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France were 2-1 ahead against Croatia at halftime in the World Cup final after a pulsating opening 45 minutes at the Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.
Updated : Jul 15, 2018, 10:05 PM IST
France were 2-1 ahead against Croatia at halftime in the World Cup final after a pulsating opening 45 minutes at the Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.
#rwot OWN GOAL! #Fra #France 1-0 #Croatia (Mandzukic)#WorldCup#WorldCupFinal #WorldCupFinal2018 #Football #sports #FRACRO #cro #CroatiaFrance #FifaWorldCup2018 #FIFA #match #worldcupfinal kick off pic.twitter.com/ICicrgp7vn
— MENYANIBI (@Menyanibi) July 15, 2018
France took the lead when Croatia forward Mario Mandzukic, who scored the extra-time winner over England in the semi-final, inadvertently headed home an Antoine Griezmann free-kick in the 18th minute for the first own goal in a World Cup final.
In love with this rocket finishing by Perisic for Croatia what a goal #WorldCupFinal pic.twitter.com/b1RxSgVsza
— SGT Mhadz (@simplemhadz214) July 15, 2018
Croatia's Ivan Perisic, who had also scored in the semi-final, levelled with a powerful shot 10 minutes later after France had failed to clear a Luka Modric free-kick.
France's second goal against Croatia#WorldCupFinal
— Hassan Omran (@HassanAOmran) July 15, 2018
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But Perisic was then responsible for conceding a penalty for handball that was give following a VAR decision and Griezmann coolly converted the spot-kick in the 38th to put the French back in front.
الله اكبر ياFRA @paulpogba #WorldCup2018
— Khalid Almahdi (@KhalidAlmahdii) July 15, 2018
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Later on, paul Pogba's makes it 3-1, almost shattering Croatai's dreams.