World Cup Final and 3rd/4th Place Play-off Live Match Chat
Putin must be delighted at the thought of Europe’s finest taking over Moscow on Sunday. But it is what it is and the stadium will be covered in red and blue as France take on Croatia in the World Cup Final. These two have only met once before in the World Cup, in 1998, when the French triumphed 2-1 in the semi-final on the way to winning the trophy for the first and, to date, only time.
Croatia have never beaten France in their only previous five meetings, losing three and drawing the last two.
The 3rd/4th place play off sees England meet Belgium – a match dominated by Premier League involvement, unless of course Belgium make mass changes, which they may well do. The two have met three times previously in World Cup competition – in 1954 when the teams drew 4-4 in what must have been a tremendous game, in 1990 when David Platt’s last gasp goal saw England progress to the quarter-finals and of course in the group stages earlier in the tournament when both sides played their reserves in a 1-0 Belgium victory.
We will see the line-ups pre-deadline for the 3rd/4th place off match so maybe it’s best to wait to see which players are selected before making any transfers. It’s also worth noting that in the previous four World Cup tournaments there has been 17 goals in the 3rd/4th place play off compared to just 8 goals in the last four finals.
We are again allowed five free transfers and can now select a maximum of eight players from any one team.
THE GAMES IN FULL
Saturday 14th July
Belgium vs England (3pm)
Sunday 15th July
France vs Croatia (4pm)
So that you have them to hand in one place here’s a reminder of the substitution rules, transfer allotment, wildcard and boosters. AKA the rules…
SUBSTITUTIONS
TRANSFERS
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck!
Griezman Vs Mbappe for cappo?
I would love it to be Croatia today.
Won’t be disappointed either way but Croatia winning is history making and that’s always good.
Wouldn’t that also help your bank balance? 😉
Significantly.
France 1-0 already… And they can defend…
Or not 🙂
Not for that long :red-flag:
Get in. Great strike.
Mbappe is me captain, he’s looking dangerous in this… So is Perisic though…
Mbappe is that kind of player who can score at any time, very tactical. That’s why I put the armband on him as well.
You are very clever, sir! Hats off!!! 😀
Now Mourinho has to pay more if he wants him in United.
Grieeeeeeezmann!!!!!
I better be getting a Griezmann assist!
You just got a Griezmann golazo 😀
France doing our Love Train, bloody imposters!
Shots France 1 – 7 Croatia yet France lead 2-1 😀
It’s not over yet, there will be more goals from both sides.
At least we are enjoying a final with some scoring in it, it has been a long time since that happened.
Both wrong decisions going against Croatia…leading to goals….first one I give 50% fault to Croatia because of deep defending…2nd one is too doubtful…it came from a blind spot above Matuidi’s head to Perisic’s hand. But anyway Croatia has been a real entertaining team this WC….hope to see more goals both ways.
Surprised to see France playing so bad compared to their potential…expected more attack from them.
France are very nervous, Varane is just a shadow of himself, Croatia are playing boldly, I like it, perhaps it makes the Frenchmen so nervous! Croatia were the better team in the first half, bad luck for them, an own goal and an unlucky pen, we’ll see what they can do now!
Mbappe is dangerous on the counter, and he will get those chances cause Croatia need a goal
Fair play to him for staying on his feet there. Defo penalty if he goes down…..