French striker Antoine Griezmann put his team back in the driver's seat of the World Cup final - where they went on to beat Croatia 4-2 - with a penalty just before half time.

He celebrated with a hilarious and brutal reference to Fortnite.

Griezmann performed the taunting 'Take the L' emote from the game. The emote involves the player putting their hand to their head in an L shape and dancing around in front of their beaten enemy.

We think he has the move pretty much nailed down, don't you?

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Credit: PA

Credit: PA

It was a close call penalty - the first awarded by VR referee assistance. After a Croatian midfielder, Ivan Perisic - who had earlier helped his team scrape back into the game with a goal at 28 minutes - was judged by video assistance to have handled the ball after a corner.

Griezmann pulled off the dance flawlessly, possibly because this isn't the first time he's performed it - he did it against Argentina earlier in the tournament.

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He has been accused of disrespecting the teams he's performed this celebration in front of, but a bit of light-hearted ribbing isn't the end of the world, especially in a high pressure environment like the World Cup final, surely?

It wasn't the only unusual celebration that day. French spirits were high, the World Cup win coming just a day after their national Bastille Day and managed to get even the politicians involved in the celebrations. After winning the cup, French players dabbed with their President, Emmanuel Macron.

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