We can Forget about 2006 Now

64/64 of the way through the World Cup, and France have won their second World Cup title. Les Bleus proved to be too much for a Croatian team that had played 3 straight matches that went into extra time. That's the equivalent of having played an extra match on tired legs. Onto the scores.

France 4:2 Croatia

Mario Mandzukic (og) 18' 1-0

Ivan Perisic 28' 1-1

Antoine Griezmann (pk) 38' 2-1

Paul Pogba 59' 3-1

Kylian Mbappe 65' 4-1

Mario Mandzukic 69' 4-2

			France		vs	Croatia
	Result	Points	W61	Score	Points	W62	Score	Points	Total
Artifex			Brazil	3	0	Germany	2	2	2
Fortuitous			Costa Rica	6	0	Poland	3	0	0
Historicus			Belgium	0	0	Spain	2	2	2
IoannesNix			Brazil	1	0	Germany	3	0	0
Musicus			Brazil	1	0	Germany	2	2	2
Praeceptor			Portugal	3	0	Switzerland	2	2	2
Scriptor			Brazil	1	0	Germany	2	2	2

Praeceptor as the #1 seed picked France, here's how she fared.

France
Yellow Card	Kante	-6
Penalty Kick	Griezmann	3
Yellow Card	Hernandez	-10
Saves	Lloris	3
Goal	Pogba	6
Goal	Mbappe	10
Assist	Hernandez	10
	Total	16

Scriptor was left with Croatia. Here's how he fared.

Croatia
Own Goal	Mandzukic	-17
Goal	Perisic	4
Assist	Vida	10
Saves	Subasic	6
Goal	Mandzukic	17
Yellow Card	Vrsaljko	-1
	Total	19

As a result, here are the final standings for the playoffs

	Scriptor
Praeceptor 18-2	Champion	23-4 Scriptor
	Artifex
Historicus 2-2	3rd Place	59-2 Artifex

Final overall standings:

1	Scriptor
2	Praeceptor
3	Artifex
4	Historicus
5	Musicus
6	IoannesNix
7	Fortuitous

And the final standings for the Golden Oracle:

1	Musicus	87
2	Scriptor	76
3	Historicus	73
4	Praeceptor	69
5	Artifex	59
6	IoannesNix	53
7	Fortuitous	31

Final Announcement.

 After reviewing this past tournament, it was quite a chaotic one. Many players' brackets suffered early on. Others seemed to die off in the later rounds. Most notably was the confusion caused by the playoffs. Therefore, going forward, no tournament shall contain a playoff. Rather, everyone will remain in a group stage until the very end. Also, rather than making a second chance bracket, players will be allowed to pick a team to earn extra points every round of the knockout stages. 

We apologize for any confusion that occurred and hope to see you all participating in future tournaments. Thank you all for playing. We look forward to seeing you in January of 2019 for the Asian Championship.

Humbly,

The Grand Salmon Alpaca