Croatia - Iceland: Star Modric wants to win to "save Messi"

Scoring 5 goals, not conceding any and winning all 2 matches are very impressive numbers for the Croatian team. Even when facing the current runner-up Argentina, Modric and his teammates still found a way to win 3-0.

Croatia's strength lies in the midfield with the appearance of the "triangle" Modric - Rakitic and Perisic. In attack, Mandzukic not only finishes well but also does an excellent job of creating a wall for his teammates to run up and finish in the second line. Thanks to that, Croatia has many diverse attacking options.

In theory, Iceland with only one point still has a chance to qualify for the next round. Therefore, it will be difficult for Croatia to "give up" this match, even though the red and white team has officially secured a ticket.

Speaking before the match, Modric said he and his teammates would beat Iceland to open the door for Messi to advance: "Messi is a great player. I hope his team will have good luck in the match against Nigeria. For our part, we will beat Iceland to open the door for Argentina to advance.

Of course, we want to win all the matches in the group stage to be at the top. This also creates good psychological momentum for the knockout round. The whole team is playing in good form and there is no reason for us to stop" - Modric affirmed.

The match between Croatia and Iceland will take place at 1am on June 27 and will be broadcast live on VOV.VN. We invite readers to watch.

Expected lineup:

Iceland:Hannes Halldorsson; Birkir Saevarsson, Kari Arnason, Ragnar Sigurdson, Hordur Magnusson; Aron Gunnarsson, Emil Hallfredsson, Johann Gudmundsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Birkir Bjarnason; Alfred Finnbogason.

Croatia:Lovre Kalinic; Tin Jedvaj, Vedran Corluka, Domagoj Vida, Josip Pivaric; Milan Badelj, Mateo Kovacic, Filip Bradaric; Marko Pjaca, Ivan Perisic, Mandzukic.

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