Modric was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player, and Rakitic shared an image of the two together with the prize on his Instagram account after the 4-2 loss in Moscow.
Rakitic, whose attentions will soon turn to Barcelona’s campaign for back-to-back LaLiga titles at the expense of Modric’s Real Madrid, paid tribute to his country’s 32-year-old talisman.
“Brother Luka Modric, you do not know how proud I am!” said Rakitic.
“All deserved, we celebrate with our family and all Croats!
“Nothing more beautiful than to be Croatia.”
A post shared by Ivan Rakitic (@ivanrakitic) on Jul 15, 2018 at 11:56am PDT
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