France 4-2 Croatia: 5 Talking Points - Les Bleus Crowned Champions, World Cup 2018

#5 Hugo Lloris' error not enough for Croatia to mount a comeback as Deschamps sees the match out

Mario Mandzukic makes up for his own goal with a goal of his own

Hugo Lloris is one of those goalkeepers who invariably makes a silly error in a big game but that usually happens when he wears a Tottenham Hotspur shirt. His mistakes with the Lilywhites have cost them in the Premier League and he chose the World Cup final to make yet another one.

A simple back-pass from Umtiti saw Lloris control the ball as Mandzukic attempted to close him down. But instead of clearing it immediately, Lloris tried to dribble his way out of trouble and Mandzukic only had to stick a foot out to deflect the ball into an open goal.

It was a comical error - one you would not expect to see on the grandest stage of all. With 20 minutes to go, the goal seemed to lift Croatia's spirits and their continuous onslaught on France's goal forced Deschamps into substitutions to move the ball out of their own third.

Matuidi and Giroud were withdrawn and on came Corentin Tolisso and Nabil Fekir. It allowed France to see the game out and keep the ball under pressure as Croatia failed to make that small period of domination count.

By the full-time whistle, France had won their second World Cup title with coach Didier Deschamps lifting it 20 years after he had led Les Bleus to the title in Paris.

3 - Didier Deschamps has become the third person to win the World Cup as a player and as manager after Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer. Champion.#WorldCupFinal #WorldCup #FRA #CRO pic.twitter.com/H3zrhkx9rO

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 15, 2018