moscows luzhniki stadium and will be spurred on by the bitter disappointment of losing the euro 2016 final to portugal in parisit is a final few people anticipated when footballs global showpiece kicked off four weeks agocroatia have brought joy to their balkan nation of just four million people by defying the odds to progress to the final while reigning champions germany then argentina and brazil all fell by the wayside in russia they have been inspired by mercurial midfielder luka modric while coach zlatko dalic who only took over last year with the squad in chaos has coaxed remarkable performances from his teamdeschamps who captained france when they lifted the world cup in 1998 would become only the third man to win the trophy as both a player and a manager after franz beckenbauer and mario zagallo his france side spearheaded by 19yearold forward kylian mbappe and the more seasoned antoine griezmann are the favouriteswatch fifa world cup 2018 france beat croatia 42 to lift trophy after 20 years