France won its second World Cup twenty years after winning the first

Last update 26 March, 2024 by Alberto Llopis

France won its second World Cup. At the World Cup in Russia 2018 The French got their second star after beating the surprising Croatia in the World Cup final in a final full of goals (4-2). Los Zidane, Petit, Trezeguet, Lizarazu, Thuram, Desailly, Karembeu and world champion as coach and player, Didier Deschamps found his replacements in a batch of talented players.

France wins its second World Cup with a brilliant generation of footballers

The generation of Griezmann, Mbappé, Pogba, Umtiti. Kante, Matuidi, Lucas Hernandez, Lloris and many others, They managed to return a World Cup to the French who thus wrote their name twice in the history of the World Cups. Perhaps it was not the best played by stages of the tournament but certainly, if they were the best. Croatia stood up and in much of the final they were better and deserved more but the French's attack put an end to the Balkans' hopes..

And he did it by breaking some records like that of the young Mbappé who with only 19 years, He was the youngest French player to score in a World Cup and the second youngest 20 years that he had scored the most goals in a World Cup behind only O'Rei Pelé. Also the coach, Didier Deschamps, who He already achieved it as a player ago 20 years and two decades later he achieved it again as a coach.

A generation that two years before, He was already close to winning the Euro Cup that was held in his own country and which only Portugal managed to knock down in extra time of the final. A generation that reached the runners-up position in the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 after tying 3 in the final and losing it on penalties against Leo Messi's Argentina.