Former Manchester United captain, Gary Neville, has admitted that penalty call in the 2018 World Cup final, left “a bit of cloud” over the result.
Neville, speaking on Sky Sports, however insisted that France were deserving winners, following their 4-2 victory over Croatia on Sunday.
France led 2-1 at half-time, after a Mario Mandzukic own goal and an Antoine Griezmann penalty controversially awarded via VAR, with Ivan Perisic briefly bringing Croatia level.
But quickfire strikes by Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe midway through the second half put Didier Deschamps’ men on course for glory and rendered a Hugo Lloris error academic.
“There’s a little bit of a cloud because of the penalty decision in the first half but the best team won.
“To beat an Argentina team with Lionel Messi, a Uruguay side with Luis Suarez, with Diego Godin that also does the horrible stuff, to beat a Belgium side with Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku… they’ve come through everything.
“They can win all types of games. They haven’t got just good, skilful players in Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann – players who’ve lit up this World Cup in moments – they’re also tough and resilient,” Neville said.
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