The better team becomes runner-up. And the better team in all matters! France on the defensive, surprised by the strength and the unconditional pressing of the Croats. Great initial phase. Then the first wrong decision: instead of yellow for Faking-Griezmann, free kick for France. And Mandzukic heads unhappily into his own goal. No chance, first goal. Absurd! But Croatia is fighting and running on. Press the blue into his own penalty area, Perisic finishes great. The compensation! Then the second wrong decision: corner France, Perisic clarifies. Handball? He touches the ball, but there is no intention or enlargement of the body surface to recognize. Video evidence. Penalty. No chance, second goal. Absurd!
Croatia comes out aggressively from the break, earns good situations, but is not mandatory. Rebic with a left-hand hammer that Lloris parries.
Then the first French goal scored: Mbappe too fast for Strinic, the rebound is sunk by Pogba deliberately. Subasic does not look good. Minutes later France decide with the 4 shot on goal the final. Mbappe takes off dry. Subasic again only spectators. 4: 1. brutally effective! Croatia tastes everything. Hats off to morality and fighting spirit. Mandzukic corrects his own goal with a blunder. 2: 4. The End. France is world champion! Congratulation. Certainly earned over the entire tournament. But my greatest respect for Croatia. They did their best game yesterday!
Uh. We feel like champions.. The game was as it was. But the heart our guys shown made us all proud. For such a small country the exposure the respect we managed to gain makes this amazing. People were celebrating after the loss. Few minutes after. The videos and audio recording i took were from maybe 10 minutes later...
I have never in my life seen anything like this.