Soccer Football - World Cup - Final - France fans watch France v Croatia - Paris, France - July 15, 2018 France fans gather to watch the match as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - Crowds of cheering French soccer fans gathered in Paris on Sunday, draped in red, white and blue and singing the Marseillaise, as excitement grew head of the France-Croatia showdown at the World Cup final in Moscow.
A day after the nation celebrated Bastille Day - the storming of a prison during the French Revolution in 1789 - with a late-night fireworks display over the Eiffel tower, large numbers congregated in the same spot to watch the final.
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