THIS IS WHAT REAL FOOTBALLLERS ARE MADE OF I MUST SAY.

In the group of sixteen group match played between Croatia and Denmark . During this match with the score standing at 1-1 at normal time, and with AFTER EXTRA TIME looming head and to be followed by penalties. As both sides failed to break the dead lock, and during the end of extra thirty minutes , late in the end of the minutes Croatia were awarded a penalty and Kasper Schmeichel saved it brilliantly. Luka Modric failed to score a penalty. But during the penalty shoot out the vastly experienced captain Luka Modric came out to take a penalty even after such a very big miss. And he scored it as well. This just talks volumes of this footballer, the form of these footballers may dip but their class is permanent. Can you imagine what would have happened if he , Luka Modric had missed his second penalty, his Croatian fans would have never forgiven him for sure, but these fans must know that their players play under great pressure from on and off the pitch as well. Here my memories goes back to the 1994 world cup final played between Italy and Brazil and there to during the penalty shoot out the great Roberto Baggio , missed his penalty. But then in the 1998 world cup first match played between Italy and Belgium , Roberto Baggio took the penalty very coolly to score that penalty.i These footballers are icons and can not be copied.