– You must understand something about the Croatian people. After all that happened after the war, we are stronger and stronger.
The above statement was given by the Croatian ace to the English newspaper "Daily Mail". Luka Modric, like the other selection comrades, did not have a quiet childhood. On the contrary, shots and bombs were common in a region that experienced the war.
Since the 1990s, Yugoslavia, a country formed after the First World War, has been fragmented into six nations: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. Kosovo has also declared independence, but some countries do not recognize it (Brazil is one of them).
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Garambone explains the origins of Croatian post-Yugoslav nationalism [HistorianAdelarHeinsfelddel UPF(UniversityofPbadoFundo)helpstounderstandtheissue
– It was agreed that, as a result of dismantling of Yugoslavia, it was not peaceful in most cases an artificial creation because they put in the same country, people with very great differences, from the ethnic, cultural and If we see during the existence of Yugoslavia, the strongest ethnic group was that of the Serbs, which is today While the Croats who are Catholic Christians have not admitted to being dominated by Serbia, q who was an Orthodox Christian. And to complicate things, there was Bosnia, who was a Muslim. All in the same country.
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This union of distinct peoples was taken to the hand by Josip Tito, former commander of Yugoslavia.This goes back to 1980, when Marshal Tito dies.From the moment he leaves the command, nationalism emerges, as the l & # 39; UPF historian
– From the moment he dies, nationalisms begin to surface. this artificially created country. What lies behind it is a very strong nationalism. Then, from 1991, the Croats mobilized around this nationalism will lead a war of independence. Croatia and Slovenia are the first to leave Yugoslavia.
Historian Marijana Toma of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, recognizes that nationalism has played a leading role in the emancipation of these nations.
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– Nationalism was important in the wars of the 1990s because it was the dominant force of the conflict when Yugoslavia s'. collapsed.The collapse of communism had an impact on the nationalists, who began to be stronger. Slovenia and Croatia claiming that they wanted the independence of Yugoslavia.
The problem, however, is that this process of independence was bloody. It is here that some protagonists will enter the field on Sunday at the Lujniki stadium in Moscow. Star of Croatia, Luka Modric is one of the Croats who saw the war influence his routine. His first name came in his grandfather's honor, but his memories ended in a tragedy. Luka, his grandfather, was killed by Serbian rebels near his home on the slopes of the Velebit mountain in the north of the country. At the age of six, she still saw her house burned down.
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– He broke more window windows of the hotel than the bombs. said the official, to the English newspaper "Daily Mail"
The Croatian shirt 10, which began living in an environment without electric light or running water, grew up in an unpleasant environment, but said that Childhood difficulties served as a motivation for his growth.And he added that the strength of the Croats comes from this difficult past.
What we went through was not easy. The war made us We are not easy to break people.It is hard to break.And there is a determination to show it.To show that we can succeed – said in an interview to the "Daily Mail" [19659025] Modric has family support for every game in Russia (Photo: REUTERS) “title =” Modric a le soutien de la famille à chaque jeu en Russie photo: Reuters) “src =” data: image / jpeg; base64, / 9j / 4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD / 2wBDAAMCAgMCAgMDAwMEAwMEBQgFBQQEBQoHBwYIDAoMDAsKCwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT / 2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBT / wgARCAAPABkDASIAAhEBAxEB / 8QAGAAAAwEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgQFAQb / xAAWAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAT / 2gAMAwEAAhADEAAAAeaAFpMQsxlx / wD / xAAdEAACAgEFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADBAAFBgERFBUi / 9oACAEBAAEFAlVPAyAXMJBUq + zEYrXq / Spx5zlmxd1dTpbWf // EABsRAAIDAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEDAAIRBCHB / 9oACAEDAQE / AVcmjex5LBbztzk / / 8QAGhEAAgIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIBAxEyQf / aAAgBAgEBPwFqWr2Fll5k / 8QAJBAAAgAFBAEFAAAAAAAAAAAAAQIAAxETMQQSISJBMzSjsdH / 2gAIAQEABj8CuqEYJm656eDwI1Cq5t2KbQeoFcCEebqazVpR1856 / UetDTG22TLdm5GaZi8spX07pV1mzK7hElpWlBnBieJg4GRHsPmH7H // xAAeEAACAgMAAwEAAAAAAAAAAAA BEQAhMUFhUXGh0f / aAAgBAQABPyEBrxdpQW + Rh + 9x3eE3ClC6IoFm9agvA2cxsI1guTg + / sxlk0ARJQCyhnk0hCkRIEC3bjBWYZxoZWZyx // // aAAwDAQACAAMAAAAQfz xAAdEQACAQQDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABEVEAITFBcZHw / 9oACAEDAQE / ELMsvDY6CCm6xtU2Qh2eZ9Nf / 8QAHhEAAgEDBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREhAEFRYXGBoeH / 2gAIAQIBAT8QGqATutZ6fFAyAAElO2wiPMV // 8QAHBABAQEAAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAREhADEQQVHx / 9oACAEBAAE / EE9 + + BQGa6EPYerYLDaxqsWIsQNgrhofFXtqFro1YEZz97isIzgYAiAoiqLxDyE25mTR0YR6pT MUJiyhK6374r // 2Q == « /> <img clbad = "image content-media__image" itemprop = "contentUrl" alt = "Modric has family support to all games in Russia (Photo: REUTERS) "title =" Modric has the support of the family to ch game in Russia "(photo: REUTERS)" date-src = "https://s2.glbimg.com/BdRQcEutCc4pPgSnqGp37vmKxOA=/ 0x0: 3350×2042 / 984×0 / smart / filters: strip_icc () / i.s3.glbimg.com / v1 / AUTH_bc8228b6673f488aa253bbcb03c80ec5 / internal_photos / bs / 2018 / C / d / K92vX8SlSwBT2Xncz3VQ / 2018-07-01t205723z-1608727071-rc1d76a7a950-rtrmadp- Modric has the support of the family every game in Russia (Photo: REUTERS)
The current captain had taken refuge in Zadar. And from the difficult scenario of childhood, he shaped the character to grow professionally. Former Captain Corluka did it too. For him, the problems of life become smaller when one badyzes the dark past lived.
– There was death and destruction. When you've been there, the other problems seem very small, "said the defender to the British daily Mirror.
The Lokomotiv Moscow quarterback was changed because of the war in Bosnia that began in 1992. It was lived in Modran until the age of six, but he and his family had to emigrate to Croatia (Zagreb, the capital of the country).) Fleeing the war was the choice, then, of some players of the Croatian national team in the 1990s. GloboEsporte.com has prepared a map with the routes of four of them: Modric, Mandzukic, Corluka and Lovren.
While Modric and Corluka did not leave the region of the former Yugoslavia, Lovren and Mandzukic went on a journey.
in Germany to escape the war. The Liverpool defender was born in Zenica, Bosnia. When the conflict erupted in 1992, he was only three years old and lived with his family in a peripheral village called Kraljeva Sutjeska.
– I grew up in Kraljeva Sutjeska, it was a family town, very peaceful, stress-free. Zenica was attacked because it was a big city. But it was in those little villages where the most terrible things happened … people were brutally killed. My uncle's brother was killed in front of another knife – lamented the defender in a documentary presented by Liverpool about his life as a refugee.
The family decided to move quickly to Munich, Germany. There, they lived as refugees and went through difficulties.
– I remember my mother, my uncle, my uncle's wife, we took the car and we went to Germany. We left everything – the house, the store with the food that they had. They took a suitcase and said, "Let's go to Germany." It was a difficult time for my mother. I remember that she was still crying.
It was about seven years in Germany until the European country refused permission to stay longer. They returned after the holiday period to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
– My mother and father asked permission to stay longer, but every six months were refused. The authorities said, "When the war is over, you can come back." Every six months, my mother and father had their bags ready to go. It was very difficult, I never had a future in Germany.
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Lovren celebrates the final of the Cup with Mandzukic ( Photo: Getty Images / Dan Mullan)
Another player that I emigrated to Germany, he was the scorer of the historic goal of England last Wednesday. Mandzukic left Slavonski Bord, near the border with Bosnia, and moved to Diztingen in the south of 39; Germany.
According to historian Serbian Marijana, there were about four million refugees at the time of the wars. Now, although tensions are frequent, there is no war between countries. The past, however, is part of the memory of the Croatian team, which uses it to advantage on and off the pitch. And nationalism, according to Croatian coach Dalic, is the fuel that unites the team.
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