--- description: Videographer James Autery captured both France and Croatia's fans' most emotional moments with the help of slow motion. title: Watch World Cup Fans React to the Final in Super Slow Motion image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51d60846f2c40589/6989356b656a3f39ecbd4f5b/world-cup-celebration.gif?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch World Cup Fans Ride the Final Game's Emotional Rollercoaster in Slow Motion Jul 15, 2018 9:31 PM CUT  James Autery for TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2018 9:31 PM CUT France has won its second World Cup title. After a riveting first half left France ahead 2-1, they were able to maintain that lead and walked away with a 4-2 victory. Stars on both teams scored miraculous goals, including Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic and France’s wunderkind, the 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe. Such a high-scoring game kept fans on the edge of their seats, or out of their chairs entirely. Videographer James Autery captured fans’ most emotional moments. He spent the first half embedded at The Garden at Studio Square NYC in Long Island City, Queens, where Croatian fans lined up as early as 7 a.m. ET to join the festivities. Autery spent the second half at the Bastille Day festival in New York City where French fans gathered in the corner of 60th street and Lexington Avenue to watch the game on a massive screen. Filming at 120 frames per second allowed James to shoot at quarter speed, showing the full range of emotions from fans on both sides of this historic match. **James Autery** is an artist based outside of New York City. Follow him on Instagram [@jamesautery](https://www.instagram.com/jamesautery/ "undefined"). **Josh Raab** is a Multimedia Editor at Time. follow him on Instagram [@instagraabit](https://www.instagram.com/instagraabit/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/"},"headline":"Watch World Cup Fans Ride the Final Game's Emotional Rollercoaster in Slow Motion","datePublished":"2018-07-15T21:31:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:51:13.446Z","description":"Videographer James Autery captured both France and Croatia's fans' most emotional moments with the help of slow motion.","url":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","keywords":["longform"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","name":"Watch World Cup Fans Ride the Final Game's Emotional Rollercoaster in Slow Motion"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","description":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/XfyHci6C/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-15T21:17:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XfyHci6C.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","duration":"PT8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","description":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qhuVXlsc/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-15T21:18:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qhuVXlsc.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","description":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EyZC0nC7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-15T21:18:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EyZC0nC7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","duration":"PT8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","description":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/N1tIwVUJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-15T21:19:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/N1tIwVUJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","description":"World Cup Final in Slow Motion","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/55o4G7Q4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-15T21:19:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/55o4G7Q4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/","duration":"PT41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5339222/watch-world-slow-motion/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```