World Cup 2018: 5 historic moments

France vs Croatia: 2018 FIFA World Cup Final
France vs Croatia: 2018 FIFA World Cup Final

#2 Mario Mandzukic's own goal

France v Croatia - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final
France v Croatia - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final

To be honest, Mandzukic had a wonderful World Cup. He scored 3 times for Croatia, the equalizer against Denmark, the winner in the semifinals, and a consolation goal in the final.

The world, however, will forever remember him for scoring an own goal in the World Cup final, a goal that gave France the lead over Croatia.

This was the first ever own goal in a World Cup final, and this is one record that the Juventus man will not want to be credited to his name.

He did find redemption when he took advantage of a mistake by French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, but that was not enough to get Croatia back into the game.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram
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