Croatians haven't done a comeback, especially against a side equal or better than them, in ages. Think last result like that was Nations League vs France at home where managed a penalty, and we all know France arent exactly always.. present.
It's no accident they played for a draw vs Brazil and even to an extent vs Japan - they banked on fortitude and resilience in penalties. Modric said as much alluding to RM mentality. Which does not incidentally imply they'd do comebacks like Real, because simply they don't have that much attacking quality. This year only likes of Canada or Austria were within reach for multi-goal showings.
If Modric openly speaks about penalty disrupting their plans for match, it's probably because they were counting on not conceding and kind of fell apart once did.
In a funny way I'd expect more fight or adjustment to being outclassed out of Morocco if same thing happens tonight. Here more of a matter whether France blunder and/or capitalise on them opening up if the French do go 1-0 up.
