Captain of the Croatian national team Luka Modric commented on the upcoming match of the 1/16 final of the World Cup 2026, in which his team will compete with Portugal.

" We will fight and give our best. I didn't have the luxury of someone who would become our rival. Chantingly, the stinks are not even happy to smell us on the far side of the field. We have nothing to be afraid of, we just push ourselves to the maximum, and then what will happen?.

We played with them, but also friendly matches - all on the right. Officially, and especially at world championships, this – I won’t say that it’s a different sport, but a completely different story,” Modric said.

The match between Croatia and Portugal will take place on 3 days. The starting whistle sounds at 02:00 Kyiv time.