Teen star Mbappe shines as France wins second World Cup title, beating Croatia 42 in final The forward, 19, is only the second teenager to score in a World Cup final. Matthaus, who captained the victorious German team in Italy 1990 and played a total of 25 World Cup games more than any other player in history, said that he first visited Russia in 1979 and even back then understood that it was a good place for football. Moscow and Russia have changed greatly over the past 15 or 20 years. The latest football news, live scores, results, rumours, transfers, fixtures, tables and player profiles from around the world, including UEFA Champions League. Mbappe joined Pele as the only other teenager to ever score in a World Cup final. Source: Getty Images MORE WORLD CUP NEWS. MANAGER JOINS WC ROYALTY; PELE. Johnson went one further and alluded to supporting a complete boycott of the Russia 2018 World Cup by the England national football team, comparing the competition to the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany under The Third Reich. Playing what felt like negative football while looking like a team on the attack was the weird miracle of Frances World Cup run, which culminated in their 42 win over Croatia on Sunday. Live Sport Online Watch live football online, Formula 1 and Tennis, live streams, World Cup 2018, live scores and more. Watch live sport online for free. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. It was the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe, and the 11th time that it had been held in Europe. At an estimated cost of over 14. England's appearance in a first World Cup semifinal since 1990 is an incredible feeling, says boss Gareth Southgate. Goals by Harry Maguire and Dele Alli sealed a 20 lasteight win over Sweden. Disgraced former Fifa President Sepp Blatter has criticised Sweden's government for its diplomatic boycott of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, saying they should have been there from the start. Mbappe became the first teenager to score in a World Cup final since Pele 60 years ago, as the Frenchman notched his countrys last goal in its 42 victory over Croatia on Sunday. The England football team are through to their first World Cup semifinal in almost 30 years and fans have marked the milestone with some pretty hilarious posts on social media. The latest Tweets from FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup). The official Twitter account of the FIFA World Cup! Moscow, Russia Kylian Mbappe scored twice for France on Saturday as they beat Argentina 43 at the Kazan Arena to reach the quarterfinals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. World Cup fever now firmly has this nation (well, England anyway) in an iron grip and it isn't letting go. After England beat Sweden 20 in the World Cup quarterfinal. For most of the globe, World Cup 2018, which kicks off this Thursday in Russia, is the cherry atop a bottomless sundae of football obsession, all the more delicious for its onlyeveryfouryears. North Korean football team shamed in sixhour public inquiry over World Cup North Korea's football team has been shamed in a sixhour public. The making of Uruguay's Suarez The story of love was an objective, more important than being successful in football. Luis Suarez: serial winner, prolific goalscorer, headlinemaker and, probably. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. France is a side featuring a handful of the best players in the world, but it won the World Cup because it played the best team football. And with its 42 victory over Croatia in the final, it. Russian activists Pussy Riot have claimed responsibility as play during the World Cup final between France and Croatia was briefly suspended at the Luzhniki Stadium after a number of fans invaded.