And Modric warned in a televised statement that the focus in the match would be on one player, referring to Lionel Messi, and said in this context: “I want to play, but not once morest one player .. Of course Messi is an excellent player, we will face problems to stop him, but we are ready.” We will do our best.”
And the Real Madrid star added: “The Argentina national team is a great team..and we will try to play the best match in the tournament, the best match in our history, and I hope that this will be enough to reach the final.”
He said: “We can only do our best, and try hard, and this is our strength.. Before I left to participate in the World Cup, we talked a lot in the dressing room in Madrid, and I told them to beware of Croatia.”