{"id":1542,"date":"2018-07-15T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madhousereport.com\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2018-07-15T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T17:51:08","slug":"les-bleus-beat-croatia-win-world-cup-final-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=1542","title":{"rendered":"Les Bleus Beat Croatia To Win World Cup Final 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/france-football-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">France<\/a>\u00a0have won the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/worldcup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup<\/a>\u00a0after beating Croatia in Sunday&#8217;s Final to lift the most famous trophy in world football.<\/p>\n<p>Didier Deschamps\u2019 side came out victorious in a six-goal thriller, winning the Final 4-2, in a match\u00a0that saw the first ever own goal and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/worldcup\/france-penalty-in-world-cup-final-was-referee-right-to-award-var-spotkick-for-handball-a3887686.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VAR-awarded penalty<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/worldcup\/france-vs-croatia-world-cup-final-2018-live-stream-online-latest-score-goals-watch-tv-highlights-a3887606.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup Final<\/a>, as well as a calamitous mistake from captain Hugo Lloris.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Antoine Griezman, Kylian\u00a0Mbappe, Paul Pogba and an own goal from Mario Mandzukic won the match for the French, which saw\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/worldcup\/didier-deschamps-france-boss-second-man-to-win-world-cup-as-captain-and-coach-a3887321.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deschamps\u00a0become only the second person in World Cup history to win the competition as both captain and manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Les Bleus faced Peru, Australia and Denmark in Group C, and progressed along with the latter following two wins and a draw.<\/p>\n<p>France then beat Argentina 4-3 in a thrilling last-16 encounter\u00a0before knocking out Uruguay with a 2-0 quarter-final win, and overcoming Belgium 1-0 in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>In beating Croatia, Deschamps has become only the second man to both captain and coach a nation to World Cup glory.<\/p>\n<p>The France manager lifted the trophy as skipper in Paris 20 years ago, and got his hands on football&#8217;s ultimate prize again in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Only Franz Beckenbauer, captain of a triumphant West Germany in 1974 and then their coach in 1990, had achieved that feat before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u00a0have won the\u00a0World Cup\u00a0after beating Croatia in Sunday&#8217;s Final to lift the most famous trophy in world football. 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