After 63 matches and a tournament full of surprises, France and Croatia will define who will be the 2018 World Cup champion. On their way to the final, France managed to qualify in Group C quite comfortably before eliminating Argentina in the eighth finals (4-3) and Uruguay in the quarterfinals (2-0). The Bleus emerged victorious from a tough semifinal against Belgium (1-0), in a game where the team showed its ability to hold a result thanks, in large part, to the contribution of Hugo Lloris between the three clubs. The win against Belgium was their tenth consecutive game without losing (G8, E2). This will be the second consecutive final of France in a great tournament after its defeat against Portugal in the final of Euro 2016 and its third World Cup final; in 1998 the team that captained the current coach Didier Deschamps was left with the title. Deschamps could become the third man, after Mario Zagallo and Frank Beckenbauer, to win the World Cup as a player and as a coach. Croatia won Group D without problems and even endorsed a thrashing to Argentina (3-0). However, his road to the final has been much more complicated. Although Croatia beat England 2-1 in the semifinals thanks to a goal in the extension of Mario Mandzukić, their two previous matches in the elimination phase (Russia and Denmark) were resolved in the penalty shootout. It remains to be seen how the Croatian side will have affected the fact of having played three consecutive extensions, but if there is something that the Balkan team will not lack is passion, since this will be their first final of an important tournament and can become the second smallest country to win the World Cup after Uruguay.