on 15 july, he lifted the world cup trophy as his team's captain, as france defeated croatia with a 4–2 victory in the final, despite his mistake which allowed croatia's mario mandžukić to score a goal as lloris tried to dribble past him. gianluigi buffon praised him and said in an interview that hugo deserved to win the golden glove award of the best goalkeeper of the tournament, which was won by thibaut courtois.