{
  "id": 12047208,
  "title": "Modric ‘Ashamed’ of Croatia’s ‘Catastrophic Night’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/modric-ashamed-of-croatias-catastrophic-night",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T01:06:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/05/modric-ashamed-of-croatias-catastrophic-night/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Croatia's captain Luka Modric expressed remorse over his team's dismal showing in Saturday's 7-0 home defeat to England in the Nations League. The former Real Madrid midfielder, who turned 41 earlier this year, described the night as \"catastrophic\" and made it his 205th appearance for his country. Modric lamented the lack of duels, fouls, aggressiveness, and camaraderie in the performance, highlighting the disparity compared to his previous outings with the national team. The match followed Croatia's 2-1 Nations League win against the Czech Republic, which placed them ahead of England in Group A3, but also came after a 4-1 loss away to world champions Spain. Despite remaining level on points with England, Croatia's 7-0 drubbing in Rijeka left Modric feeling ashamed after two decades of international football under the returning manager Slaven Bilic.",
  "summary": "Croatia Captain Luka Modric said he felt “ashamed” of his side’s performance in Saturday’s 7-0 defeat at home to England in the Nations League. It was the first time in",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport Football",
        "title": "Modric 'ashamed' of Croatia's 'catastrophic night'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/modric-ashamed-of-croatias-catastrophic-night",
        "published": "2026-10-04T10:35:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}