the french last won the world cup in 2018.
the french last won the world cup in 2018.
when did the french last win the world cup?
2018
this defeat represented the first time that germany had lost the opening game in defence of their trophy. they beat argentina 3–1 in 1958, drew 0–0 with poland in 1978, and defeated bolivia 1–0 in 1994. germany lost their opening match at a world cup for only the second time, having done so in 1982, against algeria. this is the third consecutive world cup in which the reigning champion has failed to win their opening match – italy drew 1–1 with paraguay in 2010, while spain lost 5–1 against the netherlands in 2014; and also the fourth champions failed to win their opening match, as france lost 0–1 to senegal at the 2002 fifa world cup (all of whom, coincidentally, had been knocked out at the group stage). germany had 26 shots, the most by a side without scoring in a world cup fixture since 2006 (portugal v england, 29 shots in a 0–0 draw). mexico beat germany for only the second time – their last win against them came in a friendly in june 1985. rafael márquez featured in his fifth world cup finals, becoming just the third player to achieve this feat – along with mexico's antonio carbajal and germany's lothar matthäus.
2018 fifa world cup group f
england's first game of 2017 was a convincing result over samoa, although bennett came under criticism of his selections for the test-match. former great britain captain garry schofield, along with other former players, media, and fans were angered by bennett's decision to include australian born players chris mcqueen and chris heighington, who are eligible to play through their english fathers. heighington's age was also a talking point. at the age of 35, it was suggested younger players such as liam farrell, alex walmsley, mark percival, and scott taylor, should have been selected instead. bennett only named one australian, chris heighnington, in his england team for the world cup, while zak hardaker missed out due to a drugs ban. england's first game of the world cup was against australia. although they were credited throughout the match for the way they were able to defend and prevent the australians from dominating the game like they have in the past they again failed to beat australia. despite the defeat, england continued their way through the tournament with convincing victories over lebanon, france, finishing second in group a. they then went on to beat papua new guinea convincingly in the quarter finals before reaching the semi-finals where they would take on tonga who had knocked new zealand out the week before. england led 20–0, with seven minutes left on the clock, before the tongans began an unpredictable and nerve-wracking comeback for england. with less than one minute left on the clock, andrew fifita lost control of the ball before regathering it and putting it over the try-line, only to realise the referee had already blown his whistle. the referee was criticised for not going to the video referee and if awarded would have seen that tonga won the game and reached their first ever world cup final. despite the controversy, england were victorious and had advanced to their first world cup final in 22 years. england met australia again in the final but again failed to beat australia, for a 13th consecutive time, since their last win in the 1995 world cup group stage. england lost in the lowest world cup final score in the history of the tournament. bennets contract expired at the end of the world cup and despite not winning the tournament he was rewarded with another 2-year contract.
england national rugby league team