The madridista considered two actions of the referee “keys”, a corner that he did not award them and the penalty
For Modric, playing the game for third place “is not a punishment”, because “it never is to play for Croatia”
the croatian luka Modric he was resigned by the defeat of his team in the semifinals of the World Cup in Qatar against Argentina and showed his criticisms of the arbitration of the Italian Danielle orsatoabove all because of the penalty that he whistled in favor of the “albiceleste” that allowed Leo Messi open bookmark.
“It couldn’t have been, but hey, we have to recover and try to win the match for third place. We’re sad, we wanted to be in another final. We have to congratulate Argentina,” said the player, who at 37 may be living his last World Cup. The madridista considered two actions by the referee “keys”, a corner that he did not award them and the penalty.
“We were fine, controlling the game and this corner that the referee didn’t give us and the penalty, which for me didn’t change everything. The Argentine shoots and collides with our goalkeeper, he goes for him, I can’t believe he called that penalty. This changes the game a bit. But we can’t change it, we have to recover and try to win the next game,” he said.
For Modric, playing the game for third place “is not a punishment”, because “it never is to play for Croatia”. “We have had a great World Cup and now there is bronze in the game and we have to prepare ourselves, because if we get it it is also a good success,” he said.
In statements collected by the Argentine newspaper ‘Olé’, the Real Madrid midfielder assured that “Hopefully” Leo Messi “wins this World Cup, he is the best player in history and he deserves it”. On the other hand, Modric stated that “this is not the time” to talk about his possible withdrawal from the team after the World Cup in Qatar