The French national team have been given a heroes' welcome by more than 50,000 fans upon their return to their homeland following their heartbreaking defeat in the World Cup final.
Les Bleus fell to a dramatic penalty shootout loss to Argentina in football's biggest showpiece event. Kylian Mbappe inspired an astonishing comeback, scoring only the second hat-trick in World Cup final history as France twice fought back to equalise.
But Emiliano Martinez's stunning performance in the following shootout led to Argentina lifting the trophy, not Les Bleus. Didier Deschamps ' squad have now flown home aboard an Air France jet, landing at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Monday evening.