Croatia's Luka Modric wins best player of World Cup award

AFP  |  Moscow 

won the Golden Ball for the World Cup's best despite losing out 4-2 to in a thrilling final in today.

Modric won man-of-the-match three times in Croatia's seven games in Russia, but even the was powerless to stop France's firepower and the rise of 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe, who won the of the tournament award for scoring his fourth goal of the competition in the final.

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First Published: Mon, July 16 2018. 00:05 IST