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LUKA MODRIC HELPS ZLATKO DALIC’S SIDE FINISH THIRD IN HIS FINAL WORLD CUP APPEARANCE

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Croatia finished the 2022 World Cup with a 2-1 win over Morocco that guaranteed they guaranteed third spot.


Luka Modric began and assisted his country with following their silver decoration in 2018 with a bronze award in his last World Cup appearance.


Josko Gvardiol opened the scoring inside the initial ten minutes with a great jumping header, just to see the Map book Lions hit back quickly through Achraf Dari.


WHAT THEY SAID: "About my future. I couldn't say whether I will play at Euro 2024 in Germany. We will see. I really want to go bit by bit," he told beIN Sports. "I'm partaking in the public group. I'm cheerful. I actually figure I can perform at a significant level. I need to go on basically until the Countries Association and afterward after there will be an ideal opportunity to contemplate the Euros. Presently it's go bit by bit and go on essentially until the Countries Association and after we will see."


Furthermore, WHAT'S MORE: Croatia chief Dalic is likewise anticipating that the 37 year old should proceed with his worldwide vocation, making sense of: "He's our commander, he's our enormous chief. He played phenomenal this competition at 37 years of age, he played like he was 20. Certain individuals think this is the end, yet I think Luka Modric stays with us quite a while."


Dalic was then proceeded whether Modric would play for Croatia at Euro 2024 and answered, "I trust [he's there]."


THE Master plan: Modric might be going towards the finish of his incredible vocation however has shown his quality and significance to Croatia indeed. The playmaker has probably played his last ever World Cup game yet isn't exactly prepared to express farewell to the global stage at this time.


'He's our chief, he's our chief, our chief and everyone follows him. He played phenomenally well in this competition. He's 37 years of age however played like a 25-year-old. I'm extremely content with him, and this prize is likewise for him.'


Dalic likewise discussed the pride of a country of 4,000,000 individuals who followed up their second-place in the 2018 World Cup with a bronze decoration here. 'I'm exceptionally glad for my group and pleased for my country,' he added.


'We worked effectively this evening and the entire way through the World Cup. For our purposes, the bronze resembles a gold decoration. We played an extremely intense competition.


'Additionally I need to compliment Morocco, who worked really hard as we did in Russia in 2018. Perhaps nobody anticipated that Croatia should follow through with something like this once more. We are a little country with enormous dreams.'


Furthermore, having lost to Argentina in the semi-last, he said finishing on a high was fundamental. 'We were unfortunate against Argentina so this was a significant game for us since we needed to return home as victors, not as failures


Dalic added: 'We won the bronze, yet it has a brilliant brightness. We are among the three best groups on the planet and maybe we have won the gold.


'These are the minutes we live for, we work for, we train for. Dominating this evening's game was the most profound snapshot of the World Cup for us.


'We have youthful players in our group and there's an extraordinary expectations in Croatia. We have an extraordinary football school for the future and I accept Croatia doesn't have anything to fear.'

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