Great moment: Italian journalist asked Modric to never retire – His answer

At 38 o Luka Modric delivered another great performance at the highest level, however the goal he scored was not up to the mark Croatianwhere equalized in the 98th minute by Italy and now he needs a… miracle to qualify for the “16” of Euro 2024. Immediately after the match, an Italian journalist idolized the Real ace in the press conference and called on him to never stop playing.

“Good evening Luca, from an Italian journalist. I want to thank you for what you have shown, not only tonight, but throughout your career. Once again you showed that you are a top level player and scored today despite missing a penalty. I just wanted to tell you this and I would like to ask you to never retire because you are one of the best players I have ever seen. Thank you“, were his words that drew applause in the press room from several more journalists who… agreed with him.

Modric’s response? “Thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart, for this honor you are doing me. I too would like to play ball forever, but the time will come when I have to hang up my boots. I will continue to play, I don’t know how much longer, but thank you very much for your words“, were his words.

This was a truly beautiful moment in the post-match press conference??#BBCEuros #Euro2024 #CROITA pic.twitter.com/K8VowAgm7m

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 24, 2024

Asked earlier if he played his last match with Croatia, he replied that “… we will see, this is not the time to discuss this“, while speaking about the looming exclusion he said: “Football is tough and it showed us that face. I don’t know where eight minutes of stoppage time were found, but in any case we didn’t deserve to concede that goal at the end. Sometimes that’s how it’s meant to be».