France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final in Russia to win their second World CupWorld Cup winners France enjoyed a celebratory homecoming as they paraded their trophy following Nations League victory over the Netherlands. Backed by a party atmosphere in Paris, France began the brighter and took a deserved lead through Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe, scorer of four World Cup goals, almost had his second soon after, narrowly failing to make enough contact with Antoine Griezmann's free-kick to trouble Netherlands goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen. Now resurgent, the Dutch side went close to taking the lead soon after as Memphis Depay fired into the side-netting. The Netherlands host Germany on Saturday (19:45 BST), before the Germans travel to face France on Tuesday, 16 October (19:45 BST).

Source: BBC September 09, 2018 18:28 UTC