Modric: "Winning the World Cup with Croatia is almost unthinkable"

Source: SPORT

Croatian midfielder Luka Modric said that "winning the World Cup with Croatia is almost unthinkable as the most beautiful fairy tale." The midfielder, a great reference and one of the leaders of his team, said that for him "it would be incredible to win the captain's trophy" in Russia 2018.

Croatia, which monopolized the praise for his performance in the group stage Wait until the penalty shootout beats Denmark in the round of 16, he must now beat the Russian hosts if they want to stay in the semifinals and imitate the whole history of France98 . that it will not be easy, for the moment, to meet the quarterfinals, because she believes that the Russians " overcame great difficulties to reach this point as a team the lowest ranked (from the FIFA list) ".

"The organization and attitude of the Russian team were fundamental to limiting the potential of Spain ," said Modric, who said on the FIFA website. , he said that fetching that the image of Stanislav Cherchesov employs a tactic "very similar" to that of the match against Spain.

"Russia is very comfortable playing against They run a lot and they are very well organized, no doubt they will look for their opportunity to progress. Russia and its supporters will be a show. "

For Modric, having defeated Denmark is very important because, he recalled, since 2008, had not pbaded the first game. direct elimination ] In this year's European Championship of Switzerland and Austria the Balkan team gave penalties against Turkey and in the France of 2016 they succumbed in the extension against Portugal, in final continental champion. of this first elimination match. It was very important that we get rid of that "said Modric, who before the end of the eighth game missed a maximum penalty and then put him into the final session. [19659014] " an excellent result after several years of testing . It means a lot to me. I have been with this team since 2008 and have suffered several unfortunate defeats, especially against Turkey and Portugal. We needed a little luck this time. We deserve it. "

He said that when he had the penalty with four minutes remaining, he was" calm and focused. " I accepted responsibility as captain and I had to do it . For all this, I was very excited at the end of the match. He wanted Croatia to confirm his talent and go one step further. The game was not good but the goal was achieved, "he said.