Andrej Kramaric, a Croatian forward, said on Wednesday that his country’s incredible run to the 2018 World Cup final has only heightened their ambition for even greater success at the tournament in Qatar this month.
Croatia lost to France in the championship game four years ago, but they are currently riding a wave of enthusiasm after finishing first in their qualifying group with just one loss and only four goals allowed.
“We have played really great football in recent months and reached the Nations League final four,” Kramaric, 31, told an online news conference. “I have to be honest, we have a great team with young and experienced players. We can reach nice things at the World Cup.”
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Croatia came top of their Nations League group ahead of world champions France and Denmark and are widely expected to make it through World Cup Group F into the knockout stage along with Belgium at the expense of Canada and Morocco.
“If we perform as in the last few months we can reach nice things in Qatar. To play the final in 2018 it’s still unreal and it was something amazing and special and hard to describe,” said the Hoffenheim forward.
“We would be happy if we can repeat this achievement. It will be hard but maybe we don’t have so much pressure because we did amazing things in Russia (in 2018). We still wish and want to achieve more.”
Luka Modric, a 37-year-old playmaker for Real Madrid who won his sixth Champions League championship last season, was named by Kramaric as a source of inspiration.
Luka Modric is a fantastic example for us younger players to be motivated, to want more, and to be better, according to him. “If you see him. He won everything, but how he plays at 37 he is a perfect example for us,” he stated.
Croatia will be completely driven to achieve something nice once more in Qatar.
