Luka Modric determines Croatia’s tempo with songs and rock.

Luka Modric led his four children to a corner of the field long after the
heartbreaking, soul-crushing quarterfinal against Brazil, as the
ground-staff were about to wipe the blood and tears, fragments of Brazil’s
crushed hopes, shed on the ground. They were all dressed alike in the
oversize, classy red and white checkerboard shirt that had been Papa’s.
Some of his colleagues, the kids, the support staff, the volunteers, and
the journalists would crowd around him as he touched the ball with his
instep, outstep, and outsole, as if he were a magician performing in his
back room.