Luka Modric 'surrenders' to Lamine Yamal and sees Spain as a candidate to win the Euro Cup

The selection of Croatia confronts to Spain next Saturday 15 June in the debut of both combined in the Eurocopa 2024. In the previous of the meeting, Luka Modric has attended to the media in press conference and pronounced about the present of the Red and the 'irruption' of Lamine Yamal in the square of Luis de la Fuente.

The legendary mediocampista of the Real Madrid kidded with the fact to have 22 years more than the big 'jewel' of the FC Barcelona. "When I listen these things seat me very old. The years do not matter a lot, but what shows in the field. This year Lamine Yamal has done incredible things and all the world sees it like the big danger of Spain. Has an enormous potential and a big career in front of him", manifested.

On the paper of the Red in the Euro, Luka ensured that the combined of Luis de la Fuente is "one of the favourites in this tournament. It is a team with a lot of talent. In the happened the base was the Barcelona and the Real Madrid, but now is different. The seleccionador is giving more possibilities to other footballers that have played very well this year. Has diversity between youth and experience. It goes to be a difficult duel and expect that we do ours better version. If we do it as we know we can attain a big resulted morning".

Besides, it compared the present of the Selection with the Spain champion of the tournament in 20212. "It does not like me compare different generations of players, frankly. The Spain that won twice the Euro and a World-wide was one of the best of the history of the football. This generation of Spain is strong, has a mix of youngsters and of players with more experience, that are accustomed to play this type of tournaments. Spain is very fast, especially in the wings and have a positive opinion of them", expressed.

Revenge against the Red

Finally, Modric was asked on if it sees the meeting of the Saturday like a revenge against Spain, that deleted to Croatia in the past Euro and that already is a meeting 'usual' in the big tournaments. "All want to play against big selections like Spain, have confronted them a pair of times and know them well. We know that the details go to be important. We have to give ours better version. Never we bore us to play big meetings. In Nations League showed that we deserve to be in the high of the European football. In Euro could not do big things but are with confidence and expect that in this tournament can reach something important", concluded.