England Out of World Cup 2018, Shearer Puji Luka Modric

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Former England captain and striker Alan Shearer praised the performance of Croatia midfielder Luka Modric, who performed superbly in the 2018 World Cup semi-final on Thursday morning. According to him, England's mistake is to let Modric move freely after halftime.

Shearer praised England's achievement of reaching the semi-finals at this year's World Cup. In the game against Croatia, he considers Gareth Southgate's squad to play well in the first half.
But that changed after the break. According to Shearer, England actually play more defensive and let Luka Modric to design Croatia attack freely.

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"The way he controls the game in the second half is amazing, he is like putting his foot on the ball, he can pass or bring the ball," he said.

Shearer was also impressed with the stamina of Croatian players. Twice through the knockout stage on penalties, Luka Modric cs showed no signs of exhaustion in the game against England.

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"I think Croatia will be exhausted after tackling Russia through an extra round and a penalty and they have to play on penalties against Denmark, Croatia is a team whose players are quite old," he said.

"But they show the power and energy that comes from nowhere." When Modric controls the game, no one can approach him, "he said.

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Although assessing Croatia deserved entry into the final round, Shearer won more French champions in the 2018 World Cup.

"I still say France will be a favorite next Sunday but Croatia deserves to be in the final," he said.

England's 2018 World Cup move should be halted after they fell 1-2 from Croatia in a semi-final match on Thursday morning. England had a better advantage through Kieran Trippier's free kick in the 5th minute. But Ivan Perisic equalized in the 68th minute. Mario Mandzukic's goal in extra round also restored Harry Kane et al.

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