After receiving the 2018 FIFA President's Fifair Impartino trophy, Modric gave a rare "wanton" smile. The small midfielder who grew up in the flames of war broke the decade-long monopoly of Messi and C Ronaldo on this award, and let his country reach the top of this award for the first time.
After the glory of 2018, Modric and his teammates began to experience a period of pain. With the retirement of a group of players such as Rakitic, the veteran Modric, who is about to turn 36, is still fighting hard at the top of The Competition in Europe. Dancing softly among the elders of the Czech Woods, just as he ran and jumped on the mine-filled roads as a young man. Although they failed to help the team win the first victory of the tournament, they won the first points, and before the final round of the showdown, Modric and his Croatia were gradually adjusting their status to normal levels.
Against the Czech Republic, Modric won the best of the game
In the fierce battle between the two Danube neighbors for the qualifying place, in the roaring stadium, although there was no goal or assist, the "magic flute" followed the musical ghost of the motherland who was 2 meters 07 tall, and once again played a meticulous love for football, so that the lesser-known white flowers bloomed freely on the greenery again.
Dancing gracefully between the flames of war
Football is the only consolation for refugee little men
Historical Yugoslavs, occupy an extremely important position in the football world, they have excellent ball sports talent, so that this nation in many sports including football has won a number of honors, the king of football Pele once praised the former Yugoslavia as "Europe's Brazilian team", enough to see the agility and elegance of their football. However, due to internal strife, the vast majority of players who represent Croatia today have grown up in the war, including Luka Modric in the no. 10 shirt.
Born in the Adriatic coastal city of Zadar, Modric grew up playing football on dangerous streets, and according to those around him, Modric dribbled the ball through the cobblestone and sandy roads, always watching out for mines that might be buried under his feet. Perhaps it is this experience that makes this young man have a very strong foot technology and a big picture view. When his grandfather was killed on his way home from herding cattle, he and his family became refugees and fled their homeland.
The graceful light dance allowed the little Modric to conquer the local NK Zadar club, and his mentor Basic sent him to Croatia's domestic giants Dinamo Zagreb a few years later. At this club, Modric was called up for the national team and joined the Uk field after Euro 2008.
Modric on the field according to IC photo
The story that followed must have been known to the world, from tottenham's midfield core to the 2012 move to the Galaxy Real Madrid, Modric followed the team to win all the club-level honours. At the climax of the story, with outstanding performances for clubs and national teams in 2018, the World Cup runner-up midfield core won the title of World Footballer of the Year, breaking the 10-year monopoly of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the award. He also became the first player to win the World Cup Golden Ball, World Footballer of the Year and Ballon d'Or in the same year.
Modric, who has a Grand Slam, although he drank and hated the 2018 World Cup final in Russia, the little white flower in the story, from the year of birth to today, is angry in front of the world.
Continue writing the notes of the left-foot violin
The magic flute plays the Croatian Rhapsody with the outlier big man
In the history of Croatia and the former Yugoslavia, Davao Souk is undoubtedly one of the brightest stars. With the exquisite technique of his left foot, he received a very artistic evaluation - he has a left foot that can play the violin. Whether it is debuting in Dinamo Zagreb or joining Real Madrid to win the Champions League trophy, it seems to be paving a smooth path to success for his junior Modric.
For his descendants, Davao Souk has always had a high opinion of Modric. In an interview last year, Modric was "hand-picked" by the Croatian Football Association president as the leader of the team, "just like when he was in Russia in 2018." In the first two rounds of this European Championship, although Croatia did not show a convincing performance, the most threatening and determined player in the team is still this small midfielder who is only 1.74 meters.
When Maxim Młvica's Croatian Rhapsody was played by Maxim Młvica at the beginning of the 21st century, the Croatians' national pride and deep attachment to their deep history moved the world. People wouldn't have thought that this boy, who was 2 meters 07 tall and wore earrings and necklaces, had such a deep emotional catharsis. Today, nearly 20 years after rhapsody came out, people will not expect that a descendant who is 33 centimeters shorter than him on the green field can play this rhapsody with both feet.
In the national team matches, Modric constantly retreated to his own half to take the ball to help the team sort out and organize the attack. The former World Footballer of the Year, known as the "Magic Flute", will not stop once he runs. Unfortunately, because of the age of the whole team, after the big victory in 2018, the performance of the lattice team in the two games of this European Championship is more worthy of a sigh.
Time flies, and the clouds gradually take on a melancholy dark gray in the sky. On the Adriatic Coast in 2018, the sky at night is shining with stars; in the British Isles in 2021, the star that shines with shimmering light in the starry sky at night is still emitting its last light.
Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan Pei Han
Edited by Ou Peng
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