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Croatia midfielder Luka Modric revealed that his team was motivated by the lack of respect of the English press before the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday night.
Modric, absolutely imperious in Moscow, helped his team. 2-1 in overtime against the Three Lions, who are coming home with heads up, having forced an unexpected run for the last four of the tournament for the first time since 1990.
Kieran Trippier's great free kick places England in front of the night within five minutes, but the second half of Ivan Perisic sent the game in an extra period. From there, it is Mario Mandzukic who put an end to the hopes of the Finns against France on Sunday. Instead, England will meet Belgium in third place qualifying on Saturday.
Modric took the time to talk to ITV after the match, and commented that he and his team were fueled by an arrogant English press that had already planned for the final and the elimination of Croatia for potentially do not have the energy to win. Croatia had had extra time and penalties in its last two games, but it seemed stronger than England on Wednesday night.
The man from Real Madrid said: "People were talking … English journalists, TV experts, they underestimated Croatia tonight and it was a huge mistake.
"All these words we are taking, we are reading them and saying," OK, today we will see who will be tired. "They should be more humble and respect their opponents more.
"We showed once again that we were not tired – we mentally and physically dominated the game.
" We should have killed the game even before the extra, it's a incredible success for us – it's a dream come true after so much time. We are proud.
Ireland's deputy director, Roy Keane, echoed Modric's sentiments on the cover of ITV itself, accusing the English experts of talking about the last way.
"I said a few days ago, you have to focus on one game at a time, I heard everyone was talking about the final, the return of football – you were preparing
One thing is certain, however – the players and the English manager have made their nation proud in the past month, and although football did not come home, there are many reasons to believe that this could still happen in the years to come.
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