With less than 24 hours to go until the 2018 World Cup final, the focus is switching to who will line up for France and Croatia in Moscow with the biggest prize in world soccer on the line.
There are favourites in both teams who could tip the scales in favor of a Croatian upset or an expected French title.
France’s Antoine Griezmann is a midfielder, but he’s a fourth forward if N'Golo Kante and Paul Pogba are at their very best.
Croatia’s midfield triangle has been responsible for much of its World Cup success, and will need to keep that up if it hopes to collect an upset.
Croatia have a few more injury problems than France with Mario Mandzukic and Ivan Strinic coming off in the semifinal win against England with knocks, while Blaise Matuidi is expected to recover.
French coach Didier Deschamps and Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic have fielded very settled teams throughout this competition and after gruelling runs to the final, both look set to leave their teams as settled as possible.
Dalic will go with his’ golden generation’ as they’re almost at the end of their international careers, while Deschamps will put faith in his young squad to get them over the line.
Croatia faces France at 3am tomorrow in the FIFA World Cup final.
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