
One of the game’s great midfield talents of this generation, Luka Modric, will play in surely his last Fifa World Cup and lead his Croatia side hoping to replicate the feats of Russia 2018, where they reached the final.
Ivan Rakitic is no longer at Modric’s side, Sime Vrsaljko has retired and Ante Rebic has been jettisoned from the squad, but Modric will be able to turn to the likes of Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic and Ivan Perisic as capable and experienced campaigners to push Croatia through Group F.