Last season`s winner Luca Modric has admitted he is not yet in optimal shape. Real Madrid`s midfielder made a very dynamic summer in which he played the final of the World Cup with Croatia. I had only three weeks to rest before the new season. It was the shortest vacation in my career so far. That`s why it was not easy for me to start again with Real. But every day I feel better. I just need more duels to reach my previous level, `said Modric in an interview with FIFPro. 33-year-old footballer was selected as Best Player by both UEFA and FIFA to dethrone Cristiano Ronaldo.
The World Championship left me completely exhausted, the Croatian national continued. `But everybody in my country was impatient in wanting to do something great again like in 1998. And in the past championships via soccer livescore we had strong teams, but things did not happen. And now that we have come to the battle for the title, all these emotions that have been harvested over the years have plummeted upon us. I remember when we returned to Zagreb 7 hours on a bus from the airport to the city center. And we were left with the feeling that it was just half an hour.
