France 4-2 Croatia LIVE, World Cup Final 2018: France win the World Cup - latest reaction and trophy presentation

France 4-2 Croatia
World Cup Final 2018
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

France have won the World Cup after beating Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow.

Les Bleus sealed a dramatic victory after an action-packed game involving goals from Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba and the first ever VAR penalty to be awarded in a World Cup Final.

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France overcame Belgium 1-0 in the semi-finals, with Samuel Umtiti securing a tight victory as the Red Devils were unable to find a way through the dogged defence of Les Bleus.

Croatia, meanwhile, showed great resolve to battle back from a goal down against England to eventually win 2-1 in extra-time courtesy of a Mario Mandzukic volley.

Head to head history

The two nations have met five times, and Croatia have never beaten France.

Their first meeting came at the 1998 World Cup, with Les Bleus winning 2-1 in the semi-finals en route to lifting the famous trophy on home soil.

France then won friendlies in 1999 (3-0) and 2000 (2-0).

However, their last two meetings have ended in draws - a 2-2 draw at Euro 2004, and a goalless stalemate in 2011.

Starting line-ups

France XI: Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Hernandez; Pogba, Kante, Matuidi; Griezmann, Giroud, Mbappe

Croatia XI: Subasic; Vrsaljko, Strinic, Lovren, Vida; Rakitic, Modric, Brozovic; Perisic, Mandzukic, Rebic