2018 World Cup final

France were crowned as world champions for a second time in Moscow, defeating Croatia in the highest scoring World Cup final since 1966. dugout-buzz logo.

[Remembering the last five winners of the World Cup Golden Boot](https://thefootballfaithful.com/remembering-the-last-five-winners-of-the-world-cup-golden-boot/) [Remembering the last five winners of the World Cup Golden Ball](https://thefootballfaithful.com/remembering-the-last-five-winners-of-the-world-cup-golden-ball/) The forward was a fitting recipient of the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award, becoming the second successive Frenchman to win the accolade after Paul Pogba in 2014. He scored twice as Tunisia were thrashed 5-2 in the group stage and added his third of the tournament in the third-place play-off, as Belgium beat England to secure their best ever World Cup finish. De Bruyne then scored one of the 2018 World Cup’s best goals with a rifled strike in the quarter-final win over Brazil, with Roberto Martinez’s side eliminating the record five-time winners to reach the last four. — FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) His performance in the last-16 win over Argentina was sublime, as the South Americans struggled to cope with his speed and movement, with Mbappe scoring twice and winning a penalty in a thrilling 4-3 win for Les Bleus. In 2018, he became the first player in history to be awarded the World Cup Golden Ball, UEFA Men's Player, FIFA Best Men's Player and Ballon d'Or in the same year. That accolade was followed with the Ballon d’Or, as Modric became the first player outside of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to win the award in more than a decade. He produced a masterclass of a performance as Argentina were thrashed 3-0 in the group stage, before becoming the first Croatian to win the Golden Ball. The 2018 World Cup saw the tournament hosted in Eastern Europe for the first time, with Russia the setting for the 21st edition of world football’s biggest spectacle. France were crowned as world champions for a second time in Moscow, defeating Croatia in the highest scoring World Cup final since 1966.