Wednesday was an historic day for Croatia, the country with just 4 million population. First time in the history of football Croatia defeated England by 2-1 in semifinals and grabbed the ticket to FIFA World Cup finals.
No one even thought that Croatia will find the way to finals by beating the champion teams like Germany, Argentina, Spain and Brazil. Entire Croatian team deserves the credits for this success. Although we need to give special credits to captain Luka Modrić and coach Zlatko Dalić.
Under the magnificent strategy of the coach and team lead by successful captain, Croatia was able to reach finals.
The Croatia Captain was Born in Refugee Family
Croatian captain was Luka was born in 9th September, 1985 in Zadar. His family use to stay in refugee camps during those days. His Mother was a weaver (textile worker) and father was an mechanic who repaired the vehicles of army forces. Luka spent his childhood in war zone and thinking of professional footballer in such circumstances was not easy. Although this young guy dreamed and moved ahead with his passion fighting with the circumstances.
Practicing Football between Wars and Explosions
Tomislav Bašić was Luka's first coach. He trained Luka with all the minor tricks of football. Bašić was also know as Luka's second father. They use to practice in war zones zones surrounded with explosion sounds. But the passion of football never reduced even after such a worst situations.
Got the first opportunity to play football from Kid Club
After all the struggles and situations, finally Luka became the super start of football. N. K Zadar one of the Croatian club's chairman saw Luka playing near the refugee camps and from there he got the first chance to play in Kid Club. Luka was a special child and he had the passion which made him special from other kids.
Croatia's most popular footballer
Luka is the most popular player of his country and he is also the star player of real madrid. In ground he plays the role of the middle fielder and creates chances for attacking players to score goals. Luka has scored 2 goals in this World Cup and created several opportunities for fellow players to score goals.
I wish all the very best to Luka Modrić and Croatia foot ball team for the finals against France.
I am sure the finals will be awesome to watch the champions vs undefeated Croatia.
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