European champion and forward for Real Madrid, Gareth Bale has said that his teammate at Real Madrid and captain of the Croatian National Team, Luka Modrić, is one of the most consistent players that he has played with.

Popular English newspaper the Daily Mail indicated a great honor for two of the best Croatian players currently, Luka Modrić and Ivan Rakitić. Our Croatian midfielders for Real Madrid and Barcelona were among the 200 best players on the planet, reports Index.hr.

It’s no surprise that football players receive overwhelmingly large salaries, with some of the top players earning as much as 280,000 euros per week. While we can’t say any of our Croatian players are pulling in that much, we do have a list of the top 10 highest paid that are doing pretty well for themselves.

Modrić is in third place so far, 15 more hours of voting to go.

Football craze continues, this time, it's gone from the football pitch to canvas.

Even without Modric they're a force to be reckoned with, international sport journalists agree.

After the group stage finished, Croatia got the first opponent in the play-off stage. It is the toughest one possible – Ronaldo's Portugal.

The playmaker has not suffered a ruptured muscle but he could still miss Croatia’s match with Spain as a precaution.

Although the Croatian Football officials were claiming that the fine could be worse, it is much milder than they expected, so maybe the media outrage will calm down, and the focus can be back on the football and tomorrow’s game.

Croatia had everything, but after Modrić’s injury, the team lost its rhythm and lost it all after the flares were thrown onto the pitch by Croatian fans.