A triumph of substance over style

MOSCOW - Didier Deschamps' France side did not always win admirers for the way they played at the World Cup, but that doesn't matter to the hundreds of thousands celebrating on the streets back home after Sunday's final victory over Croatia.

France won 4-2 at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, with star men Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe all scoring as France lifted the trophy for the second time in its history.

It is the first team to score four times in the final since Pele's great Brazil side beat Italy 4-1 in Mexico in 1970, and the match was the highest-scoring World Cup final since England's 4-2 victory over West Germany in 1966.