Head coach of Croatia Zlatko Dalich summed up the 2018 World Cup.

In particular, the Croatian mentor also commented on one of the most discussed moments of the final match - the appointment by referee Nestor Petana of a penalty in favor of the French after watching the video replay. This penalty went down in history as the first, designated in the finals of the World Championships with the help of the VAR system.

Also, Dalich said that he does not know yet whether he will continue to work in the national team.

"I must congratulate France. The first 20 minutes we played well, controlled the match. After the standard, an own goal was scored. We continued to monitor, came back to life, but we were given a penalty.

I do not like to comment on the refereeing, but I will say one thing: in the World Cup final such penalties are not assigned. But this does not detract from the victory of France. This was our best match at the World Cup. We controlled the game, but it happened.

Not enough luck, especially with the first two goals. Success has accompanied us in all previous matches, but not today. We controlled the game, but conceded an own goal and a penalty.

Now I'm ready to rest. The last few months worked hard. Now I'll take a timeout, take a rest. I never make decisions in a hurry, "- said Dalich.

Recall, the French team defeated Croatia 4: 2 and for the second time in history became the world champion.

______________________ Recall that 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this were the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine and Syria, the poisoning of Russian ex-intelligence agent Sergey Skripal in Britain, the starvation of Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsov, and the systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the release of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.

In 2015, a Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-security colony. The actions in support of the director were held all over the world, including in Russia.