Thank you, Joško: He scored for an important draw that extended Modrić’s life in the Croatian national team!

Do you know which national team is the fourth in the Fifa ranking and the third most expensive in the world? England. Which has just finished playing in the League of Nations. In her B rank. In the company of Greece, the Republic of Ireland and Finland.

Well, Croatia won’t do that after all! For the fifth year since UEFA introduced the League of Nations, Croatia is playing in its strongest tier, and for the second year in the finals, in the fight for medals. In the quarter-finals in the spring, the “fiery” will face France, Spain or Germany in search of a way to the final four.

Split: The players say goodbye to the fans after the matches between Croatia and Portugal |

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Croatia is, realistically, a place among the eight best. True, the Portuguese reserves (the guests were without eight games!) played in Poljud in the first 45 minutes tiki-taku, the “firemen” were “silent” on the field just like the core of the fans, which until the 33rd minute decided to remain silent in honor of Vukovar (not cheering for more than a third of the match!?), and they defended in their own half, without any effort victoriousčwhose guard with whom they achieved the greatest success, nothing like the team that actually needed a positive result in that match. What would have happened if Portugal needed points and Cristiano Ronaldo had come, what other records would he have broken…

Split: The players say goodbye to the fans after the matches between Croatia and Portugal |

Photo: Sime Zelic/PIXSELL

And actually, after everything, in spite ofč diametrically opposed to the second half, Croatia narrowly avoided a playoff to stay. That Josko Guardiol he didn’t score and if it remained 0-1, Croatia would have finished behind Scotland. Fortunately, never, and not even now, have the “fiery” in a group finished behind such a bad team as the fighting and brave Scots, with a great lack of football knowledge…

This is how our team continues to hunt for tens of millions of euros, with which Uefa is the best, but it is much more important that this success has extended its life as well. Luke Modrića (39) in the national team. The quarterfinals of the League of Nations are on August 20 and 23, 2025, and the final best-of-four tournament is in June. While the qualifications for the WC start in spring, but not for Croatia.

Split: The players say goodbye to the fans after the matches between Croatia and Portugal |

Photo: Luka Stanzl/PIXSELL

If the “flame” win the final four of the League of Nations, the captain will certainly not say goodbye before that, his new hunt for gold with Croatia. And then they will probably step into the World Cup qualifiers, which Croatia will open in September. And he should push them to the end, and lead the “fiery” in America to another big competition.

Thus, a draw with Portugal extended Modric’s football life…