It is in an environment of madness and under a blazing sun that Paris expected the victory of France against Croatia.
This after midday, 90,000 people were waited in Fan Zone until the town of Paris had installed on the field of Mars in order to follow the match of the finale of the world cup between France and Croatia live at Moscow and the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, of his wife Brigitte, the president of Croatia Kolinda Grabar–Kitarović and Russian president Vladimir Poutine as well as president of the FIFA Gianni Infantino.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo came to support the French team, accompanied by the members of his team starting with his assistant in charge of the sports and by tourism Jean–François Martins. She was cordially accommodated by the supporters present since 13:00 navant to attend the match on big screen. For this purpose, 4 screens had been envisaged, one of 103m ², one of 62m ² and two of 50m ².
Very quickly, Fan Zone was saturated, causing Malayan and scuffles and overflows at certain entries although 6 access points were laid down in order to better filter the entries. Thus, one could see at the entrance of Fan Zone, of the driven back supporters decided well to return costs that costs, the police not being able to contain this sway in the crowd which at the entry Bourdonnais/Bouvard made about twenty slightly injureds. In addition, one raised some confrontations between supporters which had thrown beer bottles on trucks of the gendarmerie and the police which counteracted by deafening grenades, avenue of Hummed but very quickly, the situation returned to the normal according to the prefecture, allowing to follow at 17:00 the kick–off of the match without problems.
At the bottom of the Tower Eiffel, the 90,000 suppoorters present in Fan Zone and all the others which had not been able enter is about as much retained their breath but leaped of joy when the Blue ones opened the score by the goal marked against its camp, a first with the World cup, by Mandzukic at the 18th minute on a free kick of Griezmann. The Croats will equalize thanks to Perisic at the 28th minute but with the 38ème, after a hand of Perisic, France obtains a penalty (against–versed but decided by the referee after watching of the video) transformed by Griezmann. At the end of the first half, France carries out 2–1.
15 minutes hardly after the beginning of second half, Pogba puts a third goal for France and fourth is put at the 65ème by Mbappé. Croatia returns to the score of 4–2 thanks to the goal marked by Mandzukic to the 69ème times on an error of Lloris. This score will remain identical until the end of the match which sees France becoming world champion for the second time.
This world cup will have crowned several French and Croatian players:
It Croatian Luka Modric was indicated better player of the Cut of the monde2018
It French Mbappé was seen allotting the trophy of the Best Young person.
It Gold Balloon of the tournament was decreed at Luka Modric, 32 years in front of the Belgian Eden Hazard and succeeds Argentinian Lionel Messi
– Antoine Griezmann became third player of the world cup.
titrate it better goalkeeper of the tournament returned to the beige Thibaut Courtois
The world champions return to Paris Monday, they will be on the Champs Elysées between 17:00 and 18:00 then will be received in the Elysium with their families at 18:30 and will take part then in a reception in the presence of 1,000 young people and 300 personalities of the sporting or political world.
THANK YOU THE BLUE ONES! and go in four years to Qatar.
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