France beat Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final. It was an exciting match. France also won in 1998. The final had good football, big refereeing decisions, an own goal, and a big goalkeeping mistake. Billions of people watched on TV. France's team included the next world star – 19-year-old forward Kylian Mbappe.

Croatia were best early on. They looked like scoring first. However, France scored with a free kick after 18 minutes. Croatia levelled 10 minutes later with a shot from Ivan Perisic. France scored a penalty to go 3-1 up. Two more goals in six minutes put France 4-1 up. Croatia scored with 20 minutes to go, but France held on to win.