The French president joined the victorious Les Bleus in their Luzhniki Stadium change room, gave a speech, had fun with star midfielder Paul Pogba while being filmed for Snapchat, and struck a dab pose for defender Benjamin Mendy.

It was a rousing evening for the president who went through a range of emotions during France's 4-2 victory over Croatia.

Earlier, Macron paced nervously and leaped euphorically from his seat in the VIP section as a guest of FIFA and Russian President Vladimir Putin to see Les Bleus play for soccer's biggest prize.

After the game, Macron offered up a flurry of kisses in the exuberant and then rain-soaked celebrations.

He gave Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic consoling kisses on both cheeks after the final whistle.

He kissed French goal scorers Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann on their foreheads at the trophy and medal ceremony on the field.

He even kissed the golden top of the World Cup trophy before it was presented to France captain Hugo Lloris.

On his official Twitter account later, Macron posted a simple message to the team : "MERCI."

It was later confirmed that Macron will on Monday hold a reception ceremony in the gardens of their residence for the French national team at his Elysee Palace official residence.

Les Bleus will arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport north of Paris at around 3.30pm local time before they move along the Champs-Elysees on a bus at 5.30pm before meeting with the president one hour later.

Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said the national team players are "the first in the world for me" despite their defeat.

Plenkovic told the state broadcaster the Croatia players "were great!"

He added that "France was lucky in the first half ... it could have gone the other way."

"People are happy as if we have won and that's the way it should be," Plenkovic said.

"This is a miraculous."

Australian Associated Press