How is Croatia playing football?

Croatia, a small country with a population similar to Chaoyang District in Beijing, was not only the runner-up in the last World Cup, but also successfully reached the semi-finals this time. Why is their football so powerful?

Croatian fans

Although Croatia was founded not long ago, its football history is quite long. The Football Association was founded more than 1 10 years ago, and the former Yugoslavia itself is a traditional football power with excellent physical fitness, a long tradition of football and a strong football atmosphere. Naturally, many excellent football seeds were born!

Not only that, Croatia itself attaches great importance to sports!

Their youth training camp is very strong, ranking sixth in Europe, with a small population. Naturally, they choose their young talents carefully, such as modric, a thin and short football superstar as a child!

● Become famous in White Hart Lane and shine in the Bernabeu.

Modric Kiss Golden Globe Award

At the end of 20 18, 33-year-old luka modric won the Golden Globe trophy, ending Mero's monopoly on the Golden Globe since 10. This year, he won the three most important individual awards of the year-FIFA Golden Globe Award, World Footballer of the Year and World Cup Golden Globe Award, which pressed the pause button for the era of peerless arrogance.

When modric was a child.

Modric grew up in such an environment. Gunshots and explosions often accompany him to sleep late at night, but he always believes that dreams can change his destiny!

To this end, he followed in the footsteps of his predecessors and came to Dinamo Zagreb, where he made his mark and helped the team achieve three consecutive league titles.

After the Euro 2008, modric put on the shirt of Tottenham Hotspur and spent four years of rapid growth without championship honor. In these four years, because of his steady performance, he was given an appropriate nickname by China fans-Magic Flute!

The Magic Flute

In the summer of 20 12, Magic Flute, who had high hopes, joined Real Madrid, but in the first season, he was selected as one of the worst signings in the history of Real Madrid by the Spanish media because of his poor performance.

But in the face of public opinion, modric gave a strong response.

In the knockout stage of the Champions League, modric came off the bench in the face of Red Devils Manchester United, making a long shot and fighting back halfway. Since then, the sound of the magic flute has resounded through Europe, winning four championships in five years and three consecutive championships, which is even more valuable in this turbulent era of European football!

In last year's Champions League, modric and Benzema defeated Paris, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool again and won the fifth Champions League.

Champions League

In 2065438+2008, one month after Real Madrid won three consecutive championships, 32-year-old modric, as captain, held high the new flag of Plaid Army for the first time in the Russian World Cup, with two goals and one assist, 62.6 kilometers, which is really not easy for a 32-year-old future. Although they lost to France and won the runner-up, they still created Croatian football history!

Plaid legion

On March 1 day, 2006, Messi, who was 18 years old, met the 20-year-old magic flute. In that game, modric made his debut for the national team and Messi scored the first goal for the national team!

After 16 years, the two great 10 met again in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Who can play this last movement?