The full match stats have France with more shots on target, although Croatia had higher posession, attempts and passing... I suppose Croatia's midfield dominance made them appear the better side, whereas France did more with the ball when they had it...
Was a thrilling match! Pogba and Mbappé's goals were great as was that strike from Perisić...
I think a worthy end to the World Cup and in a way I'm glad that there was some VAR controversy with the penalty as it raises the issue of VAR use that had plagued the group stage and was swept under the carpet in the knockout stages with the media parrotting the 97% (or whatever) "correct" statistic that FIFA released... Having this issue in the final means that VAR use will continue to be under scrutiny for years to come...
I think the best team of the tournament won... France had to beat Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium and Croatia.... The latter two were playing at the peak of their powers... I think France were part of the most exciting games (vs. Argentina and vs. Croatia) as well as responsible for the most boring game (vs. Denmark)...
However Croatia were the story of the tournament and I think most of the world fell in love with that team... The best midfield of the tournament and probably the strongest will of any team coming back from defeat so many times...
I think the Euros 2020 will be very interesting...
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