Hardly the defensive one-goal encounter that the past two World Cup finals were, Sunday’s big game proved to be a six-goal epic as France downed Croatia 4-2.
Here’s how the NBA’s sizeable French and Croatian contingent reacted in real time.
CHAMPIONS DU MONDE !!! 🇫🇷INCROYABLE !!@equipedefrance ⭐️⭐️
— Tony Parker (@tonyparker) July 15, 2018
Dis leur!!!! @paulpogba
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) July 15, 2018
CHAMPIONS DU MONDE!!!!!!! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷⚽⚽⚽⭐⭐ WORLD CHAMPION!!!!!
— Nicolas Batum (@nicolas88batum) July 15, 2018
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS
— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) July 15, 2018
POGBOOOOOUUUUM
— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) July 15, 2018
ZIZICOPTEEEEEEEEEEERE !!!!!!!!!!
🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) July 15, 2018
FRANCE !!!!!🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
CHAMPIONS DU MONDE— Ian Mahinmi (@ianmahinmi) July 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/DBender03/status/1018542951759335424
Damn this hurts…
— Ivica Zubac (@ivicazubac) July 15, 2018
What a run!! Nobody expected us to be here. You made all Croatians around the world very proud! Hvala vam legende 🇭🇷🇭🇷
— Ivica Zubac (@ivicazubac) July 15, 2018
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