Slaven Bilic Announces Croatia National Team Squad for Nations League, Modric Remains Captain

The moment came, on the national team's stadium grandstand, the 41-year-old man still sat quietly in the substitute bench. Not because he was tired, but because he was still waiting. That was the moment Slaven Bilic announced the Croatia national team squad for the UEFA Nations League matches. People saw Modric walk out, number 10 still tightly holding his shoulder, even though his hair was already streaked with gray and his eyes still shone like when he was a 20-year-old boy. People asked, how far can he still go? But he still did. And his story, for us, is not an ending, but a scar on the Croatia football map – a scar that tells how the old generation never let go.