The month long mundial that was the 2018 Fifa World Cup came to a spectacular end Sunday night at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium with France beating Croatia by 4-2 in the final game.
Already adjudged one of the best World Cups of all time, the individual awards were doled out to deserving players after the tourney had come to an end.
Despite painfully losing the final game, Croatia at least had something to smile about as skipper Luka Modric was adjudged the best player of the tournament, receiving the Golden Ball award.
Modric beat out Belgium’s Eden Hazard and France’s talismanic forward Antoine Griezmann to the award.
England striker Harry Kane won the Golden Boot award after finishing top scorer with six goals, all scored in the group stages of the tournament.
Kylian Mbappé also won the young player of the tournament award, after his four goals helped fire France to their second ever World Cup triumph.
The final award was the Golden Glove award giving out for best goalkeeper, which went to Belgium’s lanky goalie Thibaut Courtois.