Alejandro Moreno wonders who will step up for Croatia now that Luka Modric's generation is nearing their end with the national team.
It was all on Modric now, and he wouldn't let them down because legends don't let you down. Except the hulking Italy keeper Giianluigi Donnarumma extended a long bear paw to his left and snuffed out the penalty, sending it spinning out on to the wing. Unlikely to reach the Euro 2024 knockout rounds, has Luka Modric played his final game for Croatia at a major international tournament? And then it was all snatched away. The next thing he knew, the men in blue were celebrating and the UEFA suits were approaching him with that man-of-the-match statuette.