
World Cup farewell: Luka Modric made what will surely be his final appearance on football’s biggest stage
(Picture: Getty Images)Luka Modric bowed out on a high as Croatia beat Morocco 2-1 in the third-place play-off in what was surely the 37-year-old's final appearance at a World Cup.
Modric's side found the cutting edge which was so sorely missing from their semi-final defeat by Argentina, with goals from Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic either side of Achraf Dari's equaliser for Morocco.