Know the early lifestyle of Croatian Captain Luka Modrić

Europe's population of Croatia is approximately 40 million. But this team created history on Wednesday. The Croatian team made it to the finals by defeating England 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup 2018 semifinals. The Croatian team reached the World Cup final for the first time.

In this journey till the final of the Croatian team, his captain and legendary midfielder Luka Modric has played an important role. The 32-year-old player has faced many challenges to reach here.

This country came to the world map in 1991 itself. Croatia broke out after the break of Yugoslavia. Millions of people lost their lives for this. Millions of houses were burnt down Non-Serbian people suffered a lot due to it. Luka Modric's grandfather Luka Modric Senior was also one of them.


He was born on September 9, 1985 in Zadar, Croatia, who was then Yugoslovakia. Modric was only six years old when his grandfather shot him by the terrorists. He had to spend the life of Refugee in a war-affected area.


On December 8, 1991, aggressive Serbian fighters attacked Modric, a small village. They made their prey to the Croatian families living there. The message was clear - go from here or get killed.
Luke lived with his grandfather because his parents worked in the factory to help the family financially. Their family had to be forced to live a deported life.
Serbian rebels set their houses on fire and shot their grandfather. To move his attention, he turned to football. Today he is probably the most spectacular player of the Croatian team. He played club football in England for four years and eventually joined the Spanish club Rial Madrid in 2012.
He told in an interview that he had to live without electricity and water. Bullets and grenades were heard everyday Besides, there was a danger of landmines around,
They had said, "We were not financially rich. We had to spend a lot of time in the hotel, but I always loved football. I remember picture of Brazil's Ronaldo on my room before me and I liked him very much.
Modric said, "The war has made me stronger. It was a difficult time for me and my family. I do not want to live with that time always, but I do not even want to forget about it. '


His mental strength was his great work in the career. Although he had missed the penalty against Denmark but scored his goal in the shoot-out.
Although Modric was fond of football, but when he was 10, many coaches dismissed him by saying that he could not play football. He said that he is quite weak and shy to play football.
In such a way, one of his old coach Tomislav Basic took advantage of his relationship to get him a trial of Dynamo Jaguar Club. From here, his talent was enhanced and then he came to Montmarton and Tonam. And then he started playing for the club and the country. She is currently one of the world's most valuable footballers.