Story of the day
A hotel car park at six. A fifth World Cup at forty.
In 1991, Luka Modrić was six when the war took everything. It killed his grandfather and burned the family home; they fled to a Zadar hotel, where he learned football in the car park, sometimes without water or power. Thirty-five years on, he is 40 — an AC Milan man, the Ballon d'Or winner who once broke the Messi–Ronaldo grip. Tonight in Toronto he plays a fifth World Cup, against Ronaldo himself. From that car park. To this.
40 tonight, still setting up World Cup winners. Is this Modrić's last dance — or does he make 2030 at 44?
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