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France capped off a month of football fever as they defeated Croatia 4-2 to be crowned World Cup winners for the second time in the country’s history. The four weeks in Russia produced one of the best tournaments the game’s ever seen, with the introduction of VAR, a record number of penalties and huge upsets including Germany finishing bottom of group F. Didier Deschamps became only the third person ever to lift the World Cup as both a player and manager (joining Mario Zagallo, Franz Beckenbauer) as his France side brushed aside Croatia in a thrilling finale.

Here, we look back at the 64 Champion Performances from every game of the 2018 World Cup.

41. Philippe Coutinho opens the scoring in injury time to break Costa Rican hearts.

40. Ahmed Musa notches a double as Nigeria get three points against Iceland.

39. Xherdan Shaqiri scores a dramatic winner in stoppage time as Switzerland defeats Serbia 2 – 1.

38. Romelu Lukaku stars as Belgium put five past plucky Tunisia. The big frontman scores twice.

37. Javier Hernandez finds the net to see Mexico into the latter stages of the competition.

36. Marco Reus scores as ten-men Germany defeat Sweden in dramatic style. 2-1.

35. Harry Kane bags a hat-trick as England thump Panama 6-1.

34. Takashi Inui puts in a team performance and gets on the score sheet as Japan sneak a point against Senegal 2-2.

33. James Rodriguez is the star man as Colombia sees off Poland 3-0.

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