Luka Modric, Croatia midfielder, did not want to reveal this Monday, after his team was practically eliminated from the Euro Cup after drawing against Italy (1-1), whether he will leave the Balkan team after eighteen years wearing his country’s shirt.
Almost in tears due to a cruel tie, that of Italy in the 98th minute that practically robbed his team of the ticket for the round of 16 of the Euro Cup, Modric answered briefly to a question about whether the clash against the transalpine team was the last one who will play with Croatia: “We’ll see, now is not the time for those stories,” he declared.
“Football is sometimes cruel. It was proven again, but hey, it is what it is. We didn’t deserve that goal, I don’t know where the referee got eight minutes of extra time from. You have to lose sometimes, but it’s no consolation “Football is cruel, it has been proven,” he insisted.
Modric, chosen man of the match by UEFA, pointed out that nothing went well for his team in the Euro Cup. He does not even in the matches of other groups in which Croatia could survive in the competition with favorable scores. “Yesterday a point was necessary between Scotland and Hungary and they scored again in the 99th minute. Today in the 98th. Fate was not with us, he concluded.
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