Croatia’s brain Luka Modric bewitches and bewilders Scotland to Euros exit | Louise Taylor


Disappointment over Billy Gilmour’s enforced absence may linger, but the Scots were clearly outclassed at Hampden Park

No one will ever know if Billy Gilmour might have made a difference for Scotland but the overwhelming suspicion is that it was always destined to be Luka Modric’s night.

Long before the end, it had become abundantly apparent that a supposedly “past it” Croatia were raging against the dying of their collective light and Modric remains a magnificent, imperiously gifted footballer.

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