Living in the shadow of two LM10s - Lionel Messi in FC Barcelona and Luka Modric in Croatia - life is cruel for Ivan Rakitic! His father is a namesake of his Croatia captain - Luka. When Rakitic was young, he started playing for FC Basel and Switzerland. But it took him some time to decide on a future with the Croats and when he ultimately decided in favour of Croatia, his father, Luka, cried in joy.

When his last penalty had beaten Igor Akinfeev in the quarter-final to take Croatia to the semi-finals and emulate history, Luka Modric cried in joy. They represent the two eternal rivals in club matches - FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. But nothing can affect their friendship when they fight it out for Croatia in Red-and-White checks.