France won the World Football Championship, the players laughed at Hercules Cup
World Cup Football Championship Championship kicked off in Luzhniki Sports in Moscow. The French team participated in the finals for the third time in history, against Croatia, which won the Golden Cup for the first time. France scored two goals in the first and second halfs, defeating Croatia 54:2. After 20 years, it brought back the second Golden Cup in the history of the team and took away the highest 38 million championship prize in history.
France defeated Croatia in the quarterfinals of the 1988 World Football Championship and finally returned to the team's first championship in history. The two sides met in the World Football Championship 20 years later to strive for the Hercules Cup.
France took the free kick in the 18th minute of the game by Griezmann. Croatia striker Manzukic wanted to clear the ball with a head hammer in front of the goal, but unexpectedly, he accidentally pushed the goal into his own goal , allowing France to take a 1:0 lead with an own goal. This year's 12 own goals have broken the record, and this goal is the first own goal in history to appear in the World Football Finals.
Croatia also took advantage of the free ball in the 28th minute. The ball was passed to Perisic . He scored with his left foot to help Croatia equalize the situation. Perisic personally accumulated 3 goals in this game.
In the 34th minute, France took a corner kick. Perisic accidentally touched the ball while competing in the penalty area. After inspection by the assistant referee of the image (VAR), it was confirmed to be a handball, which gave France a 12-yard free throw opportunity. Griezmann scored a goal, helping France to lead 2:1. It was also Griezmann's 6 goals in this year's 4html.
Mbappe scored in the 56th minute
In the first half, France only controlled 39% of the ball possession rate, which was not as good as Croatia's 61%. It only scored one shot but scored two goals, and took one goal in the first half. The two teams scored a total of 3 goals in the first half, setting the most goals in the first half since 1974.
In the second half, the two teams had not scored yet. In the 53rd minute, they first encountered several fans jumped into the court to make a fuss. In the 59th minute, France seized the opportunity again. Pogba scored with his left foot under Croatia's defense and opened the lead to 3:1.
Then in the 65th minute, France scored with Mbappe from outside the penalty area with his right foot, widening the gap between the two sides to 3 goals. Mbappe also became the 52nd player to score in the World Football Championship after Brazil's "King of Football" Billy in 1954. After France took a 4:1 lead, goalkeeper Loris made a mistake in the 69th minute, allowing Manzukic to send the ball into the net, but Croatia finally missed the team's first championship in history by 2 goals. The runner-up still wrote the best result of the World Football Championship and won the runner-up prize of US$28 million.
