and the viewing of television images on the Penaltypunkt. Griezmann has not asked twice and scored his fourth goal in this tournament, the Penaltypunkt's third (38).
Croatia was, as long as the forces were sufficient, the most active and best team in the hottest World Cup since 1966. The final beginner took the scepter from the start, put pressure on the French defensive by pressing and won much more offensive scenes. The only success of Perisic was the too low reward for the brave performance of the geek in the first hour. Overall, the Croatians in the end recorded almost twice as many shots on goal (15: 8) and significantly more possession (61: 39%) than the opponent.
Nevertheless, the victory of the French was deserved. Although they do not differ in the finale of their pragmatic and rarely spectacular style, with Griezmann, Mbappé and the last strong Pogba but they had several remarkable individualists, even if the Croatian Luka Modric was elected best player of the tournament.
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