<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_football_team" id="mwAYY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France national football team">France</a> win their second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" id="mwAYc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a> title, defeating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" id="mwAYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_final" id="mwAYk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2018 FIFA World Cup final">4–2</a>.<sup about="#mwt64" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_15#cite_note-12" id="mwAYo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYs">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><a class="external text" href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/world-cup-2018-france-croatia-set-to-rehash-rivalry-in-grand-finale/" id="mwB84" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">World Cup 2018: France, Croatia set to rehash rivalry in grand finale</a></span>