It was the final which had everything - controversial decisions, a pitch invasion, the first World Cup final own goal, its first teenage goalscorer since Pele, and a comedy goalkeeping error.
France beat Croatia 4-2 to be crowned world champions for the second time and cap a truly remarkable event.
Indeed the final was really the tournament in microcosm.
World Cup finals have been low-scoring and tense of late - this game equalled the combined total of goals scored in the previous four. The last final to have more than two goals was in 1998 - the other time Les Bleus won the World Cup.
It was also the joint highest goal tally in a final since 1958, when Brazil beat Sweden 5-2.
Former England defender Rio Ferdinand said on BBC One: "Sometimes these games can peter out to being boring chess matches but this was anything but. Croatia deserve credit for the way they attacked France."
Ex-England captain Alan Shearer said: "As fortunate as they were to be leading at half-time, France totally changed in the second period. They found a way to get Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe into the game and they tightened up at the back.
"Congratulations to them, they have been magnificent."
The tournament had 169 goals - two short of the record 171 set four years ago in Brazil and in France '98.