France wins second World Cup title, beating Croatia 4-2
MOSCOW - How else could the wildest, most unpredictable and entertaining World Cup in recent memory end but with the wildest, most unpredictable and entertaining final in recent memory?
That France won, beating Croatia 4-2, wasn't unexpected. France had been among the favorites when the tournament started a month ago. But virtually everything else that happened Sunday at a sold-out Luzhniki Stadium was.
There was a penalty-kick goal following the first video review in finals history, an own goal and a bizarre score that came after France keeper Hugo Lloris gave the ball to
