Superstar Mbappé with the decisive goal in the 2018 World Cup final against Croatia

It was almost 20 years ago when France met Croatia in the semi-finals of the World Cup on home soil. A brace from Lilian Thuram sent France into the final. 20 years later, the two nations will meet again on an even bigger stage: the 2018 World Cup final. A World Cup in which Croatia surprised everyone and made it to the final with great football. But once again, Croatia had met its end in France. Les Bleus, determined from the start to win their second World Cup title after 1998, went into half-time with a 2-1 lead. Superstar Kylian Mbappé's fantastic long-range goal was the preliminary decision.