After Italy won the World Cup twice in 1938 and Brazil in 1962, no team has been able to win the title consecutively.
After beating Morocco 2-0 last night, France reached the final for the fourth time and have the opportunity to equal the record set by Italy and Brazil 60 years ago.
After winning the second World Cup in Italy in 1934, Italy won the third World Cup in France in 1938.
In 1958, Brazil won the title for the first time in the sixth World Cup football final in Sweden, defeating the home team with a margin of 5-2.
Four years later, at the seventh edition of the World Cup in Chile, Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final to become world champions for the second time in a row, equaling the record set by Italy 24 years earlier.
Since then, no one has been able to make this record for 60 years. But former champions France have a chance to equal the record set by Brazil.
In-form France beat Australia 4-1 in their opening match before losing 1-0 to Tunisia in their final group stage match at the Qatar World Cup.
Similarly, in the second match, they defeated Denmark with a 2-1 goal difference and entered the knockout stage.
After defeating Poland 3-1 in the first match of the knockout stage, France defeated England’s challenge 2-1 in the quarter-finals and entered the semi-finals.
By defeating Morocco 2-0 in the semi-finals, France came close to Brazil’s record 60 years ago.
In the 2018 World Cup, France defeated Argentina, Uruguay and Belgium in the knockout stage and drew with Denmark without a goal.
Similarly, France, who defeated Argentina 4-3 in the last 16 and entered the quarter-finals, reached the semi-finals by defeating Uruguay.
In the semi-final, Belgium was stunned 1-0 to enter the final. Defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final and won the World Cup title.
It was France’s second title. Before that, France itself won the World Cup title in 1998.
Deschamps, the captain who won the title in 1998, is currently the coach of France.
France won the title four years ago under the coaching of Deschamps, who has been in charge of the team since 2012.
France could become the third nation to repeat the men’s World Cup after 60 years when they play Argentina in the final at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Sunday.
Earlier, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands and Germany have reached the World Cup final twice in a row. The record of winning the World Cup twice in a row is only held by Italy and Brazil.
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