{"id":28285,"date":"2018-07-13T04:09:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T18:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=28285"},"modified":"2018-07-13T04:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T18:11:03","slug":"croatia-were-underestimated-by-english-pundits-modric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/croatia-were-underestimated-by-english-pundits-modric\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia were underestimated by English pundits: Modric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online<br \/>\nMoscow<br \/>\nCroatia were \u201cunderestimated\u201d by English pundits who lacked respect, says captain Luka Modric.<br \/>\nZlatko Dalic\u2019s side beat England 2-1 in extra time to reach the World Cup final for the first time in their history.<br \/>\nMidfielder Modric said the team had been motivated by people saying they would be \u201ctired\u201d after their previous two matches went to penalty shootouts.<br \/>\n\u201cWe showed again we were not tired,\u201d he said. \u201cWe dominated the game physically, mentally, in all aspects.\u201d<br \/>\nKieran Trippier gave England the lead in Moscow, but Ivan Perisic levelled for Croatia before Mario Mandzukic scored the winning goal in the 109th minute.<br \/>\n\u201cEnglish journalists, pundits from television, they underestimated Croatia and that was a huge mistake,\u201d said Real Madrid\u2019s Modric. \u201cThey should be more humble and respect more opponents.<br \/>\n\u201cAll these words from them we take, we were reading and we were saying, \u2018OK, today we will see who will be tired\u2019.\u201d<br \/>\nCroatia, whose previous best World Cup performance was a third-place finish in 1998, face France in Moscow on Sunday.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is the biggest success in Croatian history in sport and we have to be proud,\u201d added Modric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Moscow Croatia were \u201cunderestimated\u201d by English pundits who lacked respect, says captain Luka Modric. Zlatko Dalic\u2019s side beat England 2-1 in extra time to reach the World Cup final for the first time in their history. 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