Croatia star Luka Modric was far from calm his team’s 3-0 defeat to Argentina in the Qatar World Cup semi-final and did not hesitate to show his anger at the refereeing of Italy’s Daniele Orsato,
The anger was primarily for the penalty he gave in favor of the Albiceleste that allowed Lionel Messi to open the scoring. Dominik Livakovic was adjudged to have fouled Julian Alvarez in the box in the first half but the Croatians did not agree.
“It’s a key moment in the game, he doesn’t give us a corner and gives them a penalty, which I don’t think it was, because he shoots and collides with our goalkeeper,” Modric said after the match to reporters.
“I can’t believe he gave that penalty. That changes the game,” explained the no.10 in the mixed zone.
“I never talk about referees, but today it’s impossible not to talk. He is one of the worst I know. Not only for today’s game. He has refereed me many times and I never have a good memory of him. He’s a disaster”, Modric exclaimed.
Farewell to the national team?
Considering Modric is now 37 years old, there is a lot of speculation that this may have been his final involvement with the Croatian national team.
“My last game with the national team? I don’t know, we’ll see. It’s not the time to talk about this. There’s a bronze medal at stake and we have to be ready,” said the midfielder.
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