Croatia, World Cup, Modric, Qatar World Cup, Croatia national team
Although Croatia passed five levels and scored six players in the fiercely competitive World Cup European Qualifiers in Qatar, they qualified for the main tournament. However, Croatia's overall strength, compared to the last World Cup, has shown a clear downward trend. In this case, croatia will have a hard time replicating the glory of the last World Cup. The 2018 World Cup is the most memorable World Cup for Croatian fans, because in this World Cup, Modric led the team to the final fight. Croatia and France played a classic showdown in the World Cup final.
Croatia faced a strong French team, and the team did not stick to it. Instead, Croatia went straight to the French. The two sides contributed 6 wonderful goals in the final, which made hundreds of millions of fans addicted. Although the Croatian national team eventually lost 2-4 to France, it did not have the opportunity to lift the Hercules Cup. But the team still set the best record in team history and was respected by fans all over the world.
After croatian team experienced the glory of winning the runner-up in the World Cup, the team has not done well in the replacement of old and new, and the reason is that Croatian talent has broken the file. Croatia's stars who can now come up with their hands are Modric and Brozovic. Among them, Modric is already an elderly veteran, and his status is certainly not comparable to that of four years ago.
In this case, the Croatian national team can still qualify for the World Cup, which is entirely due to the experience of this group of veteran players. Croatia have been unable to find a suitable candidate to succeed in the centre position since Mandzukic has aged. Without a good centre-forward, it would be difficult for the Croatian national team to go further in the Qatar World Cup. According to the analysis of Croatia's group draw in the World Cup, the team's group qualification problem is not big. Croatia is divided with Belgium, Canada and Morocco, which is a sign for the team.
Canada and Morocco are not strong overall, and Croatia can win as long as they play normally. Then, the possibility of Croatia and Belgium joining forces to qualify from the group stage in the future is very large. However, after Croatia has advanced to the round of 16, whether it can go further in the World Cup depends on whether the core of the team, Modric, has an old and strong performance. Modric has been very good in the last two seasons at Real Madrid, and last season helped the team win la Liga and the Champions League. Therefore, Modric has a tendency to get older and more demon. Hopefully, Croatia can make good use of Modric and go further in the Qatar World Cup.