Kane is the top scorer, Modric the best player of the tournament

Croatia's ace Luka Modric could at least console himself with the Golden Ball. The 32-year-old was named the best World Cup player in Russia, although the Croatians had previously lost the final against France 2-4. Modric succeeds Lionel Messi (Argentina), who also lost the final in Brazil.

The Equipe Tricolore once again has the best young player in a World Cup. The 19 year old Kylian Mbappe , 180 million euro man from Paris St. Germain, was crowned the best “rookie” by the Technical Study Group (TSG) of the world association FIFA. Mbappe succeeds his compatriot Paul Pogba, who triumphed in Brazil in 2014. In 2010 in South Africa, Thomas Müller was the best young man at the World Cup finals, and in 2006 in Germany, Lukas Podolski received this honor.

The Belgian Thibaut Courtois (26) was meanwhile named best goalkeeper, succeeding Manuel Neuer. Courtois, who finished third with the "Red Devils", received the Golden Glove, beating the final goalkeepers Hugo Lloris (France) and Danijel Subasic (Croatia). In recent years, the award has always been given to a goalkeeper who was on the pitch in the final; only in the first election in 1994 in the USA did Courtois' compatriot Michel Preudhomme triumph, even though the Belgians had already lost to Germany in the round of XNUMX.

Harry Kane became the second Englishman to win the Golden Boot for the most successful goalscorer. The Three Lions captain scored six goals in seven games, putting him ahead of Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe (both France) and Denis Tscheryshev (Russia/all 4). Gary Lineker was the only Englishman to have won this ranking in the 20 previous World Cups in Mexico in 1986 with six goals.

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Kane is the top scorer, Modric the best player of the tournament

Immediately after the final whistle of France's spectacular final victory, FIFA held the individual player awards in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

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