Can you imagine the pressure on him. His idols Boban, Prosinećki and others won the bronze in 1998., and inspired him and all new generations to try to do it again, with such a small and insignificant country. And this was his test, as a captain of the team, can he go one step beyond He did it with Madrid 4 times before this game, won the highest levels, but still it is the squad of highest quality in world of football. Wih Croatia, it was something else. He applied his vision of the game no matter the quality of players in his team. And all players overperformed. The likes of Strinić, Vida, etc. Of course Rakitić helped a lot, but Luka was always one step ahead of everyone on the pitch. And even under this stress, when his superior tehnique would leave him for a second, you can see him playing with his whole heart and giving such an example and emotional energy to his teammates that they all just overperformed. Such a diamond of the video, thank you.
I'm English but he is brilliant, love to watch him. He showed our midfielders how it is done. Respect
That's awesome to hear from a British. ❤
Luka modric alone is better than england's whole midfield
Can you imagine the pressure on him. His idols Boban, Prosinećki and others won the bronze in 1998., and inspired him and all new generations to try to do it again, with such a small and insignificant country. And this was his test, as a captain of the team, can he go one step beyond
He did it with Madrid 4 times before this game, won the highest levels, but still it is the squad of highest quality in world of football. Wih Croatia, it was something else. He applied his vision of the game no matter the quality of players in his team. And all players overperformed. The likes of Strinić, Vida, etc. Of course Rakitić helped a lot, but Luka was always one step ahead of everyone on the pitch. And even under this stress, when his superior tehnique would leave him for a second, you can see him playing with his whole heart and giving such an example and emotional energy to his teammates that they all just overperformed. Such a diamond of the video, thank you.
LUKA bossing the midfield
A pain in the ass to play against
Yes, England lost because Modric and Rakitic controlled the midfield, so good.
@ minute 1:23 look at the desire - i wish you included this full clip