Luka Moriç said that the match against Denmark was the most important for Croatia

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (AFP) –

The Croatian Star Luka Modriç earned this Sunday after qualifying for the Quarter Cup world in shootout against ] Denmark whose meeting had been " most important for our generation " of footballers, who dreams of reaching the Half final as in France 1998 .

. Eve "I did not mean that this could be the most important match for our generation, but it was, we knew we had a great opportunity" to qualify for the quarter, where he will face Russia who surprisingly eliminated Spain also on penalties, "added the midfielder to FIFA.com

Modric missed a penalty in overtime (minute 116) that could prevent the in the penalty shoot-out, but his shot stopped Kasper Schmeichel and the pass was decided from the eleven meters.

"It was very hot, it was very difficult to run. But we survived. The most important thing is that we are in the quarterfinals. We could not miss the dramatic end, but this time we could win. It was hard for me to miss the penalty in overtime because I was studying all morning how to score Schmeichel "concluded the player of Real Madrid.

Precisely Schmeichel was named the best player of the match after stopping two more penalties in the fateful round, but Croatian Danijel Subasic stopped three and was the hero of this tie. [19659006] "This is a strange feeling. I have a huge disappointment, but at the same time a great pride for our performance. We were lucky and I think we were better in the second half. It's hard to explain the emotions we're feeling right now, "said the Danish goalkeeper.